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I just don't see your point. I don't pretend not to understand this phenomenon, and the need for healthcare reform has always been one of my strongest political
by SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
I just don't see your point. I don't pretend not to understand this phenomenon, and the need for healthcare reform has always been one of my strongest political beliefs. But that doesn't mean murder is any less bad!
Is the implication that this kind of murder can only happen as an expression of widespread popular anger? I definitely don't think that's so. There are plenty of places in the world where corporate executives have to fear being murdered in the streets, and it does a lot more to drive accountability to criminal gangs and oppressive governments than to the common people and their interests.
- standardUser 2y agoChange the term "the need for healthcare reform" with "the need to stop insurance executives from killing my mother" and you may have an easier time understanding it. It's personal. Make it personal for thousands of people and some of them will inevitably be radicalized.
- cruffle_duffle 2y ago> Make it personal for thousands of people and some of them will inevitably be radicalized. I fully understand the motive and can empathize with the alleged assailant but that doesn’t mean I am celebrating the fact somebody got murdered. Being able to empathize and understand the motives doesn’t make what the person who shot that dude morally or ethically right.
- standardUser 2y ago> Being able to empathize and understand the motives doesn’t make what the person who shot that dude morally or ethically right. Never said it does bro.
- cruffle_duffle 2y agoYou might not but go look at Reddit. The glee and cheerfulness is absolutely disgusting. That being said, odds are looking like this dude is just a nutcase… and yet again Reddit’s hive mind will look like a fool.