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   Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:14 JST Laffy

   New York prosecutors file murder charge against suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, according to court records —AP

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     John Rohde Jensen (johnrohde@norrebro.space)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:09 JST John Rohde Jensen

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     @gfjacobs @GottaLaff
     A warning about from 10 years ago, the pitchforks are comming.
     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO4DKVpa8

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:11 JST Laffy

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     @gfjacobs Whether or not people feel badly hurt, betrayed, etc. MURDER is not the answer.

     FFS.

     So Trump’s “no more rule of law” applies now?

     Because WE have a “good cause”?

     What if the murderer were a MAGAt and he/she shot someone in the back that they truly felt aggrieved by, that others were hurt by. That’s okay too?

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     GFJacobs Is Still Masking (gfjacobs@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:11 JST GFJacobs Is Still Masking

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     @GottaLaff sorry, I know you're outraged and any decent human being SHOULD be that people feel driven to an extreme

     Murder is always wrong.

     What is the appropriate response to an "economically sanctioned" murder for which no justice can be obtained?

     How LONG must individuals fight for what is right for their family against a system not simply UNcaring, but hostile to the human needs of its purported customers?

     #corporations MUST be held accountable to ALL stakeholders, including the public.

     Robert Link repeated this.
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     GFJacobs Is Still Masking (gfjacobs@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:12 JST GFJacobs Is Still Masking

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     @GottaLaff
     I don't know about other people.

     It's going to be tough for me to admit it, but it seems that I am only human.

     When I read of his alleged background and his motivations, I felt and understood his pain and motivation viscerally.

     I truly cannot say that in the identical scenario that any one of us might not have been driven to extreme vigilantism when justice is clearly only possible these days for the wealthy and connected

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     Laffy (gottalaff@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:13 JST Laffy

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     @gfjacobs Big difference between his situation and his actions.

     People are defending his actions.

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     GFJacobs Is Still Masking (gfjacobs@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 13-Dec-2024 06:12:14 JST GFJacobs Is Still Masking

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     @GottaLaff
     I really hate that the conversation we need to have about the failures of the US health insurance scam has to be promoted by a heinous murder of a corporate CEO.

     That said, the sympathy engendered by the situation of the shooter cannot be denied.

     I cannot say that the focus of police on this one murder compared to others is anything but an indictment of US policing: it exists only to protect the privileged.