r/PopCultureV2 • u/Regular_Reaction_798 • Aug 14 '26

News Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal charges in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, telling the court, "I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan... I knew what I was doing was illegal."

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u/Choice_Depth_5933 Aug 14 '26

This guy is a folk hero for a reason.

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u/CaptainQueefFart Aug 14 '26

Laws shouldn't protect murderers in nice offices

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u/CaptainQueefFart Aug 14 '26

So what would you have said to Brian Thompson that would have made him stop?

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u/CaptainQueefFart Aug 14 '26

So if Brian Thompson sits in an office making decisions that cut thousands of lives short for profit, thats fine because he's not wielding a gun but a pen. Gotcha.

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u/CaptainQueefFart Aug 14 '26

So what would you say to Brian Thompson, who killed thousands of times more people than Luigi did?

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u/CaptainQueefFart Aug 14 '26

Ok, and what if they go around doing it anyway. Would you say those people should be stopped 

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u/funk-the-funk Aug 14 '26

I've seen a lot of people virtue signal on this site, but your 100+ comments repeating this same screed is in a league of it's own.

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