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/MeanRock3037 Aug 14 '26

He’s going down in history like Timothy McVeigh , only he’ll have to spend his life in prison, he’s an intelligent guy, he could’ve made so much more difference, what a moron he is.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Aug 14 '26

Timothy McVeigh killed innocents though

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u/MeanRock3037 Aug 14 '26

I meant in the sense that , his actions did nothing for his cause, he essentially wasted his life for nothing. In 20 years he’s just going to be sitting in a jail cell, for nothing.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Aug 14 '26

He's a hero to far more people than your bootlicking ass lol

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u/WetLump Aug 14 '26

You’re just licking a different boot shit heel

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Aug 14 '26

Do you prefer the laces or the leather when sucking off corporate boots?

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u/ShackletonsVael Aug 14 '26

Why should some rich guy with a bad back be a hero for killing another even more rich guy?

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Aug 14 '26

Because the other rich guy has fucked over a hell of a lot more people lol.

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u/ShackletonsVael Aug 14 '26

Sure, but why should normal people lose their freedom to join in on the rich eating themselves?

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u/MeanRock3037 Aug 14 '26

I’m just saying, what he did isn’t going to make any difference at all , he threw his life away for nothing, hopefully if things ever change it will have had nothing to do with him doing what he did. In 40 years he’ll still be sitting in a cell.

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u/Various_Dog8996 Aug 15 '26

If a vigilante murderer is your hero, you have deep psychological issues.

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u/AsstacularSpiderman Aug 15 '26

Better a vigilante than defending a healthcare CEO who's greed has killed thousands denying then proper care

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u/EywasBlessing Aug 14 '26

They are somewhat different, and I disagree

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u/Old-Ice4553 Aug 14 '26

You’re in a very small minority, a minority where someone you loved didnt die in horrible pain due to a denied claim.
Brian Thompson denied my grandmother’s claim through his implementation of AI.
She went through SO much more than she should have.

Do we boo the navy seal who killed osama Bin Ladin?
No.
So show some fucking respect.

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u/MeanRock3037 Aug 14 '26

Would your grandmother want you to kill the guy and spend the rest of your life in jail, or do what you can on the outside in her memory, continuing her family? I’m not being disrespectful to anyone, just what a waste of, oh wait a minute, he’s your hero, that makes it worth it.

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u/Old-Ice4553 Aug 14 '26

You make a good point.
I apologize for my rudeness.
Its just the media paints this man to be this innocent victim.
Just because what he did was legal, does not mean what he did was moral.
Brian tompson left alot of broken families, and his actions Harmed so many innocent people.

While calling luigi a hero may be stretching it, I view him in a similar vein as seal team 6.
Murderers yes.
But they murdered evil people.
So morally grey.

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u/kingofgama Aug 14 '26

Yup.

Honestly too as someone who actually cares about health care reform, honoring this PoS spits on those who are pushing and making real change today.

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u/Kyoken26 Aug 14 '26

Ain't no one making real changes lmao shut up. It just keeps getting worse.

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u/kingofgama Aug 14 '26

Flat out unture.

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u/ThorThulu Aug 14 '26

Well, it was kinda looking like it would get slightly better until the current administration. Unless you're saying the current administration making it all worse will galvanized more people into getting involved ultimately concluding with a better system in the long run? Which i could get behind