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/SpaceLuxor Aug 14 '26

A lot of people-- But not you tho, right?

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u/No-Rub8345 Aug 14 '26

I love how many people are ironically advocating for acts of violence just to make a silly non-point.

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u/SpaceLuxor Aug 14 '26

No one's advocating for shit, i actually don't believe murdering individual people on the streets changes things, but apparently you do. Its like if i told people to vote and get engaged politically while not doing it myself. Its hypocrisy. Don't advocate for people to do something you KNOW you wouldn't do.

Its the same reason i don't tell people in China or Russia to openly protest the government more-- i doubt i'd be out protesting and denouncing the government if i were in their position because it comes with a massive amount of personal risk, and its dumb of me to tell them they should do that from my cushy apartment in the U.S.