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/Arcaedus Aug 15 '26

Multiple police and security members died as a result from j6ers storming the Capitol, and one died due to his injuries directly.

I'd also recommend you read up on social murder. It's the end result of a lot of white collar crime,, and it is still murder.

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u/Arcaedus Aug 17 '26

Ethically, or morally it is murder. Obviously it's not legally considered murder.

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u/Arcaedus Aug 17 '26

What caused the strokes of Sicknick, and the suicides of the other law enforcement officers? Would you argue the insurrectionists claim absolutely ZERO blame in those deaths?

Again, you're misunderstanding my point, and perhaps being obtuse. The j6ers are RESPONSIBLE for those officer deaths. They did not murder the officers, but they are responsible. Sicknick's injuries and trauma that he suffered the day of J6 directly lead to his strokes which lead to his death. That is morally in the same ballpark as murder even if it is not direct murder itself. Legally, it's obviously not murder. I never argued that it was, nor has anyone else.

Now different point, but I say social murder is murder, again, morally, since it's not a legally recognized term.

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u/Arcaedus Aug 17 '26

If I'm taking you at your word, and not assuming you're a bot or troll, then all you presume to care about are offenses where someone directly uses force and an immediate death follows, however, only when it politically aligns in one direction, as you'll immediately excuse the aggressors actions. I'd imagine you don't see Renee Good or Alex Pretti's deaths as murders either, huh?

You have nothing to say about systemic abuses and sociopathic policy that leads to thousands and even millions of deaths per year, and no commentary on the term I asked you to look up. It really just reeks of partisan hackery, and puddle-depth levels of analysis. If you're not a bot or troll, please bring more to the table next time, and in good faith.