Brian Thompson Murder

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Bootstrap
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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R7ehr wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:31 pm Wow.
A poll found 41 percent of adults under 30 consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson acceptable, more than the 40 percent in that demographic who consider it unacceptable.
https://emersoncollegepolling.com/decem ... ssination/
Is it fair to call that hate?

I believe we need more reform in our healthcare system, but not like this.
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1. Are we discussing the topic? Good.
2. Are we going around and around in a fight? Let's stop doing that.
3. Is there some serious wrongdoing or relational injury? Let's address that, probably not in public and certainly not for show.
temporal1
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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Bootstrap wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 4:01 pm
R7ehr wrote: ↑Tue Dec 17, 2024 3:31 pm Wow.
A poll found 41 percent of adults under 30 consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson acceptable, more than the 40 percent in that demographic who consider it unacceptable.
https://emersoncollegepolling.com/decem ... ssination/
Is it fair to call that hate?
I believe we need more reform in our healthcare system, but not like this.
i would first suspect blame for acceptance of cold-blooded murder by shooting an unsuspecting human in the back on ignorance of Jesus Christ and scriptural Truth. A horrifying return to paganism.

A child can better grasp basic morality with minimal exposure to Truth. To ignore-refuse Jesus is heading backward, not forward.
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i’m perfectly comfortable with an older, wiser, more docile Trump.

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JohnH
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Now ask what percent think killing babies is ok
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temporal1
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JohnH wrote: ↑Wed Dec 18, 2024 6:48 am Now ask what percent think killing babies is ok
yes.
most commonly with added complications of premeditated, for-profit corporate professional killing, with legal protections for exterminators, gov promotion, including for pregnant teens and children (being pregnant does not transform a teen or child into a woman, altho language is commonly conflated that way). encouraging minors to lie to their parents, the unborn’s grandparents, providing all means to successfully deceive parents.

nothing shall interfere! an inconvenient life is deemed Public Enemy #1.

^^in other cases, courts rule more harshly for such added complications.
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i’m perfectly comfortable with an older, wiser, more docile Trump.

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Ernie
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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Why was Luigi transported to Manhattan by helicopter? Is this sort of like Lysias ordering 470 men to transport the Apostle Paul to Antipatris by night?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24nrynq0elo
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Ernie
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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Mangione gets 300K toward defense fund.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/lui ... arly-300k/
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mike
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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Ernie wrote: ↑Mon Feb 10, 2025 9:36 pm Mangione gets 300K toward defense fund.

https://www.newsnationnow.com/crime/lui ... arly-300k/
I wonder if the donors regret it.

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barnhart
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Causes like this are an interesting window into the psychology of donors. It seems part of the reward is in the act itself, not in what the donation might accomplish.
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Judas Maccabeus
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Re: Brian Thompson Murder

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Would you, as DA, want to take this case in front of an NYC jury? My take is the DA was afraid of jury nullification.
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barnhart
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Judas Maccabeus wrote: ↑Fri Aug 14, 2026 11:10 pm Would you, as DA, want to take this case in front of an NYC jury? My take is the DA was afraid of jury nullification.
I would never be a DA... But to play along, I would make a great effort to secure a plea bargain and avoid trial.
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