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[–] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 50 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Is he on trial for inspiring other people to commit violent acts? Is that one of the charges he is facing? No, He is on trial for murder. How other people respond to that is not his responsibility.

Additionally, he is still on trial. He has not been found guilty. So they are saying that something he may or may not have done is responsible for other people potentially doing something that they haven't yet done.

What a bunch of irrelevant hogwash.

[–] TehBamski@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

You deserve this for your comment.

[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Your logic is precise and efficiently processed. An upvote of approval has been allocated.

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I would argue our shitty healthcare/corporate greed that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths and suffering is inspiring people to commit violent acts. Why else would someone do them?

Edit - missed a word

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Millions of deaths. Hundreds of thousands of deaths a year. They are monsters that deserve what they get.

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[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 25 points 3 days ago

Its an inspirational story.

One to aspire to. Who doesn't want to be a hero?

And make no mistake, slaying a dragon is a heroic act. Universally recognized as such by everyone except other dragons.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

UnitedHealthcare CEO ̶'̶s̶ ̶a̶l̶l̶e̶g̶e̶d̶ ̶k̶i̶l̶l̶e̶r̶ ̶L̶u̶i̶g̶i̶ ̶M̶a̶n̶g̶i̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶ inspiring others toward violence, prosecutors say

Fixed that for you

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yes, the violence here is the mass murder that comes from the purposefully cruel rejection of coverage for lifesaving medical care by UnitedHealthcare, and yes I guess somebody was shot with a gun too amid all the violence but I struggle even to perceive a single death among such mass suffering and mass death.

[–] humanoidchaos@lemmy.cif.su 25 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

That's a lie.

It's the disparity in wealth and rigged system that's inspiring people towards violence.

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[–] drhodl@lemmy.world 76 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is such BS. There's actually been a disturbing LACK of copy cats, and dead CEO's.

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[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

has inspired others to embrace violence over reasoned debate

It is definitely not the murder of whatever ceo that fueled the will to go over "reasoned debate". It's the absolute lack of effects from "reasoned debate" for the majority of populations.

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 13 points 3 days ago

People: I need X to survive/not suffer/live a dignified life.
Corporation: Literally fuck off and die.

Also corporation: Why do they hate us? :((((

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

United's violence against their customers denying necessary, doctor advised medical care they paid premiums for is inspiring towards more violence, let's not start the wheel halfway already turned

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[–] Lemming421@lemmy.world 256 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Counterpoint - greedy bastard CEOs killing your relatives by denying healthcare they’ve been paying premiums for for years is inspiring violence.

[–] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 156 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 62 points 5 days ago

One death is a tragedy

One million, a profitable quarter

~ Jamie Diamon

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[–] Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 4 days ago

Billionaires do more to inspire attacks against billionaires than anyone else, we should start by attacking that problem first.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Well let’s talk about that in regards to Kyle rittenhouse, the January 6th rioters, Daniel penny, Vance boelter and the endless stream of far right terrorists we are forced to tolerate. Luigi is a man of the people a real life hero in a soul crushing dystopian hell hole.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is journalistic malpractice. They're trying to try this guy for other potential crimes against the absolutely most hated minority in america, for profit health insurance CEOs.

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[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 28 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 44 points 4 days ago

Luigi doesn't inspire to kill anyone

CEOs inspire people to kill CEOs

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

Is he on trial for being inspiring? Because otherwise, the prosecutors should STFU about it.

[–] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

What's inspiring violence is 95% of the world is being robbed by the other 5%.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 36 points 4 days ago

I fuckin wish dude

[–] Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 154 points 5 days ago

Umm. It's not Luigi inspiring violence.

[–] st3ph3n@midwest.social 147 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hey, greedy motherfuckers... you ever stop to think WHY people want to see you murdered in the street?

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[–] silicon@lemmy.world 22 points 4 days ago

Billionaires shouldn't exist.

[–] Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca 48 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I'm late to this party but I always like to chip in on Luigi threads:

  1. That other people were inspired to kill CEOs by this killing is irrelevant. I mean, it's debatable that it's true at all. But even if it were, that feels relevant only insofar as this is a jury trial - and thats not a bug of a jury trial, it's a feature. Public sentiment doesn't really get a say outside the 12 folks in the box.

  2. There is a serious chain of evidence issue with the supposed murder weapon. Body cams are turned off, (improper) when Luigis bag is taken from him, and according to filings, that bag wasn't searched until back at a local station over 30 minutes later. That strikes people as suspect as it's outside normal procedure for cops, who would normally search a bag right away during the arrest. The cops were alone with that bag for 30 minutes prior to "finding" the gun. Most unbelievable, they expect us to believe that someone capable of this killing, and producing an inherently disposable 3D printed "ghost gun", then failed to ditch it and carried it across state lines? He couldn't find a garbage can to pitch it in over 24 hours later?

  3. People say Luigi couldn't be the adjuster because of the height/build difference between him and the security footage of Brian Thompsons shooting. I find this less convincing as the footage is extremely unclear. But I will say at the very least, nothing in that footage has been brought to my attention that supports Luigi being the shooter. No shill pundit or sweaty former prosecutor desperate for their 15 minutes has got on TV and said "See, here's what the prosecution is going to point to to build their case."

It would seem to me, that Luigi is a troubled young rich kid who wrote some critical, if meandering, things about his frustrations with US Healthcare, got accused by a McDonalds employee who was financially incentivized to see a suspect, had evidence planted by some cops hoping to catch this rising folk hero before anyone else got any ideas, and then got railroaded by the most corrupt DOJ since the Gilded Age.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If I'm on the jury, I haven't seen ANYTHING that directly ties him to this shooting that wasn't badly compromised by the cops. This is almost surely an acquittal or a hung jury.

My theory is that they know this, so what they will do is pull a Casey Anthony, whose case shared a similar situation of an extremely poor investigation that was almost certainly going to lead to an acquittal. They will slow walk the investigation and the trial for as long as legally possible, putting weeks and months between motions, and keep him in prison for as long as possible, because that will be the only time he will serve. Casey Anthony was found Not Guilty, but she still served over three years in prison.

Luigi may be ultimately released, but he will still sit in jail for several years of his life.

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[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Or its the overwhelming economic conditions.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago

If that's true, then let's sue the right-wing media for glorifying every white-supremacist mass shooting as a misunderstood troubled souls, encouraging any angsty WASPs out there looking for attention

[–] Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.world 30 points 4 days ago

No proof of that at all. I haven't heard of a single other healthcare ceo getting deleted.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

Zero proof of that. Just scaremongering and sensationalized BS by prosecutors. I mean, wishful thinking and all, but still not real.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Good, they deserve the hate.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 28 points 4 days ago

Bullshit. Its the corpos' actions that provide all the inspiration

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 89 points 5 days ago (5 children)

How many other healthcare CEOs have been shot since then? None? Hardly inspiring then.

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[–] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

That's a weird way to spell 'folk hero'.

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[–] lowleekun@ani.social 5 points 3 days ago

Don't threaten us with a good time.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 25 points 4 days ago

Luigi didn't inspire anyone to kill. He was with me that day!

[–] Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world 77 points 5 days ago

Let it be stated here, if I'm ever inspired to commit acts of violence it will be strictly because a Nazi is the richest man on earth and the only good Nazi is a dead Nazi.

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 59 points 4 days ago (1 children)

No, the United Healthcare's CEO inspired other CEOs to deny more claims, which has a MUCH higher death count.

This is harm reduction.

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (6 children)

The American system encourages violence. You arm every citizen, piss them off and deny services and then wonder why they resort to violence. It's the method you built a to your system. Stop trying to blame the lone wolf, you are the problem.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

How dare those filthy plebes get ideas about fighting back?!?

Name one copycat CEO killing.

Or if you do think there is a trend, show me that it started this incident and not gentures at the current state of affairs and entirety of American history

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 16 points 4 days ago

Luigi's continued incarceration is proof that the majority of us cannot tell hot brown-eyed himbos apart

he looks nothing like that guy apart from being a hottie with a couple similar "drivers license" features

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago

Pretty sure it's the actions of parasitic CEOs in the pursuit of ever expanding profits with no concern for the wellbeing of the public that is inspiring people to violence.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago

My teacher said it was good to have aspirations and be inspiring.

If rich parasites have to fear for their lives then I don't see that as a bad thing. I see it as nature aspiring to correct itself in an inspiring way!

[–] Sunsofold@lemmings.world 33 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Even if true, how is that relevant to the case?

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