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81% of the students polled by Generation Lab said they have an extremely or somewhat negative view of Thompson, the victim.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 74 points 2 months ago

One of them has, in the eyes of the law, not killed anyone. He has to be proven guilty for that, and the public does not have enough evidence to come to the conclusion that he did even if we disregard the principle of innocent until convicted by a jury.

Meanwhile the public does know for a fact that Thompson has killed thousands of people.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

I asked a local youth their thoughts on the death of Brian Thompson. "Lol," he said. "Lmao."

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 54 points 2 months ago

I liked the way it was put on a recent episode of trillbillies: you're going against thousands of years of cultural programming to root for the underdog against the powerful (especially when the powerful in question has fucked many of us as well), and the guy you want us to root for instead is some asshole legal-killer CEO with severe goober-face.

[–] ChillCapybara@discuss.tchncs.de 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

Amazing that these nerds have to poll for this.

Exclusive! 96% of people under 35 don’t like to eat poop!

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, yeah, the health care system in the US is a disgrace. Everyone who's running it should, if we're feeling generous, be given the opportunity to resign and work towards making amends, or be shot dead.

All the billionaires, too. And a lot of other CEOs that enshittify their services to make a little more money.

Too many people are like "oh we can't talk about violence" while violence is being done to most of us every day.

[–] SupFBI@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

We can't talk of violence against these ghouls because it is their lack of fear of us that allows such ghoulishness to continue.

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 38 points 2 months ago

The kids are alright.

[–] bbnh69420@hexbear.net 36 points 2 months ago

I mean, it wasn’t old Americans making all the fancams

[–] JohnBrownsBawdy@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Lowest effort “exclusive”

[–] DurbanPoison@feddit.nl 33 points 2 months ago

Are you telling me that a 67 year old wealth hoarder didn't make this image?

[–] Azarova@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago
[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 32 points 2 months ago

What victim?

[–] dogerwaul@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

i’m convinced the majority of Americans simply don’t care but feel compelled to answer considering cultural morals, so they choose to express some level of disapproval. not caring here is a symptom of political apathy which is itself a symptom of a exhaustion from living under an oppressive and failed ideology. they don’t care that he died, whatever. worse things to focus on. but they “know that’s wrong” and respond to these questions in the perceived expected way.

so in my mind, the people who don’t care and the people who sympathize with the shooter likely make up more than anyone who criticizes them. i haven’t met a single person who hasn’t had a terrible experience with health insurance. we have all suffered in the health care industry. brian thompson was a social murderer and a fucking parasite.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boomers have the most to lose under our healthcare system if they haven't already and yet they turn around and side with the oppressor.

[–] someone@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

They either own, or are decisionmakers in, American companies where the threat of losing health insurance is a powerful incentive for their employees to stay and accept abusive employment situations.

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

in the killing of health insurance CEOs there are no victims. only volunteers.

[–] novaloss@vegantheoryclub.org 7 points 2 months ago

"I'm doing my part!"

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Surely that makes it an inclusive