This is a genuine question.
I have a hard time with this. My righteous side wants him to face an appropriate sentence, but my pessimistic side thinks this might have set a great example for CEOs to always maintain a level of humanity or face unforseen consequences.
P.S. this topic is highly controversial and I want actual opinions so let’s be civil.
And if you’re a mod, delete this if the post is inappropriate or if it gets too heated.
You gotta weigh the decision, on one hand he shot and killed one person, on the other hand the dude he killed was allowing sick people to die unnecessary deaths so he could get his bonus.
So it’s a big old fat no from me, that’s a greater good scenario.
Yes, hell yes.
Get this man in a court room. Let the prosecutors spend weeks trying to find a jury where no one (or any of their relatives and friends) has been fucked over for life because of shitty insurance.
Let them talk about how unstoppable, determined, and committed the defendant was.
And then have the jury nullify the case.
It would be a good day to be alive.
Yes. He murdered someone. Will I curl up in a ball and cry for hours if he’s never caught? Not so much.
Don’t suggest to the mods that its OK to censor. We need to remind them how to do their job, not how to abuse their job
You’re asking the wrong question.
This is a story about two people. One committed an enormous act of violence and another person shot that person.
The question is: should the CEO have been prosecuted for his violent crimes?
Sometimes people provide a public service to humanity is very dark ways. Do not turn this guy in.
If the CEOs that are responsible for price gouging and cutting services in the American health insurance system aren’t held responsible than this guy shouldn’t be either.
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Well said!
I wouldn’t ally myself with some random anon, especially not one with a history of violence, but I’m also not actively seeking his arrest. He’s the cops’ problem and I’m not helping.
How do we get him to do it again?
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Nah
Nah, seems like a good person tbh. Dude should be elected mayor and then eventually rebuild all of reality or whatever Arrow did.
No. I hope he is never found
That’s a disgusting frame of mind. The murderer needs to be caught and punished.
he did get caught and punished. wait…
The murderer has not been caught yet as of this writing. Your information is incorrect.
*whoosh
Brian Thompson deserved to die and his murderer is a hero.
I 100% don’t regret this guy’s death but it does make me uncomfortable when people claim anyone “deserves death”. This sentiment is exactly why we have capital punishment and why uncountable numbers of innocent or undeserving accused persons were killed, sometimes cruelly, and often by a government.
I don’t think anyone is perfect enough to decide who deserves death, except maybe in extreme cases where the individual is 100% sure of extreme harm. For example if someone came into my house and killed my loved one, I think it’s 100% justified to make that decision and kill that murderer.
The year is 1940. You’re a French soldier. You’re waiting just outside Paris for the Nazis to come. When they arrive, will you use your gun to try to kill them?
That’s a disgusting attitude. How would you like it if someone said you deserve to die?
Well if it was a healthcare CEO denying drag’s insurance claim, drag would probably want to assassinate them about it.
The murderer was shot and killed. That’s what this whole thing is about.
No the murderer hasn’t been caught yet. You have your information incorrect.
Woosh
True, the mass murderer wasn’t caught. They were assassinated on video. You can watch it if you want proof.
Sarcasm?
Right wing shill account. Old history is a bot like post of a bunch of Fox news and loads of low effort and negative comments typical of a shill
Not real ring wing haha
Right and left are united on this issue and see a lot of potential to reconcile to get things done
“Right” and “Left” are meaningless words in politics which have no concrete definition, have no useful material basis, are relative to context, and group contradictory ideologies together into a nonsensical strawman. The left-right spectrum just isn’t a meaningful way of interpreting politics.
Case in point: “right-leaning” mass media is generally defending the CEO, while others we would consider “right” are pro-shooter.
You are correct but you are also either not recognizing or being dense about what I meant, ie people on both sides within my life and social media are essentially cheering this despite what media says.
Ehh, yes, I suppose I was being intentionally dense in a way, overlooking the point of unity, because I believe events like this show us exactly why the left-right framework should be fought; the ‘left’ and ‘right’ are unified when it comes to class conflict! The real split lies in who is the owner class and who isn’t.
I was regrettably blunt and antagonistic, sorry.
If he’s caught the lessons of how will help the dozens of copycats
For many reasons.
Firstly, never meet your heroes…
I hope they admit to it on their deathbed a long long time from now so they can be buried under a round of applause.
This guy has done more to united America than anyone in recent history.
I didn’t realize we all had this in US.
I would definitely want to see them prosecuted. However, the sentence should probably be light. I’m not perfectly familiar with the justice system, so I don’t know how much of this is currently the case, but I think vigilante justice should result in smaller punishments than for example if the reason of the murder was personal gain. If it can actually be proven that the murder victim did those terrible things they were killed for, depending how terrible those things are, the sentence should be reduced. If for example someone killed Hitler, there should be no punishments for this murderer.
Of course that allows murderers for personal gain to claim they did it for vigilante justice, but they would have to find something they can actually prove their victim to be guilty of. This will probably be hard. But I think if they actually find something on the victim, as twisted as it sounds, I think it’s actually fine if the sentence gets reduced. Because in the end I think the murder of an unpunished morally bankrupt person is less bad than the murder of a completely innocent person.
People are saying he wasn’t murdered, he just dropped to the ground alone, nobody in the street with him. There’s even video, nobody is there…
