• Todd Bonzalez@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    I love the “arbitrarily redefine what a civilian is” method of handwaving away a murder. It really shows that deep down, you would have an excuse to kill anyone.

    Exit: Downvote me all you want. If openly celebrating murder is how the left operates now, the left is even more doomed than I realized.

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      23 days ago

      “those who make monopolistic fortunes off the sick while also dictating refusal of care to the sick” is hardly arbitrary, though, is it. It’s quite a high bar to clear, that. It’s rational too, since they do many orders of magnitude more harm than e.g. a death row inmate, whom society is content to destroy.

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        23 days ago

        I never said the system was justified. You can’t both-sides this.

        This man isn’t the system, and he was murdered. That’s why it was murder. Like our healthcare system, it was unjust. I’m not celebrating injustice, no matter who it’s visited upon.

        • ubergeek@lemmy.today
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          22 days ago

          This man isn’t the system

          This oligarch is the system… This oligarch made the decisions to implement those policies. They are, after all, the CEO.

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      23 days ago

      Buddy if you think it’s just the left operating this way I have some beach front property in Arizona for a good price.

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      23 days ago

      being judgmental towards the only person in the comments being even vaguely critical of murder because you can’t read

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      It should go without saying that such violence is not good and not supportable.

      I am not celebrating. It’s a tragedy, even if a predictable one. We’ll all do better with a little more cooperation and a lot less greed.

      I don’t like it when people die, or get maimed.

      If I say that I can understand how something like this happens, it’s not out of sympathy for the murderer. It’s just an accounting of facts amidst the fact that billions of people exist so obviously someone is going to be willing to kill for their perceived injustices. Especially when injustices are a lot more concrete than abstract.

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        22 days ago

        It’s a tragedy,

        Technically, and in reality, it’s not a tragedy. Technically, dying from a pre-existing condition as a health insurance exec is a comedy. In reality, it’s a net positive for society.

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          Life is a comedy to those who think, and a tragedy to those who feel.

          I’m thinking a lot about this one.

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            22 days ago

            I’d agree. He likely got great comedic value from the people dying as a result of his decisions; and thinks those people being healthy is a tragedy.

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      22 days ago

      The ruling class isn’t a “civilian”, because they literally command armed forces.

      While not always called “armies”, their function is the same: Secure the interest of the capitalist class.

      Just like I wouldn’t call the POTUS a “civilian”, as the POTUS commands an armed force.