• Queen HawlSera@lemm.ee
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    1 hour ago

    Luigi Mangione? I haven’t heard that name since he saved my life, here in North Carolina, same day as that United Healthcare guy keeled over from a heart attack

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    4 hours ago

    Luigi looks like he’s about to drop the most 🔥 rap album of 2025 in that photo.

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    Woah woah woah, slow it down, we don’t know if it was murder yet. For all we know it was self defence.

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      Even if he did do it, it looked like a clear cut case of self defense. Brian was coming right for his throat.

      But also, there wasn’t a shooter. If you watch the video, Brian trips and falls on his own gun, shooting himself in the back 3 times

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      I’m not sure what your point is. That’s why there’s a trial. A murder trial. To decide if he’s guilty. Nothing in the story claims otherwise. In fact, they go out of their way to point out that he has only been accused, not convicted.

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        Exactly. The media—and people as a whole—need to stop automatically assuming he’s the killer. Even those who support him are still acting like he’s the one who did it. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?

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          He’s the wrong guy entirely. His build doesn’t look like those earlier NYPD photos showing the dude actually shooting the other dude. Not-Guilty. I think the NYPD picked up the wrong guy on purpose as an, “oops, I guess it’s a cold case now.”

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      People generally don’t have time to whittle words about their attackers profession onto bullet casings in a shootout, and fabricating untraceable firearms generally isn’t something rich people do for self defence.

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        Yes, but who has the time to do that when they’re playing Battletech at the same time as the murder? Which he totally was with me at that exact moment.

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        Yes but no matter how obvious you think guilt is, eveyone has to go through a trial. Cops aren’t the judges or executioners.

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        fabricating untraceable firearms generally isn’t something rich people do for self defence.

        I take it you’ve never been to the USA? They do it almost constantly as a hobby. 2nd Amendment bullshit.

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          It’s highly illegal. There is a massive supply of firearms from large manufacturers, the only reason to make your own as a rich man is because you’re bored AF or you plan to murder somebody.

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            It’s highly illegal.

            It’s not, not anymore at least. As of Friday, Trump directed Bondi to do a review and potential roll-back on the Biden-era provisions surrounding ghost guns.

            A lot of the 2nd amendment types LOVE printing ghost guns. They find it amusing, interesting and generally speaking they are firearms enthusiasts. Just because some dipshit already has 20 AR-15s, 8 pistols, 3 shotguns and a sniper rifle, does NOT dissuade them from having a ghost gun.

            Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4dBuPJ9p7A&t=708s

            This shit is 3 years old. It should provide you some necessary insight.

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              I mean its basically the firearms equivalent of building your own retro-console from spare parts. Janky and underpowered compared to what’s on the market from big manufacturers, but much of the point is in the building.

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        That’s merely your understanding of self defence.
        Other people like those in the jury may have a different understanding - and their understanding is more important here.

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            I didn’t predict how it’d end, just what counts.
            Have fun in defeatistland.

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              Defeat? Whats to be defeatist about? Luigi didn’t improve anything for anyone and him walking free or going to prison is a net zero result for society.

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              Don’t let these fools crush your dreams of world where regular jackoffs like you and me watch out for each other. I got your back on this one fam

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                I won’t, but it’s always good knowing we’re not alone and on the right side.
                Thank you! I’ve got yours!
                Innocent until proven guilty!

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    In response to hearing about your 10,000+ individual donations, averaging under $30

    So if that doesn’t send a message, maybe another CEO to spell it out?

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    I’m surprised they kept this guy alive. Maybe they figured out how obvious epstein looked and didn’t risk it with this guy

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      Better to keep him alive as an example to poors who have any ideas about attacking their ruling class masters.

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        They’ve already ruined one woman’s life in Florida as example for daring to invoke Luigi on a phone conversation with her “healthcare provider” who was in the midst of denying her coverage.

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      Luigi hasn’t harmed any currently alive rich people, when he killed one another took their place.

      Epstein was a threat to Trump and a UK Prince, among others.

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      Epstein had blackmail, and as such was still a danger to the rich, even in jail. On the other hand, Luigi was just some guy with a gun who got lucky, if they can lock him up for the rest of his life, he doesn’t pose any danger.

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      I fear that we’re witnessing a concerted conditioning aimed at ensuring the suspension of habeus corpus. At this point, it seems to be a bipartisan theatrical effort. I reallllllly hope I’m just being paranoid because if I’m right, we have no concept of the hell that awaits us (I’m writing this from a quantum decryption proof VPN)

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      Likely yes, but everyone has a right to a trial by a jury of their peers and, who knows?

      Political discourse is really poor in this country and they need all 12 to convict.

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      I don’t really understand lemmy’s derision for this opinion.

      It’s the obvious outcome. Luigi might be a hero but he’s going to jail.

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        I think the random spike in interaction specifically to downvote opinions, counter to wannabe revolutionary fuel, are suspicious af.

        TBH these luigi posts might just be a bunch of Tankies trying to convince us to start violence in the streets.

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          When folks are dying so oligarchs can make billions, there’s already violence.

          But folks lionizing Luigi is what bothers you?

          Tbh, I had to look at your post history to be sure you weren’t a propaganda bot.

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            Luigi has had, will never have, any impact on that system because instead of actually trying to change that system he threw his life, and his ivy league rich boy education, away over petty emotions.

            But people, probably Tankies tbh, are cheering for more people to waste more lives and bullets and have no real impact.

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      This guy is going to spend decades in prison unless he starts running for president.

      People are advertising jury nullification, but that won’t clear him for the same reason that a McDonald’s employee would tell the cops where to find him.

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      My fear is he’s going to be used to instigate the social unrest needed for project 2025 to reach it’s goal of suspension of habeus corpus by June 30th. That’s end game and the way they’re concentrating messaging against the judicial branch right now means they’re grinding toward the 6 month milestone right on schedule.

      The fact the most famous dems aren’t saying the above is chilling.

      What if we all got too comfy with our rights and values during lockdown and the tree is about to be shaken so violently that we’ll all be thankful for a low wage job in a few years? I guarantee that’s a bipartisan goal.

      Stay peaceful folks, the future demands it.

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        There could be a legitimate conspiracy, for sure, but the Dems aren’t manufacturing this hell. The Dems wanted to tax the rich and socialize healthcare, we’ve just never believed them enough to give them the power.

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          I don’t remember Biden or Harris running on socialized health care so what are you talking about?

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            Biden did expand Medicaid and removed Medical Debt from credit history, and it’s a core DNC platform because they attempted it when we gave them 58 senate seats but the Independents didn’t fall in line so we don’t have it.

            It takes 60 votes.