Wait, Luigi Mangione, who was just arrested in Pennsylvania, suspected of being the shooter who killed UHC CEO Brian Thompson, was a fan of Tucker Carlson?
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He's talking about, literally, ARCHITECTURE. Who cares if he's agreeing with Tucker about that? Do you, or I, or anybody reading this have an actual, educated, valid opinion about f'ing architecture?
I think this post is about how he consumes enough Tucker content to be invested enough to argue with him like that online. Also arguing about architecture of all things instead of the hate speech and actual misinformation Tucker is spreading.
How's it pointing to him I didn't catch that? The one thing I can say is it sure as hell don't look like him does not look like the shooter one bit face doesn't match up
Well of course they're going to say that. But it doesn't look like I'm the nose doesn't match neither does the jawline. And what did they exactly find on him?
I wonder if he was injured, then disenchanted by the system & radicalized, falling into disinformation & MAHA. I’m ALL too familiar with this scenario. I lost a lot of chronically ill friends this way.
I agree, that plus the GoodReads list with books about back pain is a decent indication that he had a reason for doing what he did.
I was only referring to the OP of the image of the brain injury unit because they had a poor joke on their profile that referenced it. For the repost, not sure.
He also attended a $36,000 plus a year high school Gilman in Baltimore, and went to Penn. His family owns country clubs and is wealthy. So that kind of sidetracks the hero angle of some online. We will learn alot more about this vigilante in the coming days.
His follows and posts actually seem to span the political spectrum. But even if he is right wing, it highlights that the Health Insurance system hurts every average American. Regardless of politics.
That remains to be seen. He attended an expensive High School Gilman in Baltimore and Penn . Gilman's tuition is over $36,000 per year. (he could of had scholarships) So it is too early to call him an Average American.
Stop falling for this crap. I'm a neon blue liberal who used to listen to Rogan's podcast and respected Musk a LONG time ago. Then I didn't. People change.
Not sure it's that surprising? Only one side routinely uses guns to settle disputes. Carlson repeatedly equated gun ownership with, well basically, Christ.
Well, then, if Mangione’s attorneys can come up with a writing or recording of Brian Thompson saying “Trump might be good for my company’s bottom line but I still think he’s an idiot who shouldn’t be POTUS”, then the Orange Oaf will defend Mangione as a “fearless patriot who should be set free.”
My opinion: he doesn’t exist. Luigi is just the fall guy. There’s so much evidence that contradicts him being the shooter. The clothes don’t match, the body builds are different, the weapons are different, and they’re saying he left prints even though the culprit was wearing GLOVES.
He agreed with tucker on architecture! Burn him alive!! Since he's not 100% like me I think we should stop the capital gains tax and subsidize the rich! It's a kingdom of heaven or nothing at all!!!
I'm yet to see anything that I think would justify a liberal suddenly disavow him. He read a few books they don't like and his demographics are suspect to them.That list look very familiar to my liberal ass growing up conservative.Then he had a white knight syndrome that liberal think is problematic
I personally don’t have an issue with him being Republican, if he is. Everyone is to the right of me. I can separate the politics from the unbelievably brave and righteous actions. I can because I have a lot of practice doing it. I have to do it daily.
Seriously. It’s reaching for sure and the fact that only a few comments are pointing this out is disappointing as fuck. But tbh it tracks. People don’t think beyond first impressions.
Apparently, hero to zero is a short trip these days. Always best to not elevate a killer into a hero, they're bound to disappoint when you get to know them better.
Thompson was a despicable person. And I do not think the killer is a hero. So, yeah, not all.
However, when you back out to the macro view, you'll see that there is a mystique people as a whole are building around him. Much like the right did with KR and GZ.
What's even sicker is the mystique built around wealthy people like Thompson, a mystique that results in the dead bodies they leave in their wake being dismissed with a few clucked tongues and shrugs of regret.
Yes. Despicable. Emblematic of the worst of all possible health care systems. A for profit health care system driven by insurance companies has no redeeming value and must be brought down. Agreed?
I'm pretty sure that shooting people in the back in cold blood and having a manifesto that calls for anarchy - is more damaging to his personality than any legacy media people can dig up...
The right wing hates postmodernism because it decenters their hatreds and beliefs and allows others to believe differently with no penalty. Buncha selfish brats who don't want to share the Birthday Cake Of Beliefs even though there's enough for everybody to go around.
I grew up in this environment and you are correct, there is enough to go around and they will do everything not to share. I am clearly the black sheep.
There’s something karmic about a Tucker loving 26 y o rich Republican assassinating a Corporate CEO who almost certainly voted Trump. Oh the irony is delicious. His rich parents will fund his blue ribbon defense and he’ll be acquitted on diminished responsibility aka White Privilege on steroids
I don't thinks so either. I think it's just some embarrassing coincidence that he was arrested with a ghost gun, silencer and fake ID that matched the one used in the NY hostel.
Where's the rest of the post? What's the context? All I saw was him agreeing with Carlson about architecture. That's hardly a ringing endorsement of Maga or even Carlson himself. If you want to be respected as an org, stop trying to "spin" information like you're fucking CNN. I'm unfollowing. Shame.
I wouldn't go that far yet until we get more info. He is expressing agreement on one statement here in relation to architecture. So ,I wouldn't jump the gun yet.
He sounds like he read Kurzweil and expects something like a technological singularity or something similar to happen as if it's deterministic and unavoidable.
That's just the sense I got perusing his feed. I can't say for certain.
I'd argue that his agreement on this one point means that he's likely very aware of the "throw the baby out with the bathwater" fallacy as understanding logical fallacies seems like it was probably his "thing" & thing to avoid personally.
To be fair Tucker was criticizing new architecture. He thought the older architecture was more spectacular and unique. I agree. Some of the new architecture is sterile and lacks humanity.
Yep. Both the CEO and the shooter can be horrible shitheads at the same time. I don't know how the alt-right is surprised that their followers are becoming violent after spreading violent rhetoric to them for years.
I don't agree with folks applauding this young man; actually, I'm appalled that many call him a hero. However, I won't argue that the health care system in our country needs a major overhaul. UHC is my provider under Medicare. My out-of- pocket costs are absurd.
Yea, and then they vote for the right you know who wants insurance companies to be able to deny us for preexisting conditions. They vote for the side that wants to deny LGBTQ+ people just for being who they are. They vote for the side who wants to gut Medicare and Medicaid. WE ARE NOT THE SAME!
Quit trying to sane wash that GD serial killer, Brain Thomson existence.
That motherfucker and rest of health insurance companies have murdered millions of americas.
So excuse us if not one single fuck is given about Thomson.
Not one.
I mean, ugly architecture does kinda make people sad. But I don't mean that in a fascist-coded way in the way Tucker Carlson probably uses that cultural talking point. The human mind craves variety. Greedy apartment developers just cut corners/costs to maximize profits.
The underlying issue is real estate developers having local governments in their pocket and influencing zoning laws, leading to gentrification-neobrutalist rectangles with one pop of color. But god forbid we actually point out the true culprits instead of blaming the nebulous Boogeyman of wokeness!
If we had less of a barrier between single family housing and urban density zones, there'd be the possibility of a more blended approach to housing, instead of the jarring jump from a 1-2 story SFH to the 5-7 story corpoblocs. More 3-4 story affordable condos could be allowed that look nice.
Sheesh, I was kind of looking for a DB Cooper kind of legend status. But then again, if we found DB Cooper on Twitter he probably be full MAGA.
And, Tucker Carlson is not a credible critic of the arts.
That doesn't surprise me. The most ready to be radicalized are the right wing folks. So when the right wing machine spins them into a frenzy, it's them who take action first even against their own if they feel wronged by them. In essence, they fed their own dragons, which no longer can be contained.
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Everything is pointing to Luigi but maybe it’s supposed to.
I posted one time, something, like "omg don't make me have to agree with Tucker Carlson" on the one lefty thing that fvcker ever said.
Of his profile header on Twitter
I was only referring to the OP of the image of the brain injury unit because they had a poor joke on their profile that referenced it. For the repost, not sure.
when it comes to the human impact of bleak architecture, no Carlson isn't entirely wrong just bc he's Tucker Carlson
That's a MAGA cultist.
Looks like he leans politically to “Rogan” side of thought process.
I’ve decided that became a stupid league all of its own.
(And since this comment could apparently make it unclear, I am not a fan, neither of Luigi Mangione, nor Tucker Carlson)
"They're all cousin fuqqing terrorists. Like the Arab kind. And not in a plutonic sense."
They vote for republicans because they’re too stupid to do even a modicum of research on policy and believe whatever the idiot box tells them
He’s still a hero. His politics are separate from this action. This is a thing everyone can identify with.
This might be an origin story.
However, when you back out to the macro view, you'll see that there is a mystique people as a whole are building around him. Much like the right did with KR and GZ.
It's not good. It's sick.
He sounds a bit lost in the realm of a technological determinist.
That's not Pepe exactly but if I saw that handle while still regularly using Twitter it would throw up some red flags for me.
Go read his profile.
That's just the sense I got perusing his feed. I can't say for certain.
A broken clock.
The trad architecture group chat must be off the proverbial chain.
That motherfucker and rest of health insurance companies have murdered millions of americas.
So excuse us if not one single fuck is given about Thomson.
Not one.
And, Tucker Carlson is not a credible critic of the arts.