Their anti-trans stances are quite troubling. Publishing a piece by Jesse Singal makes them assholes. I can see where a cis white dude wld not notice. But in general, they have a tendency to come down on the side of conservative thought, with a lot of misrepresentation of concepts and words.
Thank you for your response. That sucks, I have noticed the NYT has a troubling anti-trance as well. Jesse Singal is....different. He tries to come across (to me) as a guy who's "just asking questions" but which underlies a clear bias. I am not very familiar with him though.
To be fair, this cis white dude doesn't read/judge every story in every publication I subscribe to. I can't expect a publication to adhere to some perfect purity test. Publicizing an article from a terrible person is one thing. Hiring them as a regular columnist is another.
Yes, they can't stop writing about this and each take is worst than the last. Some ppl are coping with dark humor or rightly recognizing that these CEOs are also murderers. Duh. It's not "condoning murder" to note they kill patients coldly every single day, by cutting off their care.
It's a mischaracterization to say he's being "worshiped at a folk hero." It's simply that, in the realm of bad guys, the person he killed was a much worse villain.
More useful stories would be to discuss how bad healthcare truly is.
Unpopular take- a VERY left pal of mine who has stage 4 cancer was an Iowa friend of the guy killed and says he was great and was an unsung hero of pandemic. It pains me to say that because I’ve also enjoyed the antihero dark comedy w/ the shooter.
I think your friend with stage 4 cancer is prob very angry. I'm not surprised, but it's not really a full on folk hero moment. It's just the person he murdered killed more ppl than he ever did. It's no wonder ppl are having mixed reactions.
People from Iowa talk about Iowa values etc. They both grew up in a small town there. Now, did the machine create a monster? I don’t know. The whole structure of health care in the US is terrible. From birth to 25 that guy was a hero to the people who knew him, farm kid, brilliant and hard working.
The individual who maintains a pleasant public face while killing people is far more insidious and vile than the individual who boldly kills in public. Both are bad, one is far worse.
I’m not talking about a pleasant public face. Arguably according to a trusted liberal friend with terminal cancer, that guy saved thousands of lives by figuring out how to fund payroll during the pandemic and was working on the inside for the better. He was wealthy but humble - allegedly.
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More useful stories would be to discuss how bad healthcare truly is.
The individual who maintains a pleasant public face while killing people is far more insidious and vile than the individual who boldly kills in public. Both are bad, one is far worse.