Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination
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I said it to my friends, others have said it on Twitter. If all our peaceful attempts to right a wrong are refused, what other path do we have other than violent?
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Click “source” to see [removed by mod]. And I agree.
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this is a gentle reminder to posters in this thread that the fediverse in general is nowhere near secure from an opsec perspective; don’t post anything that compromises yourself or us.
with that said, happy December 4th to those who celebrate. post commemorative cocktail recipes here.
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I love a good holiday
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Oh Dec 4th, Universal Healthcare Day? One of my fav holidays.
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Just made myself a lil spiked eggnog; just some cinnamon moonshine and oat milk eggnog in whatever ratios you prefer, topped with some freshly-grated cinnamon. I hadn’t really felt too festive this holiday season thus far, but that’s changed somewhat.
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fuck yes. try it with alcoholic whipped cream if you can source some!
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Oh hell yeah, that sounds like exactly what this needs! I’ll have to look out for some next shopping trip
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if you can’t find any in the shop, whipped cream is amazingly easy to make at home! just mix liquor, cream and sugar and beat the shit out of it with a whisk or mixer
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that sounds amazing! the cans of alcoholic whipped cream I’ve got are non-dairy (so technically whipped topping, also don’t refrigerate it or it’ll go terribly wrong) and vodka-based and now I really want to try making some bourbon whipped cream
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I have heard that egg nog and orange soda is a surprisingly good drink.
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Sounds kind of like a boozy, fizzy Orange Julius…so, yeah, it could work.
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Don’t plan murders over the fediverse no
However celebrate that shit. We don’t answer to advertisers, we’re self and community funded.
This is one of the huge benefits of the fediverse.
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I started thinking about when Emma Goldman’s partner Alexander Berkman tried to kill a 19th century robber baron who had sent in Pinkerton to murder workers into ending a strike.
One can make an argument about the economic conditions creating the condition’s for what the anarchists back then called “the propaganda of the deed”. But that isn’t where I am going. Instead let’s look at the aftermath.
From an assassination perspective, the quality of the assassination was lacking. Also, Wikipedia (my bold):
Frick was back at work within a week; Berkman was charged and found guilty of attempted murder. Berkman’s actions in planning the assassination clearly indicated a premeditated intent to kill, and he was sentenced to 22 years in prison.[5] Negative publicity from the attempted assassination resulted in the collapse of the strike.[19]
In other words, today’s robber barons gets less sympathy than the O.G. kind. That’s a bit interesting.
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Berkman’s case had the perception of doing something violent to end a strike. UHC is pure retribution. It hits differently.
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as the edgy commie teens say, praxis
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“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."
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Remember, kids: Live your life in a way that ensures people don’t lionize your murderer
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AO3: The Adjuster, hero of the people (and an excellent lover)
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Mal Reynolds yeah um hmm wait err hmm.gif
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Not that I have a leg to stand on
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1 day old and 3293 kudos. Holy shit.
No beta we die like Brian Thompson.
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Nice :3
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The murder of the United Healthcare CEO was less of a miscarriage of justice than the justice system allowing them to do what they are doing in the US.
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The FBI has arrested and named a suspect now and it looks like they probably got the right guy.
I looked over what is presumably his social media (before it’s inevitably(?) deleted), and what stood out to me was how normal it is. Some bad takes for sure, and a few man-o-sphere retweets, but nothing he wrote jumps out to me as particularly radicalized or inauthentic. The only direct mention of health problems is an x-ray of some metal rods from a back surgery.
Apparently there’s a manifesto:
A multi-page, handwritten document was recovered from the person of interest arrested in the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Tuesday.
I wonder if we’ll get to see it, the FBI is surely worried about copycats given the internet’s reaction.
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Also I think everyone here has noticed how much money, time, and effort went into catching this guy compared to, say, any other shooter in New York in 2024.
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