r/technology • u/marketrent • Dec 08 '24

Social Media Some on social media see suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing as a folk hero — “What’s disturbing about this is it’s mainstream”: NCRI senior adviser

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/nyregion/unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect.html
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u/Itcouldberabies Dec 08 '24

I like the armed and dangerous warnings issued by media outlets and the police. Thanks Fox/CNN/NYPD, but something tells me this guy is going to walk on by me without a glance.

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u/SkankLover Dec 08 '24

It's such an egregious misread of the room.

In the off chance any news outlet is reading this:

I actually feel safer with him out there.

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u/EcstaticDeal8980 Dec 08 '24

I see this is as a possible turning point in history especially bc law enforcement and the media won’t shut up about it.

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u/LilaValentine Dec 08 '24

“ZOMG one of the poors is fighting back! Why don’t the other poors help us stop him?” 😂😂😂😂

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u/EcstaticDeal8980 Dec 08 '24

I love how we are united on at the very least not caring if he gets caught.

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u/naughtycal11 Dec 08 '24

The elite have taken away any resource to combat them. All that's left is violence.

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u/EcstaticDeal8980 Dec 08 '24

Sad that the People do not feel as though they have a say in their own government, in industries where they themselves work, etc.

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u/doneclabbered Dec 08 '24

“Elite”? Mitch McConnell? Pope Paul? What do you mean “elites”?

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u/naughtycal11 Dec 08 '24

The oligarchs that really run our country.

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u/Altruistic-Sorbet927 Dec 09 '24

Don't feel too bad. His estranged wife and kids lived down the street in a separate home for years. I get the feeling he wasn't as great a guy as some people have said. How can someone be so kind and wonderful and oversee a program aimed at harming people for profit? It doesn't add up. I'm sure it's been traumatic but I also wonder if he was a bad guy, behind closed doors.