In the wake of the killing, widespread public animosity towards health insurers ― and UnitedHealthcare specifically ― may explain why the company quickly limited who could comment on their tribute to Thompson.

Still, people still found a way to express how they felt ― to the tune of more than 90,000 laughing reactions as of Friday.

  • Chozo
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    -355 days ago

    Because extremist rhetoric is banned in any decent space.

      • @[email protected]
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        165 days ago

        In the pearl-clutching liberal world where people still can’t understand why she lost when it was her turn

      • Chozo
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        Advocating for anybody’s killing is extremist. It’s literally the most extreme thing you could inflict upon somebody.

        Revenge and justice aren’t the same thing.

        • halyk.the.red
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          275 days ago

          No, you’re right. It’s fine that these executives go into meetings and enact plans that harm and kill sick people, while they profit. They should be allowed to do that without consequence. The fact that this one man killed only one person, and without personal profit, is abhorrent.

          • @Xanthobilly
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            74 days ago

            We do it once, and people are up in arms, they industrialize the process and make billions.

        • @[email protected]
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          They actually sometimes are the same thing.

          Would any sane person advocate against Hitler’s death after learning what he did?

          The difference is that our government sanctioned that target ~80 years ago, but this one was against the law. Both people brought large numbers of innocent people to early graves in this world.

        • @idiomaddict
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          When patients are denied necessary care, they suffer. I would argue that this was not an act of revenge, because that would have been much more gruesome.

        • @Cypher
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          You lack imagination if you think death is the worst that can be inflicted.