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UTUSN

(73,398 posts)
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 04:51 PM Dec 10

The MAGAts are trying to pin MANGIONE on "Leftists" - (Ivy league, very smart, elitist, et al. )

In the past couple of years they waged a campaign against university leaders and professors as their definition of "Woke" as if innocent blank minded students were being brainwashed and then turning around to cover the country with unthinking talking points, parroting, and bumper sticker slogans.

They've done it before, like how the serial killer in Philadelphia was publicized relentlessly in wingnut outlets as "the abortion doctor." Back then, here, inconsequential moi posted about what they were doing, that he committed his crimes as a serial killer whose m.o. was to use surgical techniques, *not* anything to do with Pro-Choice reproductive rights. As I did the Search just now to track him down, I was gratified to see that the Wiki entry (now) labels him as a "serial killer."

So they're doing it right now with this MANGIONE person - making him out to be "Leftist" if not specifically by politics, by those things they use as code - elitist, Ivy League, anti-capitalist, etc.

More Wingnut-adjacent than anything: There are articles out there citing that he followed ROGAN, had quoted approvingly *ucker CARLSON, THIEL, VANCE. He's got more in common with Drumpf - pater familias real estate developer, his school, and in the category of thinking he's smarter than he really is - and MacDonalds.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Gosnell

Kermit Barron Gosnell

(born February 9, 1941) is an American serial killer and former abortion doctor. He provided illegal late-term abortions at his clinic in West Philadelphia. Gosnell was convicted of the murders of three infants who were born alive after using drugs to induce labor, the manslaughter of one woman during an abortion procedure, and of several other abortion- and drug-related crimes.[3][4][5][6][7] Staff at Gosnell's clinic testified that there were hundreds of infants born alive during abortion procedures, and subsequently killed by Gosnell.[8][9][10][11] ....

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The MAGAts are trying to pin MANGIONE on "Leftists" - (Ivy league, very smart, elitist, et al. ) (Original Post) UTUSN Dec 10 OP
He's more wealthy, libertarian, elite, anarchist. bucolic_frolic Dec 10 #1
Italian Anarchist Movement sop Dec 10 #6
Raskolnikov killed his old landlandy soandso Dec 10 #8
Raskolnikov is similar bucolic_frolic Dec 10 #13
I've read the book soandso Dec 10 #15
You've a glaring misspelling in your title. Nt AKwannabe Dec 10 #2
So... Trenzalore Dec 10 #3
He was popular, including with girls soandso Dec 10 #7
Yeah but they aren't Trenzalore Dec 10 #10
He wasn't peddling anything toxic soandso Dec 10 #11
Crackpot with gun shoots somebody in back, hoping people will then read his junk.. struggle4progress Dec 10 #4
I think many on the far left would love to own him soandso Dec 10 #5
One FOX guest already try to blame Obamacare and the government. nt Jit423 Dec 10 #9
If there's anything the last 14 years have taught me... 0rganism Dec 10 #12
He went to the same school as their f#@king leader! unitedwethrive Dec 10 #14
Mangione appears to be somewhat MAGAt friendly himself.... AntiFascist Dec 10 #16

bucolic_frolic

(48,936 posts)
1. He's more wealthy, libertarian, elite, anarchist.
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 04:55 PM
Dec 10

He's a modern day Raskolnikov, alienated from society and convinced he has the right and power to execute his victim.

 

soandso

(1,631 posts)
8. Raskolnikov killed his old landlandy
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:28 PM
Dec 10

This guy has corporations removing executive profiles from their websites.

bucolic_frolic

(48,936 posts)
13. Raskolnikov is similar
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:44 PM
Dec 10

"he believes that he is part of an elite “superman” echelon and can consequently transgress accepted moral standards for higher purposes such as utilitarian good."

https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crime/character/raskolnikov/

Trenzalore

(2,575 posts)
3. So...
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:24 PM
Dec 10

A group of frustrated males who don't know how to talk to girls just saw a male their age recieve adulation from women their age for doing something heinous. We got bigger problems than who owns him lol

Trenzalore

(2,575 posts)
10. Yeah but they aren't
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:30 PM
Dec 10

And in the bullshit toxic alpha culture they peddle....he is an alpha

struggle4progress

(121,682 posts)
4. Crackpot with gun shoots somebody in back, hoping people will then read his junk..
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:24 PM
Dec 10

Real issue: How can we keep crackpots like this away from guns?

Media issue: Which sidewalks does this crackpot prefer to drive on?"

 

soandso

(1,631 posts)
5. I think many on the far left would love to own him
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:25 PM
Dec 10

but he's not of the left nor of the Chamber of Commerce R right. More libertarian, demanding freedom and respect for all people, ending vulture capitalism and wanton greed and corruption, pro healthy living and agriculture. Go read his tweets. Very smart guy and deep thinker and you can see why he would be more like Ted Kaczinsky. Ted was schizophrenic, though, and had been abused in psych experiments at Harvard. I don't know if Luigi has that same problem (mental illness) or is just fed up. He seems to have no remorse other than generally being sorry about upsetting people. He felt this had to be done because nobody else will do anything about the ripping off and taking advantage of people who need their claims honored. Now, he's a killer, though, and has bigger problems. He also looked very angry with the cops, today. Is he a danger to society or just the vulture capitalists? Dunno. This is a fascinating case, that's for sure.

0rganism

(24,875 posts)
12. If there's anything the last 14 years have taught me...
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:35 PM
Dec 10

Last edited Tue Dec 10, 2024, 07:17 PM - Edit history (1)

Whenever the right wingers are "trying to pin" something or someone on the left, it's working. The allegations and associations will go largely unchallenged, and in 6 weeks it will be common knowledge that leftists murder hard-working CEOs, thus justifying any and all actions corporate board members might wish to take in "self defense".

unitedwethrive

(2,011 posts)
14. He went to the same school as their f#@king leader!
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:44 PM
Dec 10

Of course, one would be forgiven to assume that tRump never received a decent education.

AntiFascist

(13,100 posts)
16. Mangione appears to be somewhat MAGAt friendly himself....
Tue Dec 10, 2024, 05:48 PM
Dec 10
...the reality appears to be more complex, with the Ivy League-educated 26-year-old having supported sentiments shared by some of the world’s richest men, according to his X profile.

Earlier this year, Mangione shared a post on his X account of another user praising Musk for his “commitment to long-term civilization success.”

It referenced a post by Musk from March this year where he claimed he was “in a battle to the death with the anti-civilizational woke mind virus.”

One of the most recent posts on Mangione’s X’s profile was a repost of a video of Thiel, the right-wing billionaire who introduced JD Vance to Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2021.
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Other posts Mangione shared lamented “wokeism” in society, and he also responded to one post that claimed God had been replaced by people “worshipping at the DEI shrine, using made-up pronouns like religious mantras and firing professors for saying men can’t get pregnant.”

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-murder-unitedhealthcare-elon-musk-b2661922.html

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