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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe 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
(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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bucolic_frolic
(48,936 posts)He's a modern day Raskolnikov, alienated from society and convinced he has the right and power to execute his victim.
sop
(12,798 posts)A modern-day Sacco and Vanzetti.
soandso
(1,631 posts)This guy has corporations removing executive profiles from their websites.
bucolic_frolic
(48,936 posts)"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/
soandso
(1,631 posts)and, I agree, there is some similarity but a lot of differences.
AKwannabe
(6,607 posts)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
soandso
(1,631 posts)Trenzalore
(2,575 posts)And in the bullshit toxic alpha culture they peddle....he is an alpha
soandso
(1,631 posts)and he was well liked by everyone.
struggle4progress
(121,682 posts)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)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.
Jit423
(965 posts)0rganism
(24,875 posts)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)Of course, one would be forgiven to assume that tRump never received a decent education.
AntiFascist
(13,100 posts)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 Mangiones Xs 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 cant get pregnant.
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/luigi-mangione-murder-unitedhealthcare-elon-musk-b2661922.html