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Buzz cook

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89. I just don't care

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Wed Dec 4, 2024, 03:05 PM

Dec 2024

Lots of shootings in the United States. This one is no more ore less important than any other.

Don't want to hear about it on repeat for the nest two or three days.
My sympathies to his family, just as it goes to the families of all shooting victims.

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Why all the posts dismissing the murder of UnitedHealth CEO in New York? [View all] question everything Dec 2024 OP

Its funny leftstreet Dec 2024 #1

Oh, so now we are in an eye for an eye society? Perhaps Whiny is the right one to lead us question everything Dec 2024 #4

Well to make it equal a whole lot of CEOs would have to, never mind leftstreet Dec 2024 #16

Pretty sure if something happened to my eye, UHC would be "Well, you still have the other one, don't you?" ck4829 Dec 2024 #18

The eye surgery is not medically necessary Trekologer Dec 2024 #61

Guess what? atreides1 Dec 2024 #25

Are you accusing DU members of doing something to the people we disagree with? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #27

It is not "doing" it is applauding a murder. A murder! What sense of moral is this? question everything Dec 2024 #146

oh, okay, my apologies... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #150

And what caused his death? soandso Dec 2024 #168

There IS a difference between .... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #188

An eye for an eye would apply only if someone here killed him. This is a bit dramatic. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #133

Disgusting. Cold blooded murder, whoever the victim, is never funny. Wiz Imp Dec 2024 #111

Thank you MustLoveBeagles Dec 2024 #148

Bring in the gullotine LiberalArkie Dec 2024 #113

It appears some here would like that soandso Dec 2024 #169

nothing funny about vigilante justice Skittles Dec 2024 #135

Correct MustLoveBeagles Dec 2024 #152

... orangecrush Dec 2024 #162

Don't lump all of DU into this category...a lot of us aren't this way. NT SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #2

No of course not. But there are several posts reporting the murder, the first, with more than 100 question everything Dec 2024 #9

Yeah, I saw this. People are entitled to their opinions, but it doesn't mean I have to like them, or agree w/ them... SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #37

None of us is "this way." No one here "eliminated" anyone, as the OP is claiming. Ridiculously. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #134

No, not "eliminating" but applauding a cold blooded murder question everything Dec 2024 #147

The OP did not make any such claim soandso Dec 2024 #171

Actually, they did. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #189

Fair enough soandso Dec 2024 #196

But many are, which is rather disgusting to me. Abolishinist Dec 2024 #170

Everyone grab a black arm band and start mourning harder. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #3

... leftstreet Dec 2024 #7

His estate should do a GoFundMe dalton99a Dec 2024 #10

If the ER docs were out of network it might be needed. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #46

That's bad! Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #141

Lol nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #48

I laughed out loud!! Coventina Dec 2024 #142

I agree, it's morbid Shellback Squid Dec 2024 #5

Trump has poisoned our entire body politic. tritsofme Dec 2024 #6

Absolutely. NewHendoLib Dec 2024 #23

Poison is the right word. Our politics and our society. EarnestPutz Dec 2024 #127

Murder is murder and whomever killed him should be prosecuted. Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #8

Thank you, I don't know the guy personally so I'm not hurt by his demise... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #30

The reason I don't mind the negative comments is jimfields33 Dec 2024 #73

So we are being reduced to be like them? question everything Dec 2024 #149

I'm reading the thread. jimfields33 Dec 2024 #167

Are you complaining we aren't mourning this man enough? Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #11

No. There is a difference between not mourning, shrugging even, and applauding which many comments question everything Dec 2024 #143

okay but I don't think when people say they want to eat the rich they want to do it while the person is still alive WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #12

I would at least want them cooked first. CrispyQ Dec 2024 #26

Of course, too many parasites otherwise EdmondDantes_ Dec 2024 #80

Im sure he was all broken up about the deaths of people he caused through his company's policies Fullduplexxx Dec 2024 #13

And thus deserved to die? What kind of a moral is it? question everything Dec 2024 #144

I dont know but he did Fullduplexxx Dec 2024 #151

It's called karma. intheflow Dec 2024 #195

That isn't the point soandso Dec 2024 #173

I don't recall DU being very nice when Jerry Falwell or Rush Limbaugh bought it. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #14

Yeah,when pillboy croaked I was filled with glee,still am!! Bengus81 Dec 2024 #29

I didn't lose any sleep when Breitbart dropped dead. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #32

Natural causes. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #72

Not much justice these days. Emile Dec 2024 #15

DU is against gun violence sarisataka Dec 2024 #17

The guy profiteered off of other people's suffering. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #34

I rest my case. sarisataka Dec 2024 #38

you should. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #49

Thanks, you put it very well. LisaM Dec 2024 #96

Making a joke about karma or copays is a far cry from tolerating his killing. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #138

+1. Our healthcare system -- or lack of it -- sucks. But most blame belongs to Congress for not enacting Silent Type Dec 2024 #19

I believe some of the blame still does rest with... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #39

Don't mind the blame, but shooting him or dancing on his grave is unnecessary. Voters have approved the system Silent Type Dec 2024 #59

I did not shoot him, and I don't care that he is dead. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #62

While Rs sure had to be involved soandso Dec 2024 #175

I know. For whatever reason, we have not been able to get universal healthcare or even a Public Option. Silent Type Dec 2024 #176

I agree soandso Dec 2024 #180

Bullshit. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2024 #178

As were buggy whip manufacturers. When do you think Congress will enact a better system and will voters Silent Type Dec 2024 #182

One can appreciate the dark irony without condoning murder. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2024 #20

Apropos of nothing. EE Cummings on the death of President Harding Algernon Moncrieff Dec 2024 #21

"We" are not "eliminating" anybody. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #22

It is hardly new for people to be indifferent to the suffering of those who RockRaven Dec 2024 #24

Well said. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #41

Murder is the issue. We don't even know the motive. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #75

How many politicians and religious leaders are murdered? A lot. Like, all the time. RockRaven Dec 2024 #84

In the US? I thought you were talking about here. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #105

A Post About DU Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #28

This is no different then back in the 1970's in Detroit, MI Jacson6 Dec 2024 #31

whew it is actually quite a bit different WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #36

You are extremely wrong. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #43

Yeah, sarisataka Dec 2024 #44

I'm indifferent to what happened. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 2024 #33

Same soandso Dec 2024 #179

Who gives a fuck about this fucker edhopper Dec 2024 #35

His family claudette Dec 2024 #53

There is blood on his hands edhopper Dec 2024 #117

So killing him claudette Dec 2024 #119

But he did edhopper Dec 2024 #158

Is it, though? soandso Dec 2024 #181

Again edhopper Dec 2024 #193

I understand the difference soandso Dec 2024 #197

Should we not have edhopper Dec 2024 #198

Yes, though I'm not sure how to deal with or control it soandso Dec 2024 #199

you underestimate the amount of reactionary sentiment here stopdiggin Dec 2024 #40

Yup. Welcome to the new Yippee Kay Yay Yay Underground. OilemFirchen Dec 2024 #52

Kind of sick if you ask me Greg_In_SF Dec 2024 #42

I would bet the phrase... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #45

He was paid up to 10 million a year. His children will be fine. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #50

Money doesn't claudette Dec 2024 #54

Compassion? Go tell it to the people who had claims denied by United Healthcare. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #56

So you're claudette Dec 2024 #82

Not what I said at all but thank you for letting us know that you support for profit health care. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #88

But it's claudette Dec 2024 #97

You're just making things up now. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #100

No claudette Dec 2024 #102

Comments: United Health Care is the leading health insurance company in claim denials. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #104

So you're claudette Dec 2024 #120

Where did I say that? tenderfoot Dec 2024 #121

This is unbelievable and murder ck4829 Dec 2024 #93

Doesn't justify claudette Dec 2024 #101

All that shows is expenditure doesn't improved life expectancy soandso Dec 2024 #183

Greg_In_SF ....... Upthevibe Dec 2024 #131

"eliminating" enemies? DU'ers? usonian Dec 2024 #47

LOL Prairie Gates Dec 2024 #69

Okay, now, that's funny soandso Dec 2024 #184

Agree claudette Dec 2024 #51

No one is justifying ANYTHING. Many just simply couldn't care less. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #60

Insufficient mourning for your cultural and economic superior? You should feel ashamed! ck4829 Dec 2024 #63

I'm mourned fatigued over the death of Bernie Marcus tenderfoot Dec 2024 #65

And yet claudette Dec 2024 #94

I didn't care when maga's did that happy feet Dec 2024 #128

Oh please claudette Dec 2024 #86

Decency? ck4829 Dec 2024 #108

So you're saying that a insurer's letter to a newborn denying coverage makes murder justified? tenderfoot Dec 2024 #122

tenderfoot Upthevibe Dec 2024 #139

Oh yes claudette Dec 2024 #85

Who said he deserves to die? Post links. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #91

Not those claudette Dec 2024 #98

What's being said? That UHC is the leading insurance company that denies claims. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #103

Yeah, but those are the poors, so who cares, right? ck4829 Dec 2024 #107

Stop with that grave dancing. UHC employees have to pay extra to have their own family members covered. tenderfoot Dec 2024 #109

I'm not dismissive, happy feet Dec 2024 #55

Because hate is contagious. milestogo Dec 2024 #57

if only I were a perfect person stillcool Dec 2024 #58

My thoughts and prayers are out of network. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2024 #64

+1 dalton99a Dec 2024 #74

Omg lol! XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #76

LOL leftstreet Dec 2024 #126

Okay Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #145

I have made no comment so far about this. MineralMan Dec 2024 #66

I care as much about that guy as he would care if Klarkashton Dec 2024 #67

At least we're not this guy Mosby Dec 2024 #68

I'm not Stu, that's for sure ck4829 Dec 2024 #70

We may not be him sarisataka Dec 2024 #71

the bloke in the video is not Stu, Stu is the who is trying to doxx him Celerity Dec 2024 #155

I do think it is probably someone Bettie Dec 2024 #77

Are you serious? This forum has the reigning National Champion Grave Dancing Team Seeking Serenity Dec 2024 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Dec 2024 #79

I don't celebrate his death tonkatoy8888 Dec 2024 #81

And I hope that most of us would react similarly. But the amount of glee on these pages should worry us question everything Dec 2024 #154

I don't see glee. I see disgust. jrthin Dec 2024 #157

Honestly cause fuck that guy Asa13 Dec 2024 #83

Having been personally screwed over by this company more times than i can count gay texan Dec 2024 #87

I'm so sorry you went through that nt XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #106

That's awful, I am sorry that happened to you ck4829 Dec 2024 #114

gay texan......... Upthevibe Dec 2024 #140

So sorry you experienced the fear, and physical effects of being denied care. electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #200

I was in a tremendous amount of pain, couldnt walk gay texan Dec 2024 #202

Woah, bad experiences! Terrible, and still happening! I understand.... electric_blue68 Dec 2024 #204

I just don't care Buzz cook Dec 2024 #89

Who eliminated whom? Again? dchill Dec 2024 #90

I don't get it either. Gore1FL Dec 2024 #92

If you don't understand the "why" I don't think anything I can say will help. TBF Dec 2024 #95

He's a symbol of wealth, greed, indifference - that's what people are reacting to. harumph Dec 2024 #99

This is probably the most honest post about it I've seen soandso Dec 2024 #185

Looks like the insider trading charges Strelnikov_ Dec 2024 #110

Thanks for this info. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #112

All I know is I don't give a rats ass about any fascist. nt yaesu Dec 2024 #115

Do tell. Please give your definition of 'fascist', Abolishinist Dec 2024 #172

let me tell you a story, circa 1975 gay texan Dec 2024 #116

Wait, did someone on DU kill him?! Crunchy Frog Dec 2024 #118

I know, right? What's going on?! ck4829 Dec 2024 #136

Wasn't me orangecrush Dec 2024 #161

Not necessarily. But it is the face of Karma, the law of Cause and Effect. n/t PatrickforB Dec 2024 #123

thoughts 'n prayers UT_democrat Dec 2024 #124

I saw a few shitposts jfz9580m Dec 2024 #125

I don;t advocate for murder... Happy Hoosier Dec 2024 #129

well... barbtries Dec 2024 #130

No one here eliminated anyone. We're just here on the sidelines to which we have Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #132

I didn't know that was happening themaguffin Dec 2024 #137

Let's just say snot Dec 2024 #153

We need to distinguish snot Dec 2024 #156

Sometimes we need to keep feelings, thoughts, and even words to ourselves. Sneederbunk Dec 2024 #159

I think orangecrush Dec 2024 #160

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness, Thich Nhat Hanh Beringia Dec 2024 #163

I work for another insurance and we got an email about this and we are suppose to be sad.... LizBeth Dec 2024 #164

Im not celebrating this but neither im i The Third Doctor Dec 2024 #165

This.... LizBeth Dec 2024 #166

On the day when a bunch of insurance companies announce they won't cover anesthesia Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #190

Happens whenever a piece of shit human being dies. Iggo Dec 2024 #174

I don't have to feel bad that an asshole died. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 2024 #177

I believe they cancelled the meeting n/t Lulu KC Dec 2024 #186

I don't applaud murder hamsterjill Dec 2024 #187

I'm just JustAnotherGen Dec 2024 #191

Black humor isn't for everyone. But it does help many get through times of great difficulty. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #192

What murder? Looked like suicide to me LoveSucky Dec 2024 #194

It's pretty goddamn depressing that it took snuffing Klarkashton Dec 2024 #201

No one is condoning murder. RandySF Dec 2024 #203

For gawd's sake, enough of the concern trolling! nt GenThePerservering Dec 2024 #205

Would you feel the same if a serial killer was murdered Demobrat Dec 2024 #206