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In reply to the discussion: Wanted posters of top healthcare execs appear in NYC [View all]Trenzalore
(2,522 posts)68. Please copy and paste the call to violence from the picture
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No it isn't, and some of the comments here rationalizing the targeted killing of the UHC CEO are not ok either.
JohnSJ
17 hrs ago
#6
Why is denying medical coverage which results in death any less of a murder than shooting someone?
al bupp
15 hrs ago
#54
Sure, he was married with 2 children & anybody who replaces him will have to answer to stockholders just like he did
EX500rider
13 hrs ago
#113
"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable"
Ray Bruns
15 hrs ago
#51
Like businesses deny care and the individual dies-that's ok stinking morality in my opionon
Stargazer99
15 hrs ago
#57
What choice do people have when billionaires present an existential threat to their lives?
Mr.WeRP
15 hrs ago
#44
I remember targets at the gun range of Obama. The assholes were all yuking it up. nt
Hotler
17 hrs ago
#7
So putting up wanted posters encouraging violence against these people is ok with you?
MarineCombatEngineer
16 hrs ago
#11
I'm indifferent to it. I wouldn't do it myself, but I can't muster any outrage about it.
Coventina
16 hrs ago
#22
Same here. Not shedding a tear. I am strangely indifferent to their fates.
Polly Hennessey
16 hrs ago
#25
lot of Dems with crosshairs superimposed over their photos; Hillary, Pelosi. Magats enjoy that shit.
Evolve Dammit
14 hrs ago
#107
It is free speech but it also encourages violence and vigilantism, which is NOT FUCKING OK.
MarineCombatEngineer
16 hrs ago
#13
I am not sure if that is an expression of free speech. The anti-abortionists did similar things with doctors who
JohnSJ
16 hrs ago
#23
If they haven't done anything wrong, they shouldn't have any fear at all.
Hellbound Hellhound
15 hrs ago
#74
This is just a continuation of the populist wave around the world, I think.
Hellbound Hellhound
14 hrs ago
#99
I think it started with Regan telling people bad things are not their fault
sarisataka
14 hrs ago
#104
In NO WAY does this encourage violence. It's drawing attention to the assholes who need to amend their behavior.
BComplex
15 hrs ago
#52
How about a picture with your address on a poster saying, "Trenzalore" supports the liberal Dems & is unamerican? n/t
Jacson6
16 hrs ago
#16
Sounds like you didn't read what I said. Who said that they couldn't make it?
AkFemDem
15 hrs ago
#75
This will play into Trump's hands. Everyone on the left will be potential suspects or sympathizers.
jalan48
16 hrs ago
#15
Without a doubt, and I think it will extend unfairly to the broad base labeling of Democrats. It is stupid to encourage
JohnSJ
16 hrs ago
#26
No way. And trump's hands are so dirty they stink. I'm not going to play that game.
BComplex
15 hrs ago
#58
Was it free speech when Dr. Tiller was assassinated by the anti-abortion zealots who also put their wanted posters up?
JohnSJ
16 hrs ago
#24
Somewhere, author Alan Moore is quietly nodding his head about our country's predilection for destructive behavior.
Efilroft Sul
16 hrs ago
#35
NEXT: Health insurance industry demands Congressional action to protect executives and profit
dalton99a
15 hrs ago
#72
How do you know? Serious question. We all need to develop skills for detecting fakes. nt
LAS14
14 hrs ago
#87
This is not OK in a country ruled by law. And, though some may not agree, I think...
LAS14
14 hrs ago
#83
School children have no choice when they keep getting gunned down in a school shooting.
Omnipresent
14 hrs ago
#103