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71. If history has taught us anything

Wed Dec 11, 2024, 02:30 PM

Dec 2024

You simply can't push people around. You can't make a profit off of suffering.

When the legal system doesnt protect you, when your elected officials wont help you, pretty soon the cows are gonna come home.

Pain and suffering will motivate people to do some bad things. Grief doubly so.

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Wanted posters of top healthcare execs appear in NYC [View all] Demovictory9 Dec 2024 OP

This is not okay. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #1

No it isn't, and some of the comments here rationalizing the targeted killing of the UHC CEO are not ok either. JohnSJ Dec 2024 #6

Some of the comments on this thread are quite disturbing. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #8

Disturbing is right. JohnSJ Dec 2024 #20

Why is denying medical coverage which results in death any less of a murder than shooting someone? al bupp Dec 2024 #54

I'd say that murder by HC denial is more like a mob hit Bluetus Dec 2024 #101

Autumn's point in that thread is salient, though. We tolerate Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #73

I have been here since early 2002 mcar Dec 2024 #92

If you could bring him back NJCher Dec 2024 #110

Sure, he was married with 2 children & anybody who replaces him will have to answer to stockholders just like he did EX500rider Dec 2024 #113

Yes mcar Dec 2024 #114

I think.. ReRe Dec 2024 #39

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable" Ray Bruns Dec 2024 #51

Like businesses deny care and the individual dies-that's ok stinking morality in my opionon Stargazer99 Dec 2024 #57

The ghost of John Brown begs to disagree al bupp Dec 2024 #64

I agree ThePartyThatListens Dec 2024 #36

What choice do people have when billionaires present an existential threat to their lives? Mr.WeRP Dec 2024 #44

Play stupid games orangecrush Dec 2024 #55

Couldn't agree with you more, MCE COL Mustard Dec 2024 #85

Thank you COL Mustard. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #121

Free speech peregrinus Dec 2024 #112

Post removed Post removed Dec 2024 #2

This is becoming sarisataka Dec 2024 #3

That's a troubling development and symptom of societal breakdown. n/t Dennis Donovan Dec 2024 #4

Caused by selfishness and greed Stargazer99 Dec 2024 #59

I wouldn't call it a "development" Bluetus Dec 2024 #108

True, at least it won't be boring . . . . hatrack Dec 2024 #120

Slippery slope GusBob Dec 2024 #5

Apparently, according to some, that's OK mcar Dec 2024 #95

I remember targets at the gun range of Obama. The assholes were all yuking it up. nt Hotler Dec 2024 #7

Don't forget the Trayvon Martin targets. Coventina Dec 2024 #9

So putting up wanted posters encouraging violence against these people is ok with you? MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #11

I'm indifferent to it. I wouldn't do it myself, but I can't muster any outrage about it. Coventina Dec 2024 #22

that's where I'm at barbtries Dec 2024 #50

Not shedding a tear malaise Dec 2024 #17

Got it, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #21

Again I ask: why does someone always Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #78

Wonder if this killer is considered a "freedom fighter?" mcar Dec 2024 #97

Same here. Not shedding a tear. I am strangely indifferent to their fates. Polly Hennessey Dec 2024 #25

Bingo - completely indifferent malaise Dec 2024 #31

If history has taught us anything gay texan Dec 2024 #71

Hotler........ Upthevibe Dec 2024 #45

They put up wanted posters of JFK Farmer-Rick Dec 2024 #60

Yes i did gay texan Dec 2024 #80

lot of Dems with crosshairs superimposed over their photos; Hillary, Pelosi. Magats enjoy that shit. Evolve Dammit Dec 2024 #107

Not Hotler here... sarisataka Dec 2024 #86

I wouldn't be so sure Sundance1220 Dec 2024 #10

Free speech Trenzalore Dec 2024 #12

It is free speech but it also encourages violence and vigilantism, which is NOT FUCKING OK. MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #13

I am not sure if that is an expression of free speech. The anti-abortionists did similar things with doctors who JohnSJ Dec 2024 #23

And they killed him church! ReRe Dec 2024 #40

FOX News and Bill O'Reilly were responsible for Dr. Tiller's murder. sop Dec 2024 #62

But according to some here, that's OK mcar Dec 2024 #98

There is no explicit call for violence geardaddy Dec 2024 #79

Rationalize it anyway you want, but the implication is clear. JohnSJ Dec 2024 #84

When you see a wanted poster posted by the FBI geardaddy Dec 2024 #96

Exactly. Just because something is constitutionally protected Ocelot II Dec 2024 #27

I'll remember that the next time the FBI puts up a wanted poster Trenzalore Dec 2024 #37

You are comparing apple to camels sarisataka Dec 2024 #41

Please copy and paste the call to violence from the picture Trenzalore Dec 2024 #68

"HEALTH CARE CEOS SHOULD NOT FEEL SAFE" sarisataka Dec 2024 #70

If they haven't done anything wrong, they shouldn't have any fear at all. Hellbound Hellhound Dec 2024 #74

When the executioner is also judge and jury sarisataka Dec 2024 #77

That standard only holds so long as the social contract does. Hellbound Hellhound Dec 2024 #88

I do agree with that sarisataka Dec 2024 #94

This is just a continuation of the populist wave around the world, I think. Hellbound Hellhound Dec 2024 #99

I think it started with Regan telling people bad things are not their fault sarisataka Dec 2024 #104

It's quite... 2naSalit Dec 2024 #111

In NO WAY does this encourage violence. It's drawing attention to the assholes who need to amend their behavior. BComplex Dec 2024 #52

How about a picture with your address on a poster saying, "Trenzalore" supports the liberal Dems & is unamerican? n/t Jacson6 Dec 2024 #16

He/she should be ok with it, MarineCombatEngineer Dec 2024 #18

Once upon a time i was well known locally for politics Trenzalore Dec 2024 #33

Their adresses are on the posters? Trenzalore Dec 2024 #30

Agreed. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #32

No Doxxing allowed. n/t Jacson6 Dec 2024 #14

This isn't doxxing. intheflow Dec 2024 #48

Just like "from the river to the sea" is a quaint, nonviolent, folksy chant AkFemDem Dec 2024 #56

Sounds like you have a problem with the first amendment Trenzalore Dec 2024 #69

Sounds like you didn't read what I said. Who said that they couldn't make it? AkFemDem Dec 2024 #75

This will play into Trump's hands. Everyone on the left will be potential suspects or sympathizers. jalan48 Dec 2024 #15

Without a doubt, and I think it will extend unfairly to the broad base labeling of Democrats. It is stupid to encourage JohnSJ Dec 2024 #26

No way. And trump's hands are so dirty they stink. I'm not going to play that game. BComplex Dec 2024 #58

I don't think American's are ready to take on the power of a police state. jalan48 Dec 2024 #65

Here's a clue for you orangecrush Dec 2024 #61

Free speech is being mocked and tested bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #19

Was it free speech when Dr. Tiller was assassinated by the anti-abortion zealots who also put their wanted posters up? JohnSJ Dec 2024 #24

Good heavens! redstatebluegirl Dec 2024 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #29

The bandage is off, completely off. Passages Dec 2024 #34

Somewhere, author Alan Moore is quietly nodding his head about our country's predilection for destructive behavior. Efilroft Sul Dec 2024 #35

To much cake for the masses Cthulu on call Dec 2024 #38

I don't really care, do you? onecaliberal Dec 2024 #42

Not my problem. harumph Dec 2024 #43

WOnT sOmEonE pLeAsE tHinK oF tHe miLliOnAIrE CEOs?!111?!11 BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #46

And would some one stop writing upper and lower case Conjuay Dec 2024 #118

I do it when it warrants. In this case, it was warranted. BannonsLiver Dec 2024 #122

Good. Let them live in fear like every school kid in the country. Demobrat Dec 2024 #47

Kick. N/T Upthevibe Dec 2024 #49

And so it begins orangecrush Dec 2024 #53

Yep, the second gilded age isn't going to go well uponit7771 Dec 2024 #66

I can't condone it, but I can understand it. sop Dec 2024 #63

Oh no! ... Anyway. n/t Hellbound Hellhound Dec 2024 #67

NEXT: Health insurance industry demands Congressional action to protect executives and profit dalton99a Dec 2024 #72

So our public school children don't need the same safety as CEOs-shows what a sick country this is Stargazer99 Dec 2024 #116

This is revolting mcar Dec 2024 #76

I don't recognize this place any longer... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #82

I wonder how many of those cheering on this murder mcar Dec 2024 #93

Good question, mcar. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #102

When people have no recourse and nothing is being done in the name of profit when people could be saved medically Stargazer99 Dec 2024 #117

They're fake. Iggo Dec 2024 #81

How do you know? Serious question. We all need to develop skills for detecting fakes. nt LAS14 Dec 2024 #87

This is not OK in a country ruled by law. And, though some may not agree, I think... LAS14 Dec 2024 #83

it does not say Wanted Dead on the posters proud patriot Dec 2024 #89

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #106

thanks proud patriot Dec 2024 #115

I'm not broken up about it, do you hear these people fight for Bluethroughu Dec 2024 #90

Does anyone remember "The Nuremberg Files" website? SpankMe Dec 2024 #91

I thought that second one had tear-off tabs with contact info JoseBalow Dec 2024 #100

School children have no choice when they keep getting gunned down in a school shooting. Omnipresent Dec 2024 #103

While the "WANTED" posters are a bit difficult to read flvegan Dec 2024 #105

I don't watch the news enough to know if a statement has been made by leadership - TBF Dec 2024 #109

While this isn't good, and doesn't solve anything, Conjuay Dec 2024 #119