Some see Mangione as a hero?

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Mangione's defense fund is now over $70,000. There is also a "Christian based group" which raised $50,000 for the "political prisoner". Some see Luigi Mangione, who killed CEO Brian Thompson as a hero. Supposedly Mangione struck a blow for all those who suffered at the hands of heartless mega health insurance companies.
Mangione is being touted as an "American Hero".
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I consider those that think he is a hero as not to terribly bright. Why not look at the reality that he killed another human being.

He could have thought. I'm intelligent I don't like how United Health Care operates I'll devise a system that works the way I think a system should work. But no, killing that didn't solve anything was his thought process.

I've always been of the opinion that if a person doesn't like a particular way things are done. Use your ability to make what you want to happen--- happen.
 
He's not a hero. But I do think of all the good he could have done, could have attended a top tier law school, opened a firm of like minded lawyers and could have concentrated his practice on patient advocacy, suing for damages when care was not approved, etc.

Book smart but not too bright. Even the most uneducated gang member knows to get rid of the gun, notes, and manifesto...
 
fwtxcitywoman said:
He's not a hero. But I do think of all the good he could have done, could have attended a top tier law school, opened a firm of like minded lawyers and could have concentrated his practice on patient advocacy, suing for damages when care was not approved, etc.

Book smart but not too bright. Even the most uneducated gang member knows to get rid of the gun, notes, and manifesto...
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Of course you assume that he wasn't very smart. On the other hand, I think it was his decision to "get caught " so he will have a world wide platform ( his trial ) to proclaim his manifesto. Everything that he has done so far, points to that as his method. I think that he is mentally ill, and in a devious way, he acted this thing through from start to end with his eyes on the US media coverage. JIM.
 
Luigi's decision to evade capture by continuing to wear the hood and mask that was in every wanted poster wasn't very bright. Had he gone out without the mask and hood, nobody would have recognized him!
 
Well I don't feel shooting someone in the back particularly qualifies them as a hero. There's more civilized ways to address grievances.

Killing Brian Thompson isn't going to help those that suffered and/or died because of him, and won't prevent future healthcare denials.

United Healthcare stock is up, the killing may have rattled some nerves but accomplished no long term effect.
 
He is not a hero.
What this has brought to light is the contempt insurance companies have for their customers. High premiums, doing their level best to deny valid claims. Hiding behind loopholes and overly complicated PDS's (product disclosure statements)
Laws are not strong enough to stop the wholesale rort.
I personally believe the politicians who allow this fraud to continue to be as bad as the insurance companies.
 
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fuzzybuddy said:
Mangione's defense fund is now over $70,000. There is also a "Christian based group" which raised $50,000 for the "political prisoner". Some see Luigi Mangione, who killed CEO Brian Thompson as a hero. Supposedly Mangione struck a blow for all those who suffered at the hands of heartless mega health insurance companies.
Mangione is being touted as an "American Hero".
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I'd donate a few bucks if I wasn't such a cheapskate. But at least I thought about it.
 
Trade said:
I'd donate a few bucks if I wasn't such a cheapskate. But at least I thought about it.
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I don't think his defense fun will make much difference. Huge donations will help bring attention to the unethical conduct of insurance companies, but Mangione won't get off. I think this is turning out the way he wanted, and I think he expected to end up in jail all along.
 
Nathan said:
Well I don't feel shooting someone in the back particularly qualifies them as a hero. There's more civilized ways to address grievances.

Killing Brian Thompson isn't going to help those that suffered and/or died because of him, and won't prevent future healthcare denials.

United Healthcare stock is up, the killing may have rattled some nerves but accomplished no long term effect.
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Did it influence Anthem Blue Cross Blue Sheild to backtrack on its plans to limit the amount of time it would cover anesthesia during prolonged surgery? It looks like more than a coincidence.
 
I do not see why people are donating money to the defense fund for the shooter. His family is even wealthier than the CEO who was killed, so they have plenty of money for an attorney for him.
The fact that UHC didn’t even put up a reward for the shooter still makes me think that it was his own people who had the CEO taken out before he could testify about the selling of company stock, or the insider trading that was supposedly going on and which some members of Congress were supposedly involved In.

His actions afterwards make no sense to me at all. I can’t see why he would appear in a public place with the same clothes, the murder weapon, and a manifesto, just waiting for the police to come and arrest him.
No matter what the insurance company is doing, killing the CEO is not going to change or help any of that, and if he was a whistleblower who was going to testify, then killing him probably is only making this worse.
 
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