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149. So we are being reduced to be like them?

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Why all the posts dismissing the murder of UnitedHealth CEO in New York? [View all] question everything Dec 4 OP

Its funny leftstreet Dec 4 #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 4 #4

Well to make it equal a whole lot of CEOs would have to, never mind leftstreet Dec 4 #16

Pretty sure if something happened to my eye, UHC would be "Well, you still have the other one, don't you?" ck4829 Dec 4 #18

The eye surgery is not medically necessary Trekologer Dec 4 #61

Guess what? atreides1 Dec 4 #25

Are you accusing DU members of doing something to the people we disagree with? Think. Again. Dec 4 #27

It is not "doing" it is applauding a murder. A murder! What sense of moral is this? question everything Dec 4 #146

oh, okay, my apologies... Think. Again. Dec 4 #150

And what caused his death? soandso Dec 4 #168

There IS a difference between .... Think. Again. Dec 5 #188

An eye for an eye would apply only if someone here killed him. This is a bit dramatic. Scrivener7 Dec 4 #133

Disgusting. Cold blooded murder, whoever the victim, is never funny. Wiz Imp Dec 4 #111

Thank you MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #148

Bring in the gullotine LiberalArkie Dec 4 #113

It appears some here would like that soandso Dec 4 #169

nothing funny about vigilante justice Skittles Dec 4 #135

Correct MustLoveBeagles Dec 4 #152

... orangecrush Dec 4 #162

Don't lump all of DU into this category...a lot of us aren't this way. NT SWBTATTReg Dec 4 #2

No of course not. But there are several posts reporting the murder, the first, with more than 100 question everything Dec 4 #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 4 #37

None of us is "this way." No one here "eliminated" anyone, as the OP is claiming. Ridiculously. Scrivener7 Dec 4 #134

No, not "eliminating" but applauding a cold blooded murder question everything Dec 4 #147

The OP did not make any such claim soandso Dec 4 #171

Actually, they did. Scrivener7 Dec 5 #189

Fair enough soandso Dec 5 #196

But many are, which is rather disgusting to me. Abolishinist Dec 4 #170

Everyone grab a black arm band and start mourning harder. BannonsLiver Dec 4 #3

... leftstreet Dec 4 #7

His estate should do a GoFundMe dalton99a Dec 4 #10

If the ER docs were out of network it might be needed. BannonsLiver Dec 4 #46

That's bad! Jilly_in_VA Dec 4 #141

Lol nt XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #48

I laughed out loud!! Coventina Dec 4 #142

I agree, it's morbid Shellback Squid Dec 4 #5

Trump has poisoned our entire body politic. tritsofme Dec 4 #6

Absolutely. NewHendoLib Dec 4 #23

Poison is the right word. Our politics and our society. EarnestPutz Dec 4 #127

Murder is murder and whomever killed him should be prosecuted. Elessar Zappa Dec 4 #8

Thank you, I don't know the guy personally so I'm not hurt by his demise... Think. Again. Dec 4 #30

The reason I don't mind the negative comments is jimfields33 Dec 4 #73

So we are being reduced to be like them? question everything Dec 4 #149

I'm reading the thread. jimfields33 Dec 4 #167

Are you complaining we aren't mourning this man enough? Dennis Donovan Dec 4 #11

No. There is a difference between not mourning, shrugging even, and applauding which many comments question everything Dec 4 #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 4 #12

I would at least want them cooked first. CrispyQ Dec 4 #26

Of course, too many parasites otherwise EdmondDantes_ Dec 4 #80

Im sure he was all broken up about the deaths of people he caused through his company's policies Fullduplexxx Dec 4 #13

And thus deserved to die? What kind of a moral is it? question everything Dec 4 #144

I dont know but he did Fullduplexxx Dec 4 #151

It's called karma. intheflow Dec 5 #195

That isn't the point soandso Dec 4 #173

I don't recall DU being very nice when Jerry Falwell or Rush Limbaugh bought it. tenderfoot Dec 4 #14

Yeah,when pillboy croaked I was filled with glee,still am!! Bengus81 Dec 4 #29

I didn't lose any sleep when Breitbart dropped dead. tenderfoot Dec 4 #32

Natural causes. LeftInTX Dec 4 #72

Not much justice these days. Emile Dec 4 #15

DU is against gun violence sarisataka Dec 4 #17

The guy profiteered off of other people's suffering. Think. Again. Dec 4 #34

I rest my case. sarisataka Dec 4 #38

you should. Think. Again. Dec 4 #49

Thanks, you put it very well. LisaM Dec 4 #96

Making a joke about karma or copays is a far cry from tolerating his killing. Scrivener7 Dec 4 #138

+1. Our healthcare system -- or lack of it -- sucks. But most blame belongs to Congress for not enacting Silent Type Dec 4 #19

I believe some of the blame still does rest with... Think. Again. Dec 4 #39

Don't mind the blame, but shooting him or dancing on his grave is unnecessary. Voters have approved the system Silent Type Dec 4 #59

I did not shoot him, and I don't care that he is dead. Think. Again. Dec 4 #62

While Rs sure had to be involved soandso Dec 4 #175

I know. For whatever reason, we have not been able to get universal healthcare or even a Public Option. Silent Type Dec 4 #176

I agree soandso Dec 4 #180

Bullshit. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 4 #178

As were buggy whip manufacturers. When do you think Congress will enact a better system and will voters Silent Type Dec 5 #182

One can appreciate the dark irony without condoning murder. -nt CrispyQ Dec 4 #20

Apropos of nothing. EE Cummings on the death of President Harding Algernon Moncrieff Dec 4 #21

"We" are not "eliminating" anybody. Think. Again. Dec 4 #22

It is hardly new for people to be indifferent to the suffering of those who RockRaven Dec 4 #24

Well said. Think. Again. Dec 4 #41

Murder is the issue. We don't even know the motive. LeftInTX Dec 4 #75

How many politicians and religious leaders are murdered? A lot. Like, all the time. RockRaven Dec 4 #84

In the US? I thought you were talking about here. LeftInTX Dec 4 #105

A Post About DU Prairie Gates Dec 4 #28

This is no different then back in the 1970's in Detroit, MI Jacson6 Dec 4 #31

whew it is actually quite a bit different WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #36

You are extremely wrong. Think. Again. Dec 4 #43

Yeah, sarisataka Dec 4 #44

I'm indifferent to what happened. BlueTsunami2018 Dec 4 #33

Same soandso Dec 4 #179

Who gives a fuck about this fucker edhopper Dec 4 #35

His family claudette Dec 4 #53

There is blood on his hands edhopper Dec 4 #117

So killing him claudette Dec 4 #119

But he did edhopper Dec 4 #158

Is it, though? soandso Dec 4 #181

Again edhopper Dec 5 #193

I understand the difference soandso Dec 5 #197

Should we not have edhopper Dec 5 #198

Yes, though I'm not sure how to deal with or control it soandso Dec 5 #199

you underestimate the amount of reactionary sentiment here stopdiggin Dec 4 #40

Yup. Welcome to the new Yippee Kay Yay Yay Underground. OilemFirchen Dec 4 #52

Kind of sick if you ask me Greg_In_SF Dec 4 #42

I would bet the phrase... Think. Again. Dec 4 #45

He was paid up to 10 million a year. His children will be fine. tenderfoot Dec 4 #50

Money doesn't claudette Dec 4 #54

Compassion? Go tell it to the people who had claims denied by United Healthcare. tenderfoot Dec 4 #56

So you're claudette Dec 4 #82

Not what I said at all but thank you for letting us know that you support for profit health care. tenderfoot Dec 4 #88

But it's claudette Dec 4 #97

You're just making things up now. tenderfoot Dec 4 #100

No claudette Dec 4 #102

Comments: United Health Care is the leading health insurance company in claim denials. tenderfoot Dec 4 #104

So you're claudette Dec 4 #120

Where did I say that? tenderfoot Dec 4 #121

This is unbelievable and murder ck4829 Dec 4 #93

Doesn't justify claudette Dec 4 #101

All that shows is expenditure doesn't improved life expectancy soandso Dec 5 #183

Greg_In_SF ....... Upthevibe Dec 4 #131

"eliminating" enemies? DU'ers? usonian Dec 4 #47

LOL Prairie Gates Dec 4 #69

Okay, now, that's funny soandso Dec 5 #184

Agree claudette Dec 4 #51

No one is justifying ANYTHING. Many just simply couldn't care less. tenderfoot Dec 4 #60

Insufficient mourning for your cultural and economic superior? You should feel ashamed! ck4829 Dec 4 #63

I'm mourned fatigued over the death of Bernie Marcus tenderfoot Dec 4 #65

And yet claudette Dec 4 #94

I didn't care when maga's did that happy feet Dec 4 #128

Oh please claudette Dec 4 #86

Decency? ck4829 Dec 4 #108

So you're saying that a insurer's letter to a newborn denying coverage makes murder justified? tenderfoot Dec 4 #122

tenderfoot Upthevibe Dec 4 #139

Oh yes claudette Dec 4 #85

Who said he deserves to die? Post links. tenderfoot Dec 4 #91

Not those claudette Dec 4 #98

What's being said? That UHC is the leading insurance company that denies claims. tenderfoot Dec 4 #103

Yeah, but those are the poors, so who cares, right? ck4829 Dec 4 #107

Stop with that grave dancing. UHC employees have to pay extra to have their own family members covered. tenderfoot Dec 4 #109

I'm not dismissive, happy feet Dec 4 #55

Because hate is contagious. milestogo Dec 4 #57

if only I were a perfect person stillcool Dec 4 #58

My thoughts and prayers are out of network. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 4 #64

+1 dalton99a Dec 4 #74

Omg lol! XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #76

LOL leftstreet Dec 4 #126

Okay Jilly_in_VA Dec 4 #145

I have made no comment so far about this. MineralMan Dec 4 #66

I care as much about that guy as he would care if Klarkashton Dec 4 #67

At least we're not this guy Mosby Dec 4 #68

I'm not Stu, that's for sure ck4829 Dec 4 #70

We may not be him sarisataka Dec 4 #71

the bloke in the video is not Stu, Stu is the who is trying to doxx him Celerity Dec 4 #155

I do think it is probably someone Bettie Dec 4 #77

Are you serious? This forum has the reigning National Champion Grave Dancing Team Seeking Serenity Dec 4 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author tenderfoot Dec 4 #79

I don't celebrate his death tonkatoy8888 Dec 4 #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 4 #154

I don't see glee. I see disgust. jrthin Dec 4 #157

Honestly cause fuck that guy Asa13 Dec 4 #83

Having been personally screwed over by this company more times than i can count gay texan Dec 4 #87

I'm so sorry you went through that nt XanaDUer2 Dec 4 #106

That's awful, I am sorry that happened to you ck4829 Dec 4 #114

gay texan......... Upthevibe Dec 4 #140

So sorry you experienced the fear, and physical effects of being denied care. electric_blue68 Dec 5 #200

I was in a tremendous amount of pain, couldnt walk gay texan Dec 5 #202

Woah, bad experiences! Terrible, and still happening! I understand.... electric_blue68 Dec 5 #204

I just don't care Buzz cook Dec 4 #89

Who eliminated whom? Again? dchill Dec 4 #90

I don't get it either. Gore1FL Dec 4 #92

If you don't understand the "why" I don't think anything I can say will help. TBF Dec 4 #95

He's a symbol of wealth, greed, indifference - that's what people are reacting to. harumph Dec 4 #99

This is probably the most honest post about it I've seen soandso Dec 5 #185

Looks like the insider trading charges Strelnikov_ Dec 4 #110

Thanks for this info. LeftInTX Dec 4 #112

All I know is I don't give a rats ass about any fascist. nt yaesu Dec 4 #115

Do tell. Please give your definition of 'fascist', Abolishinist Dec 4 #172

let me tell you a story, circa 1975 gay texan Dec 4 #116

Wait, did someone on DU kill him?! Crunchy Frog Dec 4 #118

I know, right? What's going on?! ck4829 Dec 4 #136

Wasn't me orangecrush Dec 4 #161

Not necessarily. But it is the face of Karma, the law of Cause and Effect. n/t PatrickforB Dec 4 #123

thoughts 'n prayers UT_democrat Dec 4 #124

I saw a few shitposts jfz9580m Dec 4 #125

I don;t advocate for murder... Happy Hoosier Dec 4 #129

well... barbtries Dec 4 #130

No one here eliminated anyone. We're just here on the sidelines to which we have Scrivener7 Dec 4 #132

I didn't know that was happening themaguffin Dec 4 #137

Let's just say snot Dec 4 #153

We need to distinguish snot Dec 4 #156

Sometimes we need to keep feelings, thoughts, and even words to ourselves. Sneederbunk Dec 4 #159

I think orangecrush Dec 4 #160

We are here to awaken from our illusion of separateness, Thich Nhat Hanh Beringia Dec 4 #163

I work for another insurance and we got an email about this and we are suppose to be sad.... LizBeth Dec 4 #164

Im not celebrating this but neither im i The Third Doctor Dec 4 #165

This.... LizBeth Dec 4 #166

On the day when a bunch of insurance companies announce they won't cover anesthesia Scrivener7 Dec 5 #190

Happens whenever a piece of shit human being dies. Iggo Dec 4 #174

I don't have to feel bad that an asshole died. Cuthbert Allgood Dec 4 #177

I believe they cancelled the meeting n/t Lulu KC Dec 5 #186

I don't applaud murder hamsterjill Dec 5 #187

I'm just JustAnotherGen Dec 5 #191

Black humor isn't for everyone. But it does help many get through times of great difficulty. Scrivener7 Dec 5 #192

What murder? Looked like suicide to me LoveSucky Dec 5 #194

It's pretty goddamn depressing that it took snuffing Klarkashton Dec 5 #201

No one is condoning murder. RandySF Dec 5 #203

For gawd's sake, enough of the concern trolling! nt GenThePerservering Dec 5 #205

Would you feel the same if a serial killer was murdered Demobrat Dec 5 #206