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Let me tell you something that bothers me: Brian Thompson's death was not a murder, it is an assassination (do not accept the media terms) (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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Murder makes the intent sound more petty; less important, more personal, and less political than it really is

Assassination indicates political intent and societal effect, and even a sketchy history of skeletons behind the assassinated that led to this

But the cultural hegemonic capitalist lib and con media don't wanna hear anything about such history.

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[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

I don't think it matters. Both terms have their strengths. Using the term "assassinated" elevates the victim, which works to justify the unequal allocation of resources for investigation of a rich guy's death.

Also the term "murder" doesn't imply justification, only that you killed someone on purpose.

[-] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Murder implies that it was unlawful, which is technically true, but I don't like the idea of ceding that ground.

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Assassination isn't lawful either

[-] AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

Citizens execution

[-] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago

Using the term "assassinated" elevates the victim,

More than his role has been? Assassinated puts questions on why high-level figures like him get targeted, and these questions are uncomfortable, to say the least

Remember, not all assassinations were booed by the general public (see the fascist general Luis Carrero Blanco and see how he's SO elevated in post-Francoist Spain)