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[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 181 points 1 year ago

Brian Thompson killed a whole bunch of people. That's, to me, the more salient comparison to make.

[-] dotdi@lemmy.world 98 points 1 year ago

You forget to mention the ethnicity of the victims. That kinda explains everything

[-] infinite_ass@leminal.space 21 points 1 year ago

There's also the knife. And the threatening to kill people, waving the knife, yelling.

But yes, totally racist.

[-] Amanduh@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure they were alluding to that

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Penny was attempting to subdue a whackadoo threatening everyone and menacing the train, and the death wasn't intentional, let alone premeditated; but you ignore what you need to be okay with your para-social attachments.

[-] Hegar@fedia.io 189 points 1 year ago

Choking someone to death for a full minute after they've gone limp isn't as clear cut a situation as you're making it sound and not an appropriate response to a mental health crisis.

You familiar with how long it takes for the adrenaline of fight or flight to wear off. He probably had no concept of a minute.. and since his body was still ampped up probably didn't even realize the guy was limp. But focus on him anyway. That is what the people in power want. They don't want you to look deeper and see how they failed the man who had the mental health issue. He shouldn't have been there. He should have been receiving the care he needed in a safe environment. But shareholders have to see profits.

[-] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 81 points 1 year ago

Agreed! Killing a Whackadoo who Threatens people is MUCH MORE Forgiving then Killing a Whackadoo who KILLS Millions of Americans including Children!

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but he killed millions for profit so that makes it ok in the USA.

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

And he didn't kill them himself. He's more of a Charles Manson figure or a mob boss.

[-] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Not just for profit, that would be ugly greed.

You got to do it for the shareholders profit, then you're the capitalist hero.

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 49 points 1 year ago

Yeah, these are wildly different situations, and trying to draw comparisons between the two is disingenuous, at best. I'm not happy with the Penny situation, either, and there is plenty to criticize about that case, but the similarities to Mangione's case end at "one man killed another man in a public space".

[-] cdf12345@lemm.ee 23 points 1 year ago

How does fresh 2024 boot taste?

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 year ago

This shit is disingenuous as fuck.

[-] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I agree, it's jumping to conclusions. One case has just been adjudicated, the other has barely even begun. That's like comparing someone's brownies from before they went in the oven to someone else's from after they came out.

"Nah bro, this sh*t's gooey AF. Doesn't even seem edible. 0/10"

this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2024
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