• unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
        125·
        3 days ago

        What a beautiful article, filled with gems of quotes.

        In a report this week, the institute found that of the top 10 most-engaged posts on X about the shooting on Wednesday, six “either expressed explicit or implicit support for the killing or denigrated the victim.” The dynamic is similar to the discourse that often emerges after a mass shooting on websites like 4chan and 8chan, where perpetrators of extreme violence become memes themselves, Mr. Goldenberg said, “but what’s disturbing about this is it’s mainstream.”

        “It’s being framed as some opening blow in a broader class war, which is very concerning as it heightens the threat environment for similar actors to engage in similar acts of violence,” Mr. Goldenberg said.

        They are trying soo hard to twist this away from what everyone knows it is and they are failing miserably.

        • spiderEnglish
          83·
          3 days ago

          Mr. Goldenberg said, “but what’s disturbing about this is it’s mainstream.”

          It’s even more disturbing that necessary medical care being denied by insurers is mainstream, as it has been for decades.

        • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
          70·
          3 days ago

          From the MSN article

          The wannabe doppelganger noted that he didn’t have to particularly dress up for the event, saying “I wear this everywhere.”

          His killer looks landed him $50.

          The champ said he’s had his own issues with health insurance companies covering some of his medications, although he admitted he is not a UnitedHealthcare customer.

          Killer looks guys

          • prole
            13·
            3 days ago

            Most ridiculous twist ever: this is the actual dude hiding in plain sight.

          • unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
            20·
            3 days ago

            People directing their violence at a specific target and not just senselessly killing innocents you say? Impossible, unacceptable, how could they?

        • Tin
          17·
          3 days ago

          If the opening blows of a broader class war are very concerning to you, I guess you’re on the wrong side.

    • spiderEnglish
      28·
      3 days ago

      It’s a shame that Halloween is already behind us.

  • festnt@sh.itjust.works
    127·
    3 days ago

    people should start going out wearing the same thing the shooter was wearing during the assassination. it would be funny

    • tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      84·
      3 days ago

      I genuinely thought the NYPD would have just grabbed a homeless guy and dressed him up before forcing a confession by now.

    • pyre@lemmy.world
      17·
      3 days ago

      yeah but it’s especially hard in this case.

      • this isn’t the defense department; it’s the police. they don’t have a billion dollar budget

      • this guy was killed in a dark back alley in the middle of the night

      • they don’t have security footage on him

      oh wait. sorry.

      • the NYPD has a multi-billion dollar budget

      • the suspect killed the demon outside a Hilton hotel under some fantastic lighting

      • he did it right in front of a camera with such specific attire that it became a cosplay competition

      so this is about fucking cops being as incompetent as they always are. if you don’t have black or brown people to shoot don’t even bother calling them; that’s why they signed up.

      • Zement@feddit.nl
        7·
        3 days ago

        Or maybe, in this case all fronts are united … even the fucking cops have family with health issues.

    • Annoyed_🦀 @monyet.cc
      56·
      3 days ago

      One would hope the cops take their sweet ass time doing their job this time, considering they might actually have someone that bought the insurance or get their insurance claim denied.

        • Mothra@mander.xyz
          20·
          3 days ago

          Oh snap imagine if the shooter was actually a cop and it comes to light. I’d love to see how Lemmy reacts to that

            • Mothra@mander.xyz
              2·
              2 days ago

              Heh yeah that’d be convenient and absolutely an option, but maybe he didn’t live and work in the vicinity of the CEO. Going out of your way in uniform… Not sure that’d work out

    • Notyou@sopuli.xyz
      20·
      3 days ago

      It reminds me of that bank robbery that had wanted ads in the newspaper. It was to dress a certain way and be at the bank at a specific time. That’s when they robbed the bank dressed up how everyone else was. I can’t find the story but I think it was somewhere in the EU , maybe France.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      There was a movie called Inside Job or Inside Man or something like that, where the lead organizes a bank robbery where he ends up secreting himself in a hidden room inside the bank itself, and then emerging with the cash a week later and strolling out. It would be pretty hilarious if this guy hid himself in Manhattan in similar fashion and then emerged into this lookalike contest to make his escape.