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"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! I'M BURNING!!!!!!!!!!"


quote from now deceased CEO

https://xcancel.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1864310979258937685

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[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 79 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't even give a shit if it was a targeted hit for reasons totally unrelated to his ghoulishness. Uncritical support for murdering insurance CEOs.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 50 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I saw the full footage of the hit on CNN and dude badass, cold ass mofo. The gun even jammed and he cleared out the jam and plugged that guy even some more.

SorosFootSoldier solidarity The Mafia

Liking killing CEOS.

[–] ManFreakBeast@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can't seem to find the footage on CNN's page

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] ManFreakBeast@hexbear.net 24 points 2 weeks ago

I actually found it on Twitter.

Damn dude even had a silencer, he clearly practiced with that thing. And he walks off totally calm. Idk this dude seems like a pro.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Having watched the video on a bigger screen I retract my "cool john wick gun" position, it looks like it's jamming and he's clearing jams between shots.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

wheres the video i have my popcorn out

edit: oh its in the spoiler. they have like no identifying shots of the guy, fuck yeah

[–] iie@hexbear.net 44 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

It was related to his ghoulishness

https://nypost.com/2024/12/04/us-news/wife-of-unitedhealthcare-ceo-brian-thompson-says-her-husband-had-been-receiving-some-threats-prior-to-fatal-shooting/

The wife of slain health insurance CEO Brian Thompson said Wednesday that her husband had been getting threats before he was gunned down in Midtown Manhattan.

“There had been some threats,” Paulette Thompson told NBC News in her first comments since her husband was murdered early Wednesday.

“Basically, I don’t know, a lack of coverage?” she said, referring to her 50-year-old husband’s role as CEO of UnitedHealthcare’s insurance division.

[–] Hohsia@hexbear.net 41 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Beyond parody

Couldn’t even admit that she could see how someone would want to target the source of their daily misery amerikkka

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have to assume that most of these people just live with non-stop death threats, but that they generally have thought themselves untouchable until now. Imagine being constantly inundated with people calling you and saying shit like "you killed my mom by denying her cancer treatment" and just like...going on with your life. For years. Good fucking riddance and rest in piss.

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The ruling class rarely lugs around the security they need 24/7, it’s just too much of a hassle unless you’re Drake or the POTUS.

Judges, CEOs, senators. They all eat out at restaurants. Shop at public luxury stores. Some of them even still get their own groceries. Drive to appointments. Drive to boozed up fundraisers on public roads.

As much as they try to insulate themselves, the bourgeois, by definition, must rub shoulders with the working class. Some of them are smart and took their money and lock themselves in their compounds.

Most are too proud for that. And they have blood running in their veins just like the rest of us.

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

it’s just too much of a hassle unless you’re Drake or the POTUS.

And unlike the President's security detail, Aubrey's is only really there to scam him and swim around in his filth

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Even better, I hope it turns out to be a radicalized comrade who trained and planned for this.

[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I hope that nobody ever finds out who did this.

[–] frauddogg@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

The D.B. Cooper of assassination

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 40 points 2 weeks ago

The takeaway here is that it’s possible, and it was deserved. Everything else is just window dressing.