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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everyone knows this is theater.

Billionaires won't kill him before the trial, they'll wait to see if he gets a death sentence.

To everyone else, he's a hero.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well yeah he doesn't need a bulletproof vest, what pro health insurance extremists are out there wanting to kill him?

[–] CosmicTurtle0 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The same people who were pro-Boeing when their planes kept dropping from the sky.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

And people detached from reality.

If you acquire Messiah status, you may expect someone from outside the reality-based community to think killing you is somehow The Right Thing To Do.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

heroes dont need shackles or vests. who is gunna kill him?

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

The five oh

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The government will do their best to label him as a terrorist who deserves nothing short of death for his alleged crime.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I remain unconvinced they even found the guy who did it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] GeeDubHayduke 3 points 1 month ago

Exactly. Luigi and Thompson's killer are two people.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

He does need a cape tho.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He needs a snorkel from all the pussy and dick he's going to drown in.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

It’ll start condensing on the ceiling and falling directly on him

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago

But it's important that we all know that killing wealthy, powerful people is extra bad.

[–] GeeDubHayduke 5 points 1 month ago

In response, the judge ordered Mangione's lawyers to be cuffed and gagged.