Then like I said, don't call yourself world and continue to promote yourself as the authoritative instance. This instance is the the default for all the mobile apps.

Being happy that a man responsible for the deaths of thousands is an "American Centric View" now.

And don't call yourself "world" if you cannot reasonably accommodate a wide rage of views. Call yourself "Dutch" and make your limitations clear.

You world sycophants want the benefits of being the authoritative instance without the responsibility.

It's an American story, effecting 100's of millions of Americans directly. So no, not this this time. See a therapist to work out all this reflexive anti Americaism

Too late, I'm already out the door. You assume no one understands the nuances of hosting in a country without free speech laws as liberal as the US.

The truth is most people do. Your moderators' histrionic response was so obviously from a place of emotion, and can recall numerous times your mods have allowed speech that was similar but didn't act because they weren't personally offended.

I think you fail to understand that your audience is international. That you let your moderators power trip not from an abundance of caution but because it's more convenient for you.

It's the face of an angel.

Thoughts and tariffs

Was the CEO drinking? Might have brought it on himself.

Damn, they're even being stingy with the reward money.

Footage of hit on United Healthcare CEO

Yeah bro that's totally what you meant which is why you didn't express these reservations until now but did morally admonish anyone that celebrated and even threw in some veiled threats about being banned for inciting violence.

And the usual normal reasonable line regarding violent rhetoric is plausible threats of violence. And hate speech is defined usually as hatred toward a marginalized group of a protected class. I.e. we know exactly what hate speech is, we don't have broad definitions that you can apply surreptitiously after the fact to people like billionaire or police.

Spare me, they're being way more liberal with comments on Bluesky and they are far bigger than Lemmy.

You and the mods just want to protect rich people from group consensus about them being terrible.

Your paranoia about a slippery slop to violence is very transparent.

He's the head of one of the largest healthcare providers in the country and the murder appears to be politically motivated. It absolutely is politics. It's like thinking JKFs assassination wasn't politics because it was a lone gunman.

And being happy he's dead isn't an attack on a person or an appeal to violence. You and the mods at news are just uncomfortable with confronting the resentment people have after being exploited and abused by people like him for years. It's expressing emotions.

You want to pretend you have the moral high ground because you will only express civility. Sorry, but people do not have to be reverential to a man who kicked their teeth in everyday and is literally responsible for thousands of deaths. You're simply trying to disrupt the camaraderie being built by people that might rise up against the people you bootlick.

CNN live blog of story https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/unitedhealthcare-brian-thompson-death-12-04-24?utm_medium=social&utm_source=blueskyCNN&utm_content=2024-12-04T17:52:51

There was another story about a wealthy CEO being gunned down in a posh area of New York City. Everyone said it was an example of street crime being out of control but it turned out to be one of his wealthy business partners. Could be the same case here.

This guy knew what he was doing. Probably didn't carry a cell phone and I wouldn't be surprised if the silencer turns out to be homemade. Reminds me of the movie "Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai". Where the hitman did a bunch of practical things to keep from being traced.

Oooooo he got Epsteined so to speak.

You'll probably start seeing CEOs with heavy security details from here on out.

He was a high level CEO of a company that alot of people have beef with. They used a silencer and Midtown is pretty wealthy and muggers don't steal in those neighborhoods because they are very likely to be apprehended.

Okay but not everything is a conspiracy either. It's a developing story and it's entirely plausible it was targeted.