Mastodawn

Instead of centering the stories of those harmed by UnitedHealth and the very real outrage that most Americans feel about the way the healthcare system is run today, the media is publishing a tidal wave of breathless articles about the loss of "civility" and "respect" online. https://www.usermag.co/p/yes-we-want-insurance-executives

Why "we" want insurance executives dead

No, that does not mean people should murder them. But if you've watched a loved one suffer and die from insurance denial, it's normal to wish the people responsible would suffer the same fate.

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Taylor Lorenz Dec 6, 2024

Have some people’s jokes gone too far? Yes. Are some people being craven and cruel? Yes. Are some people irresponsibly calling for more violence? Yes.

But to report on the online commentary surrounding Thompson's death without examining the systemic cruelty of our healthcare system is to willfully strip context from these online outpourings. https://www.usermag.co/p/yes-we-want-insurance-executives

Why "we" want insurance executives dead

No, that does not mean people should murder them. But if you've watched a loved one suffer and die from insurance denial, it's normal to wish the people responsible would suffer the same fate.

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Jeffrey P. Bigham 🔥🔥Dec 6, 2024

the news articles are focusing on the jokes gone too far, the people being craven and cruel, and the people irresponsibly calling for more violence. in part because of amazingly common those thing are. i'm honestly shocked how many of my friends are doing things like that. there's probably a way to write about the connection, someday, when we know more, but right now a guy was murdered and my friends are saying/spreading nasty things about him. pretty gross.

NKT Dec 6, 2024

@jbigham @taylorlorenz He was. He killed thousands, at a minimum.

No Gods , no Masters! RESIST Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz Instead of giving someone like this oxygen...
Let's talk about the threat to our children from automatic weapons that seem to be available to every lunatic.
I could care less about the Ogliarchs because thats mutual.

The Green Knight Dec 6, 2024

@palin @taylorlorenz but you should care because they're the ones selling automatic weapons to ensure we kill each other.

if "we the people" promote violence against the aristocracy using the guns they sold, they will become fearful and enforce stricter gun controls.

Magnesium Dec 6, 2024

@GreenKnight23 @palin @taylorlorenz oh sweet summer child... Gun violence propagates gun violence, it doesn't end it

The Green Knight Dec 6, 2024

@magnesium @palin @taylorlorenz that's like saying violence begets violence so "turn the other cheek" and "be the bigger man".

how's that working out for us?

No Gods , no Masters! RESIST Dec 6, 2024

@GreenKnight23
Personally when the CEOs are scared to go to work and have to spend billions on security...I will feel something has been achieved...FK the bastards.

No Gods , no Masters! RESIST Dec 6, 2024

@magnesium
Pretty sure that is where we are headed unless people would prefer an internment camp.
These people declared war on us ..it wasn't our decision.

No Gods , no Masters! RESIST Dec 6, 2024

@GreenKnight23
I saw a video of Pam Bondi and the felon discussing how they were going to remove all of our guns.
So I bought a really nice one and I would advise them not to even try.

.:\dGh/:.Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz You know? It was just the odds of someone being 101% fed up and knowing who to blame.

Eventually the dog was going to bite.

Will Clark Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz the jokes have gone too far? Really?

Nah.

Taylor Lorenz Dec 6, 2024

@robotdeathsquad well according to the MSM lol

Adrian J. Chung Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz @robotdeathsquad
Not really surprised that the MSM would "robustly challenge" anyone who raises the issue of a disfunctional health insurance system, on how strongly they condemn the CEO assassination

It was the same for anyone debating Middle East foreign policy in the wake of 9/11 attacks

And more recently, the Palestine occupation after the terror attacks in Israel

Best way to shut down rational debate is to put the one raising the uncomfortable questions on the defensive

NKT Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz it's already changing behaviours. As well as trying to hide the names of their CEOs (good luck with that!) one isn't already changed a truly horrific, Mengele level cruel, evil policy, back.
This was the policy. Now rescinded.

Curmudgeon Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz It seems that Americans are expanding the FAFO (Fuck Around Find Out) experience beyond politics.

Mike Waghorne Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz The US does not have a health system. It has an uncoordinated number of health facilitie, many tied to unresponsive insurance companies and the two together are more geared to profit than to patient health. In fact some actively conspire in denying health services to people who either die or are bankrupted.

Ehay2k Dec 6, 2024

This thread is so on point!

ShadSterling Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz where’s the “civility” in killing people by denying healthcare?

Bandersnatch Dec 6, 2024

I want the entire US Heath Insurance industry to die in a fire.

Literally or figuratively. At this point, I don't care.

yuhasz01 Dec 6, 2024

@taylorlorenz Any anger and frustration should be directed toward US Senators who passed, or did not pass, legislation that allowed --or could have prevented--such rampant corporate misconduct and plain fraud for customers/patients. The flaws and shortcomings of commercial medical insurance companies practices is pretty clear and documented: they need regulations!

noscere Dec 6, 2024

@yuhasz01 @taylorlorenz It's okay, I have enough anger and frustration to direct to BOTH the legislators and the CEOs. I am a multitasker.