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The reactions online are awful and completely divorced from reality.


What do you think causes more deaths, CEO assassins, or healthcare CEOs? If you depend on insurance for healthcare, the reality is the power of a healthcare CEO.


Indeed. Some people even express sympathy for him!

I asked my ex (an endocrinologist), and he told me that if the shooter stands trial before the jury made of doctors, the deliberations will be done in 5 minutes. And the shooter will go free.

That's how much doctors hate the insurance CEOs. I also highly recommend this clip (also from an actual doctor): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWA2aQYXDbo - and it's not actually a joke. The policy lampooned in this video was real, BCBS walked it back after the assasination.


i wouldnt be surprised if doctors hared him for not making them the most profit possible, rather than anything about the sick and needy.


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Doctors are forced to interact with the sick people instead of just seeing them on a spreadsheet.


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I think it’s more detached from reality to think actions (especially monstrous ones like denying care to sick people) would be consequence free.


Ghouls, all of them. And all the adoration for the killer is going to create a whole lot of copycats.


While terrible and no one should condone murder ever, we might finally get some common sense gun laws as a result.


Why must we never condone murder ever? Surely in the rich tapestry of human interaction, there are a number of reasonable places for it?


Because people with the resources to carry out professional assassinations are going to abide by gun laws..


No as a distraction to make the general public feel better about a situation they have no control over.


Aren't guns already heavily regulated in NYC, and suppressors illegal in NYC altogether?


The copycats would think of themselves as Dexter, doing good for the society while keeping the hobby alive (pun intended).


You're right, all of the healthcare CEOs are disgusting, morally-bankrupt ghouls!


Agreed, too much focus on healthcare CEOs.

There are many other CEOs and a billionaires that could be targeted too!


In what way?




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