What a beautiful article, filled with gems of quotes.
In a report this week, the institute found that of the top 10 most-engaged posts on X about the shooting on Wednesday, six “either expressed explicit or implicit support for the killing or denigrated the victim.” The dynamic is similar to the discourse that often emerges after a mass shooting on websites like 4chan and 8chan, where perpetrators of extreme violence become memes themselves, Mr. Goldenberg said, “but what’s disturbing about this is it’s mainstream.”
“It’s being framed as some opening blow in a broader class war, which is very concerning as it heightens the threat environment for similar actors to engage in similar acts of violence,” Mr. Goldenberg said.
They are trying soo hard to twist this away from what everyone knows it is and they are failing miserably.
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spider - 1.1yr
Mr. Goldenberg said, "but what's disturbing about this is it's mainstream."
It's even more disturbing that necessary medical care being denied by insurers is mainstream, as it has been for decades.
The wannabe doppelganger noted that he didn’t have to particularly dress up for the event, saying “I wear this everywhere.”
His killer looks landed him $50.
The champ said he’s had his own issues with health insurance companies covering some of his medications, although he admitted he is not a UnitedHealthcare customer.
Killer looks guys
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prole - 1.1yr
Most ridiculous twist ever: this is the actual dude hiding in plain sight.
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shneancy @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
nahhh, even charlie chaplin landed 20th in his own look-alike contest
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tb_ - 1.1yr
School shootings are whatever, but this? This is really concerning!
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unexposedhazard @discuss.tchncs.de - 1.1yr
People directing their violence at a specific target and not just senselessly killing innocents you say? Impossible, unacceptable, how could they?
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Tin - 1.1yr
If the opening blows of a broader class war are very concerning to you, I guess you're on the wrong side.
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SubArcticTundra @lemmy.ml - 1.1yr
I love it when people find ways to have fun in the darkest of plots.
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b161 - 1.1yr
The horrors persist, yet we remain silly.
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SubArcticTundra @lemmy.ml - 1.1yr
Silly all the way 💯
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LaunchesKayaks @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Nah, this plot (the assassination) was actually a bit of light in the darkness.
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TʜᴇʀᴀᴘʏGⒶʀʏ⁽ᵗʰᵉʸ‘ᵗʰᵉᵐ⁾ - 1.1yr
I bet the assassin did have fun. He's clearly the protagonist
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LaunchesKayaks @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
I'd watch that anime
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spider - 1.1yr
It's a shame that Halloween is already behind us.
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driving_crooner @lemmy.eco.br - 1.1yr
The real shooter participate in it and finished in third place.
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festnt @sh.itjust.works - 1.1yr
people should start going out wearing the same thing the shooter was wearing during the assassination. it would be funny
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AgentGrimstone @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Going full V for Vendetta
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InternetCitizen2 @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Picture gives me lisan all gaib vibes
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qarbone @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
This is just modern day Assassin's Creed gear. How long until some lunatic tries to make it big with a hidden blade?
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festnt @sh.itjust.works - 1.1yr
plus some lost fingers
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Wes4Humanity @lemm.ee - 1.1yr
They should also hang around on wall street and outside Fortune 500 company headquarters
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modifier - 1.1yr
I genuinely thought he'd have been caught by now. This is wild.
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tenchiken - 1.1yr
I genuinely thought the NYPD would have just grabbed a homeless guy and dressed him up before forcing a confession by now.
One would hope the cops take their sweet ass time doing their job this time, considering they might actually have someone that bought the insurance or get their insurance claim denied.
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Frozengyro @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Could even have been one of them.
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Mothra @mander.xyz - 1.1yr
Oh snap imagine if the shooter was actually a cop and it comes to light. I'd love to see how Lemmy reacts to that
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itslilith - 1.1yr
Not a class traitor, but a class double agent
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themoonisacheese @sh.itjust.works - 1.1yr
A cop would have done it in uniform and enjoy a free vacation on the taxpayer's dime while claiming the CEO "reached for a weapon"
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Mothra @mander.xyz - 1.1yr
Heh yeah that'd be convenient and absolutely an option, but maybe he didn't live and work in the vicinity of the CEO. Going out of your way in uniform... Not sure that'd work out
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DoucheBagMcSwag @lemmy.dbzer0.com - 1.1yr
Don't fucking Jinx it
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pyre @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
yeah but it's especially hard in this case.
this isn't the defense department; it's the police. they don't have a billion dollar budget
this guy was killed in a dark back alley in the middle of the night
they don't have security footage on him
oh wait. sorry.
the NYPD has a multi-billion dollar budget
the suspect killed the demon outside a Hilton hotel under some fantastic lighting
he did it right in front of a camera with such specific attire that it became a cosplay competition
so this is about fucking cops being as incompetent as they always are. if you don't have black or brown people to shoot don't even bother calling them; that's why they signed up.
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Zement - 1.1yr
Or maybe, in this case all fronts are united ..... even the fucking cops have family with health issues.
You can use xcancel.com to bypass some of the Xittiness
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ChickenLadyLovesLife @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
There was a movie called Inside Job or Inside Man or something like that, where the lead organizes a bank robbery where he ends up secreting himself in a hidden room inside the bank itself, and then emerging with the cash a week later and strolling out. It would be pretty hilarious if this guy hid himself in Manhattan in similar fashion and then emerged into this lookalike contest to make his escape.
It reminds me of that bank robbery that had wanted ads in the newspaper. It was to dress a certain way and be at the bank at a specific time. That's when they robbed the bank dressed up how everyone else was. I can't find the story but I think it was somewhere in the EU , maybe France.
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themoonisacheese @sh.itjust.works - 1.1yr
The guy got got because he went in the day before and a homeless guy outside recognized him
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Bananobanza @lemmy.world - 1.1yr
Looks like a Stalker, next thing he'll do is whip out his artifact!
can in 196
Rule-Alike
The contest was real? That's hilarious
Apparently. NYT source (no paywall)
What a beautiful article, filled with gems of quotes.
They are trying soo hard to twist this away from what everyone knows it is and they are failing miserably.
It's even more disturbing that necessary medical care being denied by insurers is mainstream, as it has been for decades.
From the MSN article
Killer looks guys
Most ridiculous twist ever: this is the actual dude hiding in plain sight.
nahhh, even charlie chaplin landed 20th in his own look-alike contest
School shootings are whatever, but this? This is really concerning!
People directing their violence at a specific target and not just senselessly killing innocents you say? Impossible, unacceptable, how could they?
If the opening blows of a broader class war are very concerning to you, I guess you're on the wrong side.
I love it when people find ways to have fun in the darkest of plots.
The horrors persist, yet we remain silly.
Silly all the way 💯
Nah, this plot (the assassination) was actually a bit of light in the darkness.
I bet the assassin did have fun. He's clearly the protagonist
I'd watch that anime
It's a shame that Halloween is already behind us.
The real shooter participate in it and finished in third place.
people should start going out wearing the same thing the shooter was wearing during the assassination. it would be funny
Going full V for Vendetta
Picture gives me lisan all gaib vibes
This is just modern day Assassin's Creed gear. How long until some lunatic tries to make it big with a hidden blade?
plus some lost fingers
They should also hang around on wall street and outside Fortune 500 company headquarters
I genuinely thought he'd have been caught by now. This is wild.
I genuinely thought the NYPD would have just grabbed a homeless guy and dressed him up before forcing a confession by now.
Ala Gang Related
One would hope the cops take their sweet ass time doing their job this time, considering they might actually have someone that bought the insurance or get their insurance claim denied.
Could even have been one of them.
Oh snap imagine if the shooter was actually a cop and it comes to light. I'd love to see how Lemmy reacts to that
Not a class traitor, but a class double agent
A cop would have done it in uniform and enjoy a free vacation on the taxpayer's dime while claiming the CEO "reached for a weapon"
Heh yeah that'd be convenient and absolutely an option, but maybe he didn't live and work in the vicinity of the CEO. Going out of your way in uniform... Not sure that'd work out
Don't fucking Jinx it
yeah but it's especially hard in this case.
this isn't the defense department; it's the police. they don't have a billion dollar budget
this guy was killed in a dark back alley in the middle of the night
they don't have security footage on him
oh wait. sorry.
the NYPD has a multi-billion dollar budget
the suspect killed the demon outside a Hilton hotel under some fantastic lighting
he did it right in front of a camera with such specific attire that it became a cosplay competition
so this is about fucking cops being as incompetent as they always are. if you don't have black or brown people to shoot don't even bother calling them; that's why they signed up.
Or maybe, in this case all fronts are united ..... even the
fuckingcops have family with health issues.Next thing you know he's raiding spice harvesters
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/17bc5777-91c0-44bb-98f8-8f7e79dc051a.gif
Is this now the real-life "V" Guy Fawkes mask equivalent?
I'm down. This was always more my style. Less pageantry.
Obviously Ezio Auditore Da Firenza
The contest
Beware: Xitter link
You can use xcancel.com to bypass some of the Xittiness
There was a movie called Inside Job or Inside Man or something like that, where the lead organizes a bank robbery where he ends up secreting himself in a hidden room inside the bank itself, and then emerging with the cash a week later and strolling out. It would be pretty hilarious if this guy hid himself in Manhattan in similar fashion and then emerged into this lookalike contest to make his escape.
Inside Man
Would be a perfect place to hide
It reminds me of that bank robbery that had wanted ads in the newspaper. It was to dress a certain way and be at the bank at a specific time. That's when they robbed the bank dressed up how everyone else was. I can't find the story but I think it was somewhere in the EU , maybe France.
The guy got got because he went in the day before and a homeless guy outside recognized him
Looks like a Stalker, next thing he'll do is whip out his artifact!
"Different CEO" unfortunately.
Hope the prize covers his deductible.
I wonder...
It's him!
Clearly that is Garrett
Saving The City again...