Luigi Mangione and Media Double Standards

Ricky Hale on the US media's response to the Brian Thompson murder. His critique of course applies equally to sections of the UK media as well.

"The correct moral position is that violence is wrong, but if you’re pushing the message that violence is fine when its against people you don’t care about, you can’t act surprised when we don’t care that a killer on your team is killed. You can’t even act surprised when some people cheer it on. This is the climate you created!"

No, supporters of Luigi Mangione are not monsters, no matter how much you insist otherwise

Another quote, this one from comedian Josh Johnson, taken from the video embedded on the above page:

"I don’t want anybody to die, I don’t celebrate death in any way, but I will say if you feel in the wake of this thing happening, that you [CEOs] have to scrub all mention of you, all knowledge of your existence off the internet, then maybe, just maybe, take a look at how you do business…"