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[–] criitz@reddthat.com 51 points 4 months ago (10 children)

Being separated from his wife is personal and not something I'd judge someone for. The rest is ok

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world -2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Exactly, that's not a crime, nor is it immoral. Why mix it with the real shit?

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 26 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

because the media is constantly harping on how this guy was a husband with kids as if that makes his death inexcusable. if even his family was sick of his shit it kinda puts that narrative to bed.

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[–] STOMPYI@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Context. Otherwise we are dichtomous animals. Wisdom requires context logic does not.

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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 60 points 4 months ago (2 children)

separated from his wife for years

Remember that according to the FBI more than half of murderers know their victims personally, and about a quarter are family relations.

I think the police really need to drop this whole "assassination" false flag and investigate the more probable angles. Could be that he was closeted and killed by a jilted lover, or the husband of the secretary he was banging, or a hitman hired by the estranged wife. No sense in harassing every man with a green jacket over this.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (6 children)

It looked too amateurish to be a hit, although I suppose it could have been a budget hitman.

[–] TheKMAP@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You think? An amateur would not have had that level of composure when the gun jammed. At a minimum they understood the limitations of their tools beforehand and was not surprised when it happened.

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[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Most 'budget' hitmen would have been caught by now. The average hitman is a local schlub who has no idea what they're doing and can't even afford to leave the city or neighborhood that they live in. The police speculate that the guy was from out of town and probably left the city ASAP. While we really have no idea what his story is, he probably is a slightly above average hitman if he managed to kill someone as important as Brian Thimpson and still evaded capture after almost a week.

While murderers have been caught months or even years after the fact, those murders aren't as brazen or open as this one was.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

True, not being caught yet is impressive, whether it be luck or skill.

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[–] STOMPYI@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How many hits have you seen to be able to judge the quality?

[–] Klear@lemmy.world 39 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I played through the first four Hitman games. It looked way more professional than average.

[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

There wasn't even an exploding duck.

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[–] STOMPYI@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

False flag? What are you on m8? Just gonna invenet your own narrative? The bullets had writing on that was a title of an book bashing g the industry...

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 33 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just trying to get the cops to stop harassing innocent and unrelated people is all.

[–] STOMPYI@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)
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[–] shoulderoforion@fedia.io 39 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And all that does not matter, he headed up a corporation which took peoples money to insure them against costs associated with their health care, and then denied paying out money his company had promised them when they needed it causing suffering and death. Those facts are indisputable.

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[–] Quexotic@sh.itjust.works 178 points 4 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Normally, I'd say it's poor taste to speak ill of the dead. Normally.

That's not what the motivation is here. The media are

  • aware that the family can bury them
  • afraid to lose their jobs
  • beholden to their ~~masters~~ shareholders (or their Rupert Murdochs)
  • trying to make this go away
  • not on the side of the American people
[–] traches@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can we get a link to an article or something?

[–] tja@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

The first article on his website

[–] obre@lemmy.world 28 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Props to Klippenstein, he's consistently been an exemplar* of good journalism

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

Props to Klippenstein, he's consistently been an examlar of good journalism

When David Grusch testified that UFOs are real, Klippenstein made a point of exposing that Grusch had past issues with PTSD and alcoholism stemming from his service.

Examlar indeed.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That seems relevant to me, a disinterested observer. 🤷‍♂️

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world -5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, it really makes anything he does invalid. The same as it would for you or I.

Maybe I should also clarify: fuck business ghouls. I’m not here to defend health insurance.

[–] obre@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's an important factor to consider when thinking about the credibility of his claims. That's what journalism is supposed to do, give people the facts. I get that discussing people's medical history and psychological condition is a sensitive subject, but when someone's making public claims and accusations in front of congress about delusional stuff like "non-human spacecraft" and their dead pilots that level of scrutiny is justified.

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[–] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 127 points 4 months ago

Mass murderer was finally stopped by one of his victims

[–] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 67 points 4 months ago

Fake news don't see no crime the way we don't see no murder.

The Adjuster is a public servant, never forget.

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