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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (7 children)

So, don't make empty threats?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (8 children)

She won’t see a day in jail. She never threatened. What she will see is a huge payday.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago

Oh, I missed it it's f****** Florida. Anybody living in that state is taking their own life in their hands. No she does not deserve to have the book thrown at her but her likelihood of that happening is very high.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Of course she doesn't, but the ruling class needs to make an example of someone - they're not about to let us peasants get away with defying them.

[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I saw someone else say this, but I hope they start rounding up the incels on Twitter saying “your body, my choice” as credible rape threats if what this woman said is going to be litigated with such fervor.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 week ago (10 children)

Rape doesn’t take money from the rich and is therefore not a crime.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So we should start raping the rich?

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Meanwhile customer service agents have been hearing much worse than this for decades, actual direct threats not vague comments, and no one ever gave a shit before.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

If Boston’s home is later found to have a bunch of disguises, a 3D-printed gun and a manifesto, I will, of course, eat my words and any hats that are available.

Those items will magically appear if needed for them to make a case.

[–] [email protected] 233 points 1 week ago (7 children)

trump stole 500 million dollars from the state of ny... rapists spend less than a decade

this is a warning to poor people

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[–] [email protected] 161 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I hope this case gets some attention too. This is some ginned up bullshit. We can’t let them stomp us into silence.

I’m not celebrating a murder, this is some fucked up shit in many dimensions and I would prefer a different timeline.

But remember we are not children who need to bow our heads and take our scolding.

For-profit insurance companies are liable for the deaths they cause. Full stop.

How’s that for moral clarity?

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

She should not be charged in my opinion. It wasn’t a credible threat.

What the shootings has done is shown how many Americans are fed up with the current system.

You’re seeing stories from democrat and republicans.

I don’t condone the violence at all but he may have sparked a medical revolution in our country.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you have any links to conservative takes on this? I know full well I am in a bubble and that’s the way I god damn like it. But in this case, knowing the universality of the sentiment would be really, umm, empowering?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well I am a conservative and mostly associate with conservatives. Talking to my liberal friends, their take is almost identical to my Republican friends.

I don’t think people realized how aligned everyone is on this issue.

It’s the stories that are coming out that is making people talk about this topic. Those stories were ignored until the CEO was murdered.

People denied cancer treatment. wtf.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

See you at the barricades.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

I’m not a person who does protest but I would march for changes to our medical system. While I’ve had a positive experience, the stories I’m hearing are mind blowing. It’s beyond absurd. Even if 90% of them were false. It’s still too many horrible stories but I suspect they are mostly true.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

This is some ginned up bullshit.

The "you're next" after referencing a high profile murder is what actually did it.

Like, that's a credible threat. 15 years is fucking insane, and context is going to matter a lot. Did she just get denied cancer treatment for her 2 year old? Or told it's not insurance's fault doctors won't prescribe opioids? Or any of a million things in between.

That's why we have trials, to find out all that stuff. And if it's a jury trial I feel juries would be sympathetic.

The 100k is the real bullshit, but not owning guns doesn't mean much. It's insanely easy to buy a gun without a background check thru private seller loopholes.

But our bond system is insane, because the it causes judges to inflate the amount 10x. If you can afford to put it up, you get it all back later. A bondsman you pay 10%, they put up 90%, and they get the whole 100% back. Your 10% is their profit. If a bondsman thinks that's a good risk, why does the court consistently over estimate the risk?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

credible

able to be believed; convincing

Did anyone really think she was coming after them after that? No. She got heated on the phone and said something she shouldn't have.

It's not nothing. What she did was wrong, and it's reasonable for it to be a crime. We don't want to always have to investigate or deal with constant threats. However, she was neither credible nor specific, which are two major criteria. (Keep that in mind when you're posting here, by the way.) She committed a crime, but not one that should be very serious.

The way they've framed her is obscene.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago

Bonds only exist so poor people are punished more than rich people.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for the insight on the typical terms of bonds. Good info.

So eyes peeled on this one too I guess. They are making an example of her, I mean the judge plainly said so. We can’t let them get away with these excessive charges.

I didn’t kill anyone and I never will. But I will be damned if I let this moment fade into the next news cycle.

As a society, we are having the conversation about for-profit healthcare NOW!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

They are making an example of her,

Yep, which is opening them up to civil suits, but is an open secret about our justice system.

As a society, we are having the conversation about for-profit healthcare NOW!

Think of it like the fediverse. Last year a big event made a lot of us ditch reddit, but some had already been here, and for the majority it wasn't enough for them to change behavior.

I don't think Luigi is the big event that causes permanent change, there's been a lot. People who have been pushing for healthcare reform for 20 years isn't rare, some for decades longer.

The first presidential candidate who had universal healthcare as a part of the party platform was Teddy Roosevelt in 1920...

It's a century long fight against the healthcare industry, and it's not going to be as easy as what just happened to change shit as long as all of our options in general elections have already been bought off.

We reference dogs who catch a car everytime Republicans win majorities and the presidency, but on 1/7/2020 Joe Biden didn't leap into action, he "looked into" things for so long we lost the House and had an excuse not to do anything. "Winning" by electing a moderate only depresses turnout in midterms and the next presidential cycle.

We have to grow up and admit that or absolutely nothing will really change. The first step is understanding the root cause or we'll never stop fighting symptoms.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What are you talking about? You just sort of wandered off in the middle there. If I sus your point, we just have to accept it? Or that it will be a gradual erosion?

You can sit there and be all wise. I’m going to keep shitting on insurance executives and encouraging others to do the same.

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