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Think. Again.

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4. I guess it's a "Robin Hood" affect.

Reply to kerry-is-my-prez (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2024, 05:53 PM

Dec 2024

Doing something bad to people who do bad things, in order to protect innocent people?

Or maybe it's like how some people thought the girl who killed her abuser should not be convicted?

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Shock poll: 41 percent of young voters find killing of UHC CEO Acceptable (40% don't) [View all] kerry-is-my-prez Dec 2024 OP

No shock at all. RandySF Dec 2024 #1

Well DeepWinter Dec 2024 #51

Imagine if these companies would just close Historic NY Dec 2024 #2

Their shareholders would never allow that... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #6

What do you consider a "fair profit"? EX500rider Dec 2024 #24

... ColinC Dec 2024 #36

That's revenue not profit EX500rider Dec 2024 #37

They shouldnt be getting ANY profit! ColinC Dec 2024 #38

Running a private company without any profit is a way to go out of business EX500rider Dec 2024 #39

It isnt a private company ColinC Dec 2024 #41

Yes & corporations need to make a profit or go out of business also EX500rider Dec 2024 #42

Unlike private companies, they need to consistently make ColinC Dec 2024 #47

Would you be happy sarisataka Dec 2024 #8

Health insurance ForgedCrank Dec 2024 #48

Gosh, what would their billionaire executives do? TBF Dec 2024 #33

But they have such low profit. Sarc JanMichael Dec 2024 #54

If all the health insurance companies closed, we'd have a solution! yardwork Dec 2024 #65

This! Omnipresent Dec 2024 #76

I guess they figure that adults never protected them from school shooters. Irish_Dem Dec 2024 #3

I guess it's a "Robin Hood" affect. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #4

'Robin Hood' stole from the rich to give to the poor... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #11

Correct! but as I mentioned... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #13

Yes, however stalking and shooting someone in the back... sheshe2 Dec 2024 #17

yes, letting people die to make profit IS definitely a bad thing. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #23

Private health insurance companies either make a profit or go out of business EX500rider Dec 2024 #25

You do realize that "profit" comes in many amounts, right? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #28

Is 5 & 6% "Outlandishly excessive" in your opinion? EX500rider Dec 2024 #31

When billions are in play? yes. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #32

So they should just break even every year? EX500rider Dec 2024 #34

You do realize that health insurance companies don't do actual medicine, right? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #45

Which is exactly the problem with the very existence of private health insurance companies. Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #60

Shooting someone in the back is not a good thing. Period. sheshe2 Dec 2024 #35

It's a good thing I haven't done those things then. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #46

Yes but Laurelin Dec 2024 #56

Would any of the allied nations have cried.. Omnipresent Dec 2024 #77

Maybe there's hope for the country after all BeyondGeography Dec 2024 #5

Maybe not considering how many voted for Trump Kaleva Dec 2024 #15

Ie someone who promised to break things BeyondGeography Dec 2024 #16

I stated the fact that he's a murderer yesterday underpants Dec 2024 #7

Is that all? sarisataka Dec 2024 #9

Can't afford medical care..... multigraincracker Dec 2024 #10

Oh. Elessar Zappa Dec 2024 #12

A surprising number of young people voted for Trump Kaleva Dec 2024 #14

A surprising number, but still a lower percentage than their elders. Mariana Dec 2024 #85

I may be wrong but didn't Harris do better with the 65 and older crowd? Kaleva Dec 2024 #90

Its only the 18-29 demo Mosby Dec 2024 #18

Completely changes the story. Thanks. That's what my daughter has been telling me underpants Dec 2024 #22

I bet the insurance salesman guy wishes someone had told him that. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #26

Read The Anxious Generation SheltieLover Dec 2024 #27

They've grown up with our indifference to their deaths Arazi Dec 2024 #61

They also grew up playing violent video games Mosby Dec 2024 #69

Love ya'all Francophiles .......... Mary Antoinette bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #19

One of my sons is a pharmacy tech Bettie Dec 2024 #20

Medicare Advantage is private ins companies. SheltieLover Dec 2024 #29

What if someone threatens him for participating in a corrupt system and takes their denial out on the messenger? MichMan Dec 2024 #78

Everyone in the country could be shot at any time Bettie Dec 2024 #81

The difference is no one would consider any of those shootings to be justified MichMan Dec 2024 #83

The vast majority of people shot Bettie Dec 2024 #84

Just like Dorner tipping LAPD's hand. The Grand Illuminist Dec 2024 #21

Immediate self-defense is most justifiable - TBF Dec 2024 #30

I'm not surprised that some here support execution without trial Kaleva Dec 2024 #49

Shock, No, they grew-up with school shooting. republianmushroom Dec 2024 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author dalton99a Dec 2024 #43

I don't find it "acceptable", but I'm not mourning for the guy either Blue_Tires Dec 2024 #44

Tolerating execution without trial would be a Maga position IMO Kaleva Dec 2024 #50

And so is causing death for profit, IMO Think. Again. Dec 2024 #52

Do we agree and you publicly denounce the murderer of the CEO? Kaleva Dec 2024 #57

Two different questions. Think. Again. Dec 2024 #59

So do you denounce execution without trial under certain circumstances? Kaleva Dec 2024 #62

What are the conditions? Think. Again. Dec 2024 #63

Just curious as to what your position is Kaleva Dec 2024 #64

Obviously, from the results of that poll.... Think. Again. Dec 2024 #67

This progressive Avalon Sparks Dec 2024 #73

I find that silence sarisataka Dec 2024 #72

That's on us. Our ho-hum attitude to the danger they faced in the form of school shootings has to contribute Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #53

No...I think it's a magazine, not a clip Bettie Dec 2024 #70

People are realizing Predatory Capitalists are killing us. Emile Dec 2024 #55

Hundreds of school shootings every year Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #58

That's probably one reason so many young people aren't shocked by this murder. yardwork Dec 2024 #66

The only thing shocking is that it didn't happen sooner Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #68

100 years ago there was just such a class of wealthy people. yardwork Dec 2024 #79

Perhaps you never had a history class on the 1920's sarisataka Dec 2024 #82

There could be several reasons many young people approve of the CEO murder. walkingman Dec 2024 #71

They need to poll everyone again and ask them why... LeftInTX Dec 2024 #89

So vote for universal healthcare already mountain grammy Dec 2024 #74

Will the same people justify the shooting of government officials if care is denied? n/t MichMan Dec 2024 #80

Whatever those denial numbers would be under M4A Arazi Dec 2024 #87

--Not--Shocked--In--The--Least-- CoopersDad Dec 2024 #75

This is what happens when you let socal media raise the children krawhitham Dec 2024 #86

We can go back and forth about why. However, I wish they would poll everyone and find out their reasons why LeftInTX Dec 2024 #88

They should have asked this question in the poll. Jacson6 Dec 2024 #91

Is this why? LeftInTX Dec 2024 #92