• cybervseas@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Oof he isn’t convicted but the media isn’t saying “allegedly” in headlines for him. Shows how they’re trying to sway public opinion.

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      4 days ago

      Was it supposed to be a direct quote from the DA? Even if so, it shouldn’t be in the headline.

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      4 days ago

      Public opinion is already swayed. Luigi Mangione has become a symbol to a lot of people and as such the super-rich want to punish him.

      I bet they are more scared of the symbol than they are of the thought that Mangione is innocent and the real shooter might still be free and plotting another hit.

      The “real shooter” would only be one person, but a symbol has the power to create 10 or 100 more or to spark a violent rebellion and that they can’t let happen.

      Innocent or not, it’s unfortunately Luigi Mangione they need punished in the most horrific and exemplar way possible.

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      When the public makes you a meme for assassination and substitutes your first name for the word “assassinate”, I’m going to give them a pass on dropping the “allegedly”.

      If the public were swayable, they wouldn’t be talking about “luigiing” people.