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The death of a mass murderer is cause for celebration.
I hate this "He had a family that loved him!"
Because while I'm sure that's true... ya know who else had families that loved them?
The various people who died of treatable illness because this assclown denied the healthcare THAT THEY PAID INTO in order to save a couple of dollars despite wiping his ass with Benjamins on the regular.
To his co-workers, Brian Thompson was just another suit and tie who punched out at 5 and met up with the boys for drinks before seeing the Mrs.
To his customers, he was the man responsible for the deaths of fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters.
Ban For-Profit healthcare
His wife lived separated since 2017.
He got DUI last year.
He wasn't a saint, he was an asshole in private, like we all knew. The media lied about him.
It kind of meets classical definition of tragic in that his downfall was the result of his own actions.
Stalin and Hitler had families too, doesn't mean I'm gonna stop being happy they dead
It's an unfortunate reality of our condition that a few rich people have to die so that the rest of the biosphere may be saved
To be fair, Hitler did have some admirable traits. I mean he did kill Hitler after all.
I wish more fascists would follow the example Hitler left for them in that bunker of his...