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There are more people who can say "Brian Thompson killed my father", than there are "Luigi Mangione killed my father."

Nobody says "Won't someone think of their kids?" when celebrating a mass shooter or a drug kingpin or a foreign dictator being deposed. It's a shitty argument here, too.

Osama bin Laden had kids. Heck one of his kids was shot in the raid that killed him too.

Not one of these news outlets called for a moment of remembering the humanity of them, right?

Murder is wrong, murdering a murder isn't good, but let's not pretend to have principles on the matter if we don't have them

If you don't want people to celebrate your death, don't live in a way that makes people want to celebrate your death.

Could not care less about some trust fund kids.

I mean, I can feel bad for his kids (especially if they're too young to understand, no idea how old they are) and still be of the opinion fuck that guy. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Grief is not a conscious decision and we do not get to choose who we will mourn for and because of that, I do feel for them, but the rest of us are under absolutely no obligation to mourn along with them.

Also, what does it have to do with whether he was a father or not? If he had had no kids, would that change anything? Can it be more acceptable to kill someone who hasn't had kids? What's the point in that?

Their dad didn't give even a single thought to the people who died because of him, why should his priveleged-ass kids get even a seconds thought from me beyond potential future followers in daddy's shoes?

Truth is, people celebrated before we had any idea who this guy was. He wasn’t famous or a public figure before he was killed. People didn’t hate the man that died, nor his kids.

People cheered because of what he represented. People didn’t celebrate his death, they celebrated that it made his type of person look like they aren’t untouchable.

Anyone who has kids and wants to leave a good legacy for their kids will now have to take into account whether they want their kids to end up like this guy’s kids. I know I won’t be accepting any c-suite jobs any time soon, but I’ve turned down jobs in the past because they didn’t align with my morals.

Hell, my father died and I was excited and happy as a clam, and he was just a normal dickhead.

For all we know, it was the guys kid who made several of the first memes about it!

I am not at all worried about his kids. His kids are set for life.

I am worried about other kids- and adults- suffering due to a much less discerning and less accurate copycat vigilante. It hasn't happened so far, but it is something that greatly concerns me.

Paul F. Tompkins is excellent and 'No You Shut Up' should have gone on for 20 more seasons

this hypothetical pondering isn't reality. mega wealthy people don't care if poor people suffer or die. they don't see us as humans. we are just parasites that cost them money. it literally doesn't matter that we generate all the money for them--we are repulsive to them, and the celebration over CEO extermination just pushes us even further into "other" territory

this is how kids are raised in billionaire households. you think that asshole's kids plays with poor kids? or even has any kind of meaningful interaction with them? hell fucking no. they go to private school with other rich kids, get chauffeured everywhere, vacation in places only they can afford, and on and on-- how else would all these kids grow up to be exactly the same as the assholes who raised them?

to hell with the lot of them i say

Kid probably happy too, since, odds are, the dead person was shitty to the kids.

Paul F Tompkins is great!

He's a principal on my beloved Thrilling Adventure Hour, a new-time stage show and podcast in the style of old-time radio. I've seen them live twice.

His very excellent improv comedy podcast SPONTANEANATION! with tons of great guests. Link to a live show video.

He had his own fake news show with puppets briefly, No You Shut Up!

He was main cast on Bajillion Dollar Properties, a fake reality show about Hollywood real estate agents.

PFT was in Tangled with a minor part as Short Thug, a passable rap name.

He and his longtime friend Tawny Newsome (who plays Mariner Beckett) co-host the official Star Trek podcast.

Plus he's basically the king of podcast guesting. He has been in everyone else's show. And who can forget his impeccable style.

Is this a crossover episode?

This assumes the kids didn't already hate his guts.

Literally fatherless behavior

Thompson's children, like every other human, aren't just neutral moral agents. Like their father, their position depends on our monstrous system. Sure they could overcome this and adopt good politics, but it will be harder for them than people who earn money honestly.

Remember that the capitalists are always class-conscious and usually show class-solidarity.

This is just racism against rich people.

No, I will not be explaining my thoughts further. I will simply be collecting my check from the WSJ.

What about Hitler's kids and kids of his family members?

Ah, they made their choice to never have kids.

I kinda think they don't need to do that, they are different persons with different backgrounds who'd act differently being knowledgeable of what Germany did there.

But I want this question to hang over the heads of these CEOs, their peers and families. I want them to question themselves.