I noticed how Piers Morgan and two of his guests were outraged at the death of Brian Thompson even though he's an agent of the system that oversaw the deaths of thousands of Americans. But would they be okay with the death of Putin or Assad even though they're heads of systems as well?
Brian Thompson contributed to the deaths of thousands of innocent people just like when we say George W Bush murdered over a million Iraqis.
Bush may have not directly killed them but he gave the orders. Whether it's murder via gun or pen, murder is still murder.
Brian Thompson is no different.
They're fine with systemic state violence but when the people want to end the violence by the state and desperately take matters into their own hands, they're baffled. It's only okay if they go through the "proper channels" even though those proper channels keep a violent and exploitative system in place.
Brian Thompson oversaw the deaths of a myriad of people compared to Luigi Magione. Luigi was a privileged kid who saw how the sausage was made and couldn't stand it so how do you think those of us who are poor and/or marginalized feel?
They have no right to say anything about promotion of violence when every single year millions of Americans sit around a table and celebrate a lie told with turkey. This nation committed the genocide of millions of native Americans but we believe the lie because we don't want to accept the truth of what has happened and reconcile that truth. This IS who we are.
Here's the point: MANY OF THESE MEDIA OUTLETS AND POLITICIANS ARE TO BLAME. Why? Because Brian Thompson would still be alive IF we had a single-payer healthcare or Nationalized Healthcare System. Keeping for-profit healthcare in place is dangerous for the working class. But SURPRISE, It's now dangerous for the 1% as well.
If you push people too far, they will take drastic action and it will keep happening as long as this system is in place. The greed of the wealthy will cause them to choke on their aspirations.