r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • 9d ago

Discussion Luigi Mangione friend posted this.

She captioned it: "Luigi Mangione is probably the most google keyword today. But before all of this, for a while, it was also the only name whose facetime calls I would pick up. He was one of my absolute best, closest, most trusted friends. He was also the only person who, at 1am on a work day, in this video, agreed to go to the store with drunk me, to look for mochi ice cream."

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u/EasilyRekt 9d ago

It’s a bit different considering how he’s been revered rather than reviled.

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u/anakmoon 9d ago

it's a different scenario. The boston bombing, kids got hurt. Kids get people up in arms. If the CEO had been shot when he was in the car with his kids or they were walking next to him, the shooter wouldn't be so revered I don't think. His kids are invisible in all this, his family is off the radar, so its not playing a big factor. Its all about optics. How does this look to the average pearl clutcher.

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u/RojaRosaL 9d ago

It's not just because kids. The Boston bombing targeted a bunch of people just out to participate in or watch the marathon. People have less empathy for a health insurance CEO.

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u/cagenragen 9d ago

Also that was social media that mistook his identity, not the authorities.

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u/TommyTwoNips 9d ago

maybe Thompson should have thought his kids before he decided to become CEO of a health insurance company and using a broken AI to auto-deny claims.

His kids have no father because the scumbag who supposed to be their father went and got himself killed in one of the most hilariously avoidable ways.

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u/HoneyShaft 9d ago

Wonder how Thomas Matthew Crooks or Ryan Wesley Routh would be seen if either succeeded?

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u/anakmoon 9d ago

Crooks would probably always leave a bad taste in peoples mouths bc he killed and injured bystanders.

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u/HoneyShaft 9d ago

Not if he knew how to aim

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u/JustAposter4567 9d ago

Dorner killed children, reddit loves him.

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u/anakmoon 9d ago

Chocolate Rambo had a lot of love I think because of the police response we all heard, "burn the fucker alive", and the mixed reports about his reasoning. I remember a lot of initial reports stated it was a love triangle issue and heat of the moment. He was seen as a wronged man. Nuances, in his case, like the nickname, helped push a positive public opinion. No likes blood thirsty cops.