In the United States, people have strong opinions about health insurance companies, when the alleged shooter was found out has written They “deny”, “isolate”, “defend” some ammunition casings, crowd around them. When Mangione was discovered at a fast food restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, someone in Bluesky called He called it SnitchDonald’s; others briefly The review bombed the site. (Google later I pulled Many negative reviews.)
Mangione appeared in a Pennsylvania court Monday night to be arraigned on two felony charges, one involving a firearm and one involving a false ID. He also faces three related misdemeanor charges. He did not enter a plea. He was later charged with murder in Manhattan. Once his name was revealed on Monday, the online investigation and sentencing entered a whole new phase.
People have been browsing through X’s old accounts and GitHub pages that appear to belong to him. A thorough investigation of what appears to be his Goodreads account shows that he has read Michael Pollan and Aldous Huxley. He had an Ivy League education and was probably a fan of Joe Rogan and/or Tucker Carlson. What some people on the Internet perceived as a left-leaning anti-capitalist revolutionary turned out to be someone with complex and perhaps conflicting beliefs like everyone else on the Internet. It seemed that memes had once again reduced the person to whom the Internet wanted them to be, reflecting their frustrations with US health care or the power of huge corporations.
A person who would kill a healthcare CEO might share those frustrations, but very little, with the people who obsess over him online.
Maybe that’s what makes Mangione Duck milkshake A moment that’s not quite a Milkshake Duck moment at all. Yes, people are reevaluating how they view Thompson’s suspected killer and his motives, but they’re not completely abandoning him. When police released his photo late Monday, it gave a fuller picture of the handsome person than the photo authorities had posted days earlier, online. Thirst It was everywhere. Fanfiction authors Stay at work. Etsy is Full of goods.
As Ryan Broderick said His trash day newsletter On Monday, “This is probably the most biased America — well, aside from the people in its highest tax brackets — that has been a news story since the invention of the Internet.”
Want more evidence? Look no further than the comments on Daily Wire host Ben Shapiro’s YouTube channel. In a video titled “Murder cheers the evil revolutionary left!” The responses were quick and clear: “Truth: both left and right are cheering!” We don’t care about your feelings”; “I don’t buy this ‘left vs. right’ bullshit anymore Ben, I want health care for my family”; “Just because ‘left’ likes something, doesn’t mean you have to instinctively hate it. Wake up and read the room, brother. Not exactly the kind of banter usually found in the comments section of A Manosphere video.
Public opinion about the fate of Mangione and Thompson will likely continue to change for weeks. A lot of information will appear in the foreground. Like any other major character, Mangione’s entire life will be analysed, but what is said about him may seem small compared to what the response to his actions says about everyone else.