The Internet’s Obsession With Luigi Mangione Signals a Major Shift

In America, people have strong feelings about health insurance companies after gunman’s alleged killer was revealed Wrote “Denied”, “Abolished”, “Defended” on some ammunition casings, they unite. When Mangione was spotted at a fast food restaurant in Altoona, Pa., someone from Blue Sky call it snitch donald;Other brief Comment bombing location. (Google it later pull Lots of negative reviews.

Mangione appeared in a Pennsylvania court Monday night to be arraigned on two felony charges, one related to a firearm and another related to a false ID. He also faces three related misdemeanor charges. He did not enter a plea. He was later charged with murder in Manhattan. However, as soon as his name was announced on Monday, the investigation and judgment of him on the Internet entered a new stage.

Old X accounts and GitHub pages that appeared to belong to him were pored over. A thorough investigation of his Goodreads account revealed that he had read works by Michael Pollan and Aldous Huxley. He’s Ivy League educated and probably a fan of Joe Rogan and/or Tucker Carlson. The left-leaning anti-capitalist revolutionary imagined by some online turned out to be a man with beliefs as complex and possibly conflicting as anyone else online. The meme once again seemed to diminish the person the internet wanted him to be, reflecting their dissatisfaction with American health care or the power of big corporations.

Someone who wants to kill the health care executive might share those frustrations with those who are obsessed with him online, but little else.

Perhaps this makes Mangione’s Milkshake Duck This moment was not a milkshake duck moment at all. Yes, people are re-evaluating how they view Thompson as a suspected killer and his motives, but they aren’t abandoning him entirely. Police released his mugshot on Monday night, providing a fuller picture of the handsome man from a photo authorities posted online days ago Thirsty It’s everywhere. fan fiction writer continue working. Essie is full of merchandise.

As Ryan Broderick says his trash day newsletter On Monday, “This is probably the most consistent America — well, except for people in the highest tax brackets — has been about news coverage since the invention of the internet.”

Want further evidence? Just look at the comments on Daily Telegraph presenter Ben Shapiro’s YouTube channel. In a video titled “The Evil Revolutionary Left Cheers Murder!” the reaction was swift and clear: “Fact: both left and right are cheering! We don’t care how you feel”; “I no longer believe in ‘left vs right’ What the fuck, Ben, I want health care for my family”; “Just because the ‘left’ likes something doesn’t mean you have to instinctively hate it. Get up and look around the room bro. Not really The kind of joke that’s common in comment sections atmosphere video.

Public opinion on the fates of Mangione and Thompson may continue to change in the weeks to come. More information will emerge. Like other protagonists, Mangione’s entire life is analyzed, but his evaluation may pale in comparison to the reactions his actions have on others.