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Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel Laughs, Shares Staffers' Texts About CEO Killer
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:38:55 -0500
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On 2024-12-11 2:03 PM, BTR1701 wrote:
> On Dec 11, 2024 at 9:08:38 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:Lu
> 
>> Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined the conversation following the arrest of
>> Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian
>> Thompson, sharing text exchanges from show staffers who made light of the
>> assassination.
>>
>> Kimmel used his monologue on Tuesday night to share screenshots of text
>> exchanges between people who work on JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! and their family
>> members and friends.
>>
>> "We definitely know who wins Time's 'Sexiest Alleged Murderer of the Year',
>> that would go to Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting of the CEO of
>> UnitedHealthcare," Kimmel began. He added that Mangione has "become the
>> hottest cold-blooded killer in America" as social media users circulated
>> photos of him online.
> 
> Being so 'hot' is going to serve him real well in the penitentiary.
> 
> 
I remember hearing about someone who decided to post a picture of an 
historical figure on a dating app just to see how women would react to 
this handsome "bad boy". People reacted as he expected and drooled 
(figuratively) over the "bad boy". I was amused - in a rueful way - when 
I saw that the picture was of Stalin as a young revolutionary (and 
organizer of bank robberies).

Here's the picture (it's the one from 1899):

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/articles/zhv747h

As far as we know so far, Luigi Mangione has only killed one person. 
Stalin is believed by many historians to be responsible for the deaths 
of 25 million of his own people (not counting WW II); some historians 
reckon him to be responsible for upwards of 60 million people.

But people continue to respond to looks on a visceral level regardless 
of who the person is or what he or she has done. What can you do?


--
Rhino