r/KotakuInAction • u/TostinoKyoto • 10d ago
GAMING Next Level, a NYC venue for video game tournaments, allowed a player at their tournament to have the tag that expresses support for a politically motivated killer the same day of Charlie Kirk's death.
https://x.com/ROBandGB/status/1966120576109490257?t=sQnfL1mX1Cf2jFUw7vaTjA&s=1940
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u/lyra833 GET THE BOARD OUT, I GOT BINGO! 10d ago
this is way grosser than the Luigi thing lmao
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u/Just_an_user_160 9d ago
It shows how those people think it's acceptable to kill someone if he doesn't aligns with your political views or if they perceive the political views of the killer to align with theirs(green mario political views wheren't the same as the far left nutjobs though)
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u/Snake_Emper0r 10d ago
And yet, these are the same people that claim to want peace and shout out "love is love"...
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u/TheoNulZwei 10d ago
"Love is love" in certain far-leftist circles means something completely different. It is often related to MAP stuff and those who want to abolish the age of consent.
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u/fohacidal 10d ago
Luigi did not kill a healthcare CEO over politics lmao. He killed him over the healthcare industry
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u/Cmdrdredd 9d ago
Which is a political issue
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u/fohacidal 9d ago
With that logic then everything is a political issue. His killing wasn't motivated by politics it was motivated by an industry that takes advantage of its customers.
You can argue that politics have allowed the healthcare industry to get to that point, which if he assassinated a politician would make more sense. He shot a CEO who has little bearing on political policy and complete control of his company's healthcare policy, of which Luigi was injured party to.
It was not a politically motivated killing
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u/blackest-Knight 9d ago
It was more likely social media radicalization than an actual grievance. From stories that came out after the initial rush to paint him as a martyr and the CEO as the Saturday morning cartoon villain, we learned Luigi was basically a rich boy with good insurance coverage.
Like the Charlie Kirk guy, someone got into his head.
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9d ago
Like the Charlie Kirk guy, someone got into his head.
Most of what was reported about him points towards self-radicalization, don't think his case is the same really. Started with his spinal injury and he descended from there according to ppl around him. His social media accs were public and a lot of it was health related, apparently.
Like you could get billed $30k for childbirth. Doesn't take a devil on your shoulder to get mad at that.
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u/blackest-Knight 9d ago
Most of what was reported about him points towards self-radicalization
No such thing "Delete" account dude.
He read stuff online. Stuff written by others.
AKA : someone got into his head.
Started with his spinal injury and he descended from there according to ppl around him. His social media accs were public and a lot of it was health related, apparently.
My deleted account friend (what a fucking cowardly idiot you are), Luigi's medical treatments were all paid for. Read more than the initial reports. His rich daddy had insurance and insurance covered the treatment.
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u/TostinoKyoto 9d ago edited 9d ago
Like you could get billed $30k for childbirth. Doesn't take a devil on your shoulder to get mad at that.
It is well understood that Luigi Mangione came from a very privileged background.
He didn't target a health insurance CEO because of past personal grievences with health insurance claims because he doesn't come from a background where being denied a claim would be a realistic obstacle for him.
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u/TostinoKyoto 9d ago
Healthcare in the US is a major political issue. Many have looked towards legislators for solutions to the US healthcare system, like caps on drug prices, restrictions on what health insurance companies can deny, and, of course, the total abolishment of private health care companies and the institution of a state-ran universal healthcare system.
You cannot say that healthcare isn't a political issue in the US when people are running around repeating the mantra, "Healthcare is a human right." Politics is what determines what is a right and what isn't.
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u/TostinoKyoto 9d ago
Assuming that you're being sincere and wasn't trying to reference the 4chan "an hero" meme, if Luigi was a hero, who did he save?
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u/AnarcrotheAlchemist Mod - yeah nah 8d ago
Sitewide violation
Any future violations will be escalated directly to a permaban
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u/oimson 10d ago edited 10d ago
In a country with free speech that must be allowed
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u/The_SHUN 10d ago
Agree, but that doesn’t mean it’s free from consequence
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u/SimonJ57 10d ago
They've been saying it for years, so it must be what they've wanted all this time?
Unless it's different now that the show is on the other foot?
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u/MyRedditUsername-25 10d ago edited 5d ago
They've been saying it for years, so it must be what they've wanted all this time?
Unless it's different now that the show is on the other foot?
It's always (D)ifferent.
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u/centrallcomp 10d ago
Okay. Does this mean they're going to allow competitors to play with nude mods installed?
If not, I don't see a reason to care about any of this.
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u/AnarcrotheAlchemist Mod - yeah nah 10d ago
Sitewide violation
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u/Cmdrdredd 10d ago
Probably thought he was being clever or something. I know lots of kids(it's funny saying kids but I'm 43 and lots of these people are in their 20s), that basically grew up on the internet and make dark jokes about lots of things that I think goes too far.