This is a weird one, because I don't believe we should ever publicize the name or beliefs of murderers. Why? Because it gives them the infamy they crave, it elevates them while the names of their victims fade, and it encourages future attacks. After all, the media's role in fueling mass shooting attacks has been raised by academic studies, but has been entirely ignored by a mainstream media who want those delicious clicks.
But the frenzy around the latest horrifying anti-hero to rise up — the man accused of executing Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in New York City — has reached new lows: a thriving fundraiser for his legal defense, hosted by a faith-based alternative to GoFundMe.
"This is a preemptive legal fundraiser for the suspect allegedly involved in the shooting of the United Healthcare CEO. We are not here to celebrate violence, but we do believe in the constitutional right of fair legal representation," the fundraiser reads.
At the time of writing, almost $140,000 has been collected, with a goal of $500,000.
And why am I sharing this? If you're up to it, read the comments.
They're like a window into the evil that continues to fester on the American Left thanks to figures like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Elizabeth Warren, where speech is violence but violence is resistance ... as long as it's directed at the "right" people.
To be clear, I don't have a problem with GiveSendGo hosting this fundraiser, even if it is a supposedly Christian crowdfunding website. And, of course, every American deserves the right to legal counsel, and must be presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
No, my issue is that people are donating.
Of course, people are comparing this case to that of Kyle Rittenhouse, who also had a legal fundraising page on GiveSendGo. But those people are idiots, and the fact that I am even expected to explain the difference between Rittenhouse's act of self-defense and an assassin who (allegedly) executed a father of two for the "crime" of running an insurance company ... says everything about how far we've fallen as a society.
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