Summary

Reddit is removing posts linking to Luigi Mangione’s manifesto, citing its longstanding policy against content related to violent acts.

The manifesto, tied to the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has sparked online fascination and debate.

While Reddit allows discussion of the manifesto within its rules, posts linking to its full text—shared on Substack by journalist Ken Klippenstein—are being removed, angering users.

Critics accuse Reddit of selective moderation, as some sympathize with Mangione’s frustrations over the U.S. healthcare system, which has come under renewed scrutiny after the incident.

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the manifesto is fake anyways. the NYPD wrote it and y’all just believe anything they tell you. fucking monopoly money? that’s some batman villain shit only a blue blood could think of.

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Maybe. Have any evidence of that or should we all just believe what you’re telling us?

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Lol, it’s a .ml account. Of course not

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The site that hosts literal snuff videos from wars?

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Those just glorify the military industrial complex - this event broke the cardinal rule of being effectively anti-capitalist.

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The original Iraq war coverage back in the 90’s was all about glorifying the military industrial complex. Videos of smart bombs finding targets from 20,000 ft. Clean and neat. THAT’S glorifying out military and sanitizing our wars.

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Those just glorify the military industrial complex

watching a soldier’s legs get blown up by a drone with 3 dead soldiers around him pick up his rifle and shoot himself in the head isn’t really what I would call a show of glory

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It absolutely is. A well balanced person finds such an image revolting (especially if they’ve seen the resulting damage up close) - but there’s a significant number of people who watch that and get gratification from it… sometimes in the form of twisted delight from the novelty - sometimes in a form of dominance/power tripping “Look what ‘we’ can do to those ‘terrorists’”.

It’s fucking sick and I think the fact that Americans will cheer on reels of war while blushing if someone’s boob is briefly visible is a deep condemnation of our society.

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i feel privileged to be able to see war footage. this hasn’t really been possible for most of human history. you can look and see the brutality of war and what it really means to “die for your country”

i don’t agree with censoring war videos. i’m glad that reddit abstains from this. i’m certain they will be banning it in the future. in think in near future we will not get any media outside of a giant firewall much like China

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I don’t want to censor war video footage either, but still it would be much more reasonable to do it before censoring ‘violence inciting’ text.

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Seeing those videos turned me into a pacifist.

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Spaz is worried that people give enough of a shit about him to target him. No one cares about Spez. He runs an internet forum. He has weird dystopian power fantasies where he owns slaves. The dude is a joke.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/01/30/doomsday-prep-for-the-super-rich

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No he isn’t.

Let’s not act like bunch of idiots. It’s all about money. If advertisers see posts they don’t like, do you think they want to see their brand next to a post about Luigi?

WE CANNOT BE THIS STUPID. It’s how they win. You might be making that comment as a gag or joke, but many clearly aren’t reading it as such. The answer is ALWAYS money.

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You are correct, but the rest of their comment is sadly true.

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Fuck Steve Huffman

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Is Spez a CEO now?

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Spez is a cunt

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