The New York Times has published the most inane op-ed after the shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO.

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I will never trust any news source that uses the scowling face of Luigi to tell this story.

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Still better journalism than the NYT coverage.

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I thought they didnā€™t want to provide a megaphone to murderers.

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Thatā€™s just for the poor.

Rich murderers get to publish op-eds defending other rich murderers.

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No rules if you got money.

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New York Times aiding and abetting mass murderers

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Theyā€™re already helping to abet a genocide. Why not mass murder?

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If they let Netanyahu write op-eds, why not give the small time mass murderers a chance too?

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I mean, theyā€™re already aiding and abetting the fascist apartheid regime of Israel and act as stenographers for killer cops, so supporting the atrocities of the powerful is very much established as their comfort zoneā€¦

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This guy earns receives your annual salary every fucking day of the year, and after taking hundreds of dollars from us every month to secure health care, he has the gall to tell 1/3 of us that we should just die rather than receive treatment.

Fuck him with a pineapple.

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Backwards

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First one way, then the other.

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Then sideways

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Pineapples have enzymes that digest flesh. Make sure to score it a few times first.

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Whatā€™s ā€œop-edā€?

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Opinion pieces from the paperā€™s editorial board, and outside contributors.

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The origin of the term ā€œop-edā€ is derived from the piece originally having appeared on the ā€œopposite sideā€ of the newspaper from the editorial page.

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used toĀ describeĀ aĀ pieceĀ of writing thatĀ expressesĀ aĀ personalĀ opinionĀ and is usuallyĀ printedĀ in aĀ newspaperĀ oppositeĀ theĀ pageĀ on which theĀ editorialĀ isĀ printed.

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