Michael Moore Says He Will Not Tamp Down Anger Stirred by Luigi Mangione
Michael Moore Says He Will Not Tamp Down Anger Stirred by Luigi Mangione
The man accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson named Moore — who directed 2007's 'Sicko' — in his alleged manifesto.
In a lengthy Substack article — which he titled “A Manifesto Against For-Profit Health Insurance Companies” — Moore wrote that Mangione’s alleged mention of him has resulted in requests for the director to comment. “It’s not often that my work gets a killer five-star review from an actual killer,” he wrote. “My phone has been ringing off the hook which is bad news because my phone doesn’t have a hook. Emails are pouring in. Text messages. Requests from many in the media.”
Moore went on to write that many of the requests inquired whether he would condemn the murder of Thompson. “After the killing of the CEO of United HealthCare, the largest of these billion dollar insurance companies, there was an immediate OUTPOURING of anger toward the health insurance industry,” Moore wrote. “Some people have stepped forward to condemn this anger. I am not one of them.”
He went on to write that the anger is completely justified, and that “it is long overdue for the media to cover it. It is not new. It has been boiling. And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask people to shut up. I want to pour gasoline on that anger.”
Moore added that “yes, I condemn murder, and that’s why I condemn America’s broken, vile, rapacious, bloodthirsty, unethical, immoral health care industry and I condemn every one of the CEOs who are in charge of it and I condemn every politician who takes their money and keeps this system going instead of tearing it up, ripping it apart, and throwing it all away.”
It's hard to imagine the guy who directed the music video for Rage Against the Machine's Sleep Now In The Fire saying anything else.
10/10 response. Especially the "Yes I condemn murder part" where he flips their stupid question on it's head.
Whoa, I've seen that video several times, but had no clue Moore directed it. Now it seems so obvious, in hindsight.
Headline grossly misconstrues Moore's opinion:
And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask people to shut up. I want to pour gasoline on that anger.
Any news source to even consider that they could/should is part of the problem.
Surprised this isn't considered "advocating violence".
Oh, he condemns murder. He just points out how much blood is on the hands of companies vs the lone gunman. I figure it won't be long before LW stops federating with the influx of users who left LW to go to other instances where people can actually express protected speech. /c/news at LW is inherently incompatible with free speech and free press ideals. Hoping y'all start a new community elsewhere that allows proper discourse.
I mean was there any doubt that what happened to the CEO was murder? Like whether or not it was justified it still was murder. I'm not shedding a tear for it though, too busy reflecting on the thousands dead from his denial of healthcare.
The issue I take is that when we abstract murder by a few degrees then we just call it business. The CEO can sign a form that will result in the deaths of 1500 people and it's fine but you hire a hitman and you're guilty. At what point is the line drawn?
If I construct a rube goldberg machine that results in a gun being fired then am I responsible? What if that machine drops a pachinko puck that results in the gun being fired 50% of the time? What if I muck about with someone's food and increase their risk of cancer by 4%?
This is a genuine question I'd love an answer to.
I mean that's swell, but he doesn't have that power either way.
Canadian Bacon is a highly underrated film. I rarely have the opportunity to bring that up.
Now edit your post to add it en français.
Also the director of "Canadian Bacon".
Also "Fahrenheit 9/11".
Who the fuck cares what this dude is saying today?
Mangione mentioned him specifically, apparently