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Justine Bateman, the former actress of Family Ties fame, made an interesting observation about the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson by a former Ivy Leaguer, which is that amongst all the celebration from the anti-capitalist left, things have been relatively quiet on the gun control front.
The author and filmmaker called out the left for its “selective activism” in a post shared on X.
“The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was the first time I can remember where a shooting wasn’t immediately followed by a demand for gun control. Selective Activism,” Bateman wrote.
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was the first time I can remember where a shooting wasn’t immediately followed by a demand for gun control.
Selective Activism.— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) December 15, 2024
Luigi Mangione was arrested for the ambush killing of Thompson and he had commented on social media about suffering a painful “life-altering injury” to his back, although he did not appear to have a health insurance policy with UnitedHealthcare, according to various reports.
There has been a cult-like embrace of Mangione on the left for killing Thompson, a white male. This is the same cabal that screams for gun control when a person of color falls victim to gun violence. The hatred of the healthcare insurance racket is a driving factor here.
Turns out, after President-elect Donald J. Trump was wounded by a would-be assassin, there was also an eerie quiet among gun control fanatics.
Here’s a quick sampling of responses to the story, as seen on the social media platform X:
And just like that libs are pro gun.
— Spitfire (@DogRightGirl) December 15, 2024
The same was true for the assassination attempts on Trump. Guns are fine by them, when wielded by fellow leftists for their shared causes.
— Nor-Cal Hilohaw (@Hilohaw) December 15, 2024
— ThatOneGuy55 (@Tesla7771) December 15, 2024
Yes, well the killer 3D-printed the frame of the gun and the suppressor. That broke both New York (Untraceable Firearms Act) and federal (National Firearms Act) laws.
It’s hard to believe, but maybe the gun control industry actually played it smart here.
They may have decided…
— Shooting News Weekly (@SN_Weekly_) December 15, 2024
Those voices were too busy praising the murderer and totally glossing over the fact that Brian Thompson was a real human being with strong ties to his small-town beginnings, a beloved son, father, and husband. He mattered, but to the depraved, his killing was excused and…
— AmericanWoman2022 (@Woman28American) December 15, 2024
That or the time the Bernie Bro tried to kill a bunch of Republicans at a baseball practice. https://t.co/3IVEMQFag9
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) December 15, 2024
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