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Michael Moore says he wants to pour 'gasoline' on anger at health insurance companies after CEO shooting [View all]

Source: The Independent

Friday 13 December 2024 22:29 GMT

Social critic and documentary filmmaker Michael Moore said in a Substack post that he wants to "pour gasoline" on the anger Americans have expressed against the nation's health insurance industry.

Moore wrote Friday that fury directed at the US health insurance industry was "1000 percent justified." Following the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan last week, some Americans have taken to social media and other outlets to express their frustration with the state of private health insurance in the nation.

Moore — whose documentaries include criticisms of the US war on terror, gun violence, and health care, among other topics — was mentioned by name in the manifesto of Luigi Mangione, the man police believe killed Thompson. Mangione allegedly described Moore as someone who "illuminated the corruption and greed" in the health care industry in his 2007 film Sicko. “It’s not often that my work gets a killer five-star review from an actual killer,” Moore wrote in his Substack piece.

He noted that he had been receiving media requests, including some that were essentially asking him to "condemn murder." “Do I condemn murder? That’s an odd question. In Fahrenheit 9/11, I condemned the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqi people and the senseless murder of our own American soldiers at the hands of our American government,” Moore wrote.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/michael-moore-anger-health-insurance-shooting-b2664233.html

Came out almost 20 years ago and I remember getting the DVD.

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Michael Moore says he wants to pour 'gasoline' on anger at health insurance companies after CEO shooting [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 14 OP

Hot burning anger doesn't really solve these problems. It may help to make a start, but that's it. Walleye Dec 14 #1

doesn't solve the problems Skittles Dec 14 #4

Well, I hope it works. But I'm not sure this calling attention to an issue actually helps anymore. Walleye Dec 14 #5

Not by Dems. Some of us are just sick of it. Eventually you get pissed enough to do "good trouble." n/t Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #30

what do you mean by "good trouble"? Skittles Dec 14 #51

Shame on you for suggesting. Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #52

I think that could be MY response Skittles Dec 14 #53

Perhaps you never heard of John Lewis. Just wow. All done "Skittles." Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #54

Ugh...Every credible person needs to "divorce" themselves from this Luigi guy. LeftInTX Dec 14 #2

I only think a small subset of young people and "social media/tabloid entertainment media" are fixating on the guy BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #3

The issue of unaffordable healthcare insurance helped Obama get elected in 2008. sop Dec 14 #34

Well the GOP helped to encourage Democrats to run away from Obama beecause of the ACA BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #35

I liked his first documentary about Flint. Then I tried watching "Bowling for Columbine"...let's just say my teenager LeftInTX Dec 14 #41

I had "Bowling for Columbine" on DVR for a long time BumRushDaShow Dec 14 #42

You can kill the body and the soul of a person with abuse-I call it soul murder Stargazer99 Dec 14 #8

People are justified at being angry at the system. COL Mustard Dec 14 #15

Unless people feel all hope is lost The Grand Illuminist Dec 14 #21

I don't believe Luigi felt all hope was lost due to health insurance. Neither he nor his family have ever been customers LeftInTX Dec 14 #44

Using Drumpf's criming record, I'd say breaking the law(s) appears to be Okey Dokey now. Magats know it. Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #32

Sorry , but... COL Mustard Dec 14 #36

course not. I'm just saying the last 9 years have sent a message loud and clear. It's OK to break the law. FCS, Evolve Dammit Dec 14 #47

Not on this thread Cirsium Dec 14 #24

Same thing happens with serial killers. cab67 Dec 14 #29

Yes. There's a mystique. LeftInTX Dec 14 #39

Gasoline Indeed RecoveringJournalist Dec 14 #6

Thank you for an intellgent and rational set of thoughts Stargazer99 Dec 14 #9

Remember when A black man became president and 100yrs. of anger was unleashed? nt Hotler Dec 14 #7

Those MAGA morons can spew their feigned anger over this.... Bengus81 Dec 14 #10

Michael Moore just wants to be relevent uncledad Dec 14 #11

That is absolutely not true. My sister and brother-in-law know him and are also both from Flint, HUAJIAO Dec 14 #17

Michael Moore is relevant, except in small closed circles. Autumn Dec 14 #19

He is a neighbor Cirsium Dec 14 #25

Cheap to say and misspell and get wrong. Welcome to DU, I think. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 14 #45

Which side are you on? Emile Dec 15 #62

Im not on the side of a murderer uncledad Dec 16 #63

In this case, the word murderer would be plural. Emile Dec 17 #65

I get it. Moore sees this as an opportunity for the American people to rise up in rebellion and force the government Martin68 Dec 14 #12

He didn't just jump in. The CEO shooter and the media brought him into the conversation. Autumn Dec 14 #20

Years and years Cirsium Dec 14 #26

Yes he has and both parties have fought tooth and nail against it the donations Autumn Dec 14 #31

The Only Way to "Address" This Problem modrepub Dec 14 #13

So true. HUAJIAO Dec 14 #18

If the stupid 49.6% of the electorate keep voting for repukes, it really doesn't amount to a pile of horseshit....... wolfie001 Dec 14 #14

So hopeless Cirsium Dec 14 #28

Not fearmongering wolfie001 Dec 14 #56

That was the focus Cirsium Dec 14 #57

Glad you agree with me wolfie001 Dec 15 #59

I think a better target for change is those who don't vote. When Bush Jr. was president, I read that 80% of non-voters LT Barclay Dec 15 #58

That too! wolfie001 Dec 15 #60

Alienation Cirsium Dec 15 #61

Maybe instead of just booths at festivals, or large rallies.. LT Barclay Dec 16 #64

It could be set up as non-profits Turbineguy Dec 14 #16

The question for Moore is not whether he condemns murder. The question is whether he inspires murder. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #22

Inspires murder? Cirsium Dec 14 #33

Mangione credits Moore for inspiring him. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #38

That's it?? Cirsium Dec 14 #40

Yes that's it, in a nutshell. Beastly Boy Dec 14 #48

OK Cirsium Dec 14 #55

"Not a dime's worth of difference" between Bush and Gore? That guy? RandomNumbers Dec 14 #23

Didn't he predict that the polls were all wrong and Harris would win in a landslide ? MichMan Dec 14 #27

Please go to the source Wild blueberry Dec 14 #37

We should, even if we're obviously not getting universal health care under fucking fascism. Karasu Dec 14 #43

Fine if it gets us reform TheFarseer Dec 14 #46

There is no justification for CEO's and other executives receiving the extreme salaries and benefits they receive. LiberalFighter Dec 14 #49