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Oof, I was not going to share my thoughts on this but: my first thought when I saw the smiling footage was that it had to be a cute psychopath, I don’t think most people could smile while they planned to kill anyone, and I was glad that if he was a weapon at least he was aimed correctly. I wouldn’t say my impression has changed.

My gay coworker said, and I quote “ooh, hello handsome!”

Nobody I’ve talked to has been able to dredge up any sympathy for the victim, like literally nobody of any class or inclination. All feel he killed for profit, live by the sword, die by the sword. That is separate from any feelings about the killer or vigilante justice in general.

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dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I don’t think most people could smile while they planned to kill anyone

That’s ridiculous. Plenty of people smile while bringing a live turkey back home from a farmer’s market the day before Thanksgiving.

Anyone can become okay with killing if they’re trained to see the target as undeserving of life. Sometimes it’s because they see the target as less than human. Sometimes it’s because they see the target as evil. But anyone can smile while taking a life if they think they have a good reason.

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- False@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’ve never heard of anyone getting a live turkey in the US. Where do you live where people do that?
  
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  - dragonfucker@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    avbirds.com/…/2023-thanksgiving-live-turkey-pick-…
    
    THANKSGIVING LIVE TURKEY (PICK UP ONLY)
    
    COME AND PICK UP YOUR OWN THANKSGIVING TURKEY AT OUR HATCHERY. THIS IS FOR A MALE HERITAGE BREED OF TURKEY SUCH AS THE BOURBON RED TURKEYS. If you have not had one of those turkeys in the past, you are in for a treat. These are nothing like the store-bought turkeys. These turkeys are slow growing and taste so much better than any store bought turkey.
    
    Guess it happens less often in the city these days. Drag thought everyone knew about it.
    
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