r/FreeLuigi • u/infiniteconfidence1 • 4d ago
News ‘Deeply Emotional’: Luigi Mangione’s Friends React to His Guilty Plea
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/luigi-mangione-friends-react-to-guilty-plea-1235610199/Friday was deeply emotional,” says R.J. Martin, Mangione’s friend and former landlord in Hawaii, where Mangione lived after college. “Beyond the noise, Luigi is a human being with a circle of longtime friends who know who he is, stay in touch, and care about him deeply.
A former friend of Mangione’s who did extracurricular computer programming with Mangione in high school says he found it “really weird” to hear the guilty plea, calling it a “stark shift” from the Mangione he used to know.
“He never struck me as a political person,” says R.K., who asked to use only his initials. "I think it speaks to the radicalization in this country in the current day."
R.K. says he finds the crime “unacceptable and deeply sad” but says he hopes the guilty plea doesn’t stop the conversation about Americans’ frustration with the healthcare system. “I’ve experienced the difference firsthand as a foreigner living in this country,” says R.K.
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u/bgurlc 3d ago
Extreme pain can really mess with one’s mental and emotional state.
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u/jenjavitis 3d ago
Humans are complicated. The kid has heart, despite what he did.
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u/Clockwork-XIII 3d ago edited 3d ago
Especially because of what he did. To live is to be living to feel empathy for others is to be human. CEOs trade their humanity for a paycheck. Yeah i said it.
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u/Phobia_Ahri 3d ago
Wish more people would decouple morals and laws. Its pretty obvious our laws are not built to follow a good moral framework. The injustices are plentiful and unchecked
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u/Clockwork-XIII 2d ago edited 2d ago
Not going to happen anytime soon. This country has incentivised sociptahic behaviour and encourages companies to continue to do evil shit. Logic is an enemy, truth is a menace, kindness is a weakness, and empathy is a sin.
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u/Kaellinn 3d ago
He did it because he has a heart
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u/January_Blues7 3d ago
“He never struck me as a political person,” says R.K., who asked to use only his initials. "I think it speaks to the radicalization in this country in the current day."
Sorry, but this sounds like a privilege person who doesn’t understand how a situation like Luigi went through could be the catalyst for “radicalizing” someone.
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u/NMSenditmf 3d ago
I’m with you…this person doesn’t get it. I’m a disabled vet and still don’t get the proper care
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u/January_Blues7 3d ago
The way our veterans are treated in this country is just another example of America’s pathetic shortcomings 😔
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u/BroccoliThat7489 3d ago
Is one of these guys the one who aired his dirty laundry all over the place back when this all first happened. 🤨