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I am pretty disturbed by the same as well.

I am hoping it's all internet machismo. Not that it makes is any better..

Same. It's a normalization of murder as a way to seek redress.

I feel that it's been coming for a while though - the first time I noticed this sentiment was when a businessman drowned after his luxury yacht sank in in a storm[1], and there were comments on social media celebrating the event. Whatever you think of the individual or millionaires in general, I wouldn't wish that fate on my worst enemy.

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/oct/04/mike-lynch-d...

You've seen death threats on Bluesky aimed at the CEO over this?

https://bsky.app/profile/karmn.bsky.social/post/3lcuc4dqudc2...

It's hard for me to read this any other way.

I saw that too. While the jury's out, this is clearly not an obvious "call to arms" or any kind of threat. It may be read that way, so I'd prefer not to have it, but if even stating the name of a CEO is off the table, then that's far too much 'protection', IMO. But, yeah, "fix this" isn't great wording to be using.

So one post with 3 shares. Humanity is doomed!

Easy to say when your name isn’t Cynthia Williams.

Yes, I feel the same way. Internet machismo is a fairly appropriate term for it.

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