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Do you think Luigi's actions fixed anything? Did the multiple people attempting to assassinate Trump fix anything? Did Assassinating MLK Jr or JFK fix anything?

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No, his actions didn't fix anything, but I doubt there even exists one such action that's capable of resolving the issue. I don't think the next copycat will solve anything either. But what about the 10th?

He moved the needle, people are talking about it, maybe thinking about it a bit more.

Shooting a healthcare CEO and shooting MLK are the same thing to you?

That's incredible.

The FBI thought that MLK Jr was a "bad guy". They wiretapped his phones, sent government informants to infiltrate his church meetings, they sent threatening letters to him saying that he should kill himself or tapes would be made public. The FBI leaked damaging or false information to the media about him regularly. The FBI certainly thought he was a bad guy. I don't think the healthcare CEO was under as much legal scrutiny as MLK Jr was

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