
Filmmaker Michael Moore addressed his inclusion in the manifesto of alleged killer Luigi Mangione on Friday, condemning last week’s murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson while simultaneously emphasizing his support for the public outrage directed at the health insurance industry. Moore stated that this anger is “1,000% justified” and called for further scrutiny of the industry’s practices.
In a Substack column, Moore reminded his audience of his long-standing commitment to nonviolence, emphasizing his identity as a pacifist. He noted that every one of his films has “condemned the murder” of innocent victims, whether in wars or in systemic abuses tied to industries, including healthcare.
Moore’s 2007 documentary Sicko appears to have been referenced in Mangione’s manifesto, which accused the healthcare system of corruption and greed. Mangione cited Moore as an individual who had “illuminated the corruption and greed” within the industry.
In his column, Moore wrote:
“We pay more people to deny care than to give it. 1 million doctors to give care, 1.4 million brutes in cubicles doing their best to stop doctors from giving that care. If the purpose of ‘health care’ is to keep people alive, then what is the purpose of DENYING PEOPLE HEALTH CARE? Other than to kill them? I definitely condemn that kind of murder.”
Authorities recovered a spiral notebook and three-page manifesto from Mangione, which included a handwritten note of 262 words. The note appeared to take responsibility for the murder of Thompson and articulated Mangione’s frustration with the health insurance industry.
Following the murder, Moore commented on the wave of public anger against the industry in his column, writing:
“After the killing of the CEO of United HealthCare, the largest of these billion dollar insurance companies, there was an immediate OUTPOURING of anger toward the health insurance industry. Some people have stepped forward to condemn this anger. I am not one of them.”
He elaborated on his stance:
“The anger is 1000% justified. It is long overdue for the media to cover it. It is not new. It has been boiling. And I’m not going to tamp it down or ask people to shut up. I want to pour gasoline on that anger,” he wrote.
Moore sought to clarify that the public reaction was not centered on the act of killing a CEO.
“Because this anger is not about the killing of a CEO. If everyone who was angry was ready to kill the CEOs, the CEOs would already be dead,” he wrote. “That is not what this reaction is about.”
Instead, he pointed to the systemic issues underlying the outrage:
“It is about the mass death and misery — the physical pain, the mental abuse, the medical debt, the bankruptcies in the face of denied claims and denied care and bottomless deductibles on top of ballooning premiums — that this ‘health care’ industry has levied against the American people for decades,” Moore wrote.
{Matzav.com}
Have another cheeseburger, you fat tub of lard.
An obvious, over the top hypocrite. Anger at the documentaries he produces, is that justification for shooting him? Anger is okay and maybe cathartic, but it doesn’t justify murder.
If there’s no law and order, people take the law into their own hand. Murder is the language insurance companies and other corrupt CEO’s understand.