Jesus Didn’t Teach Us to Kill, But We Keep Trying Anyway

Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, and The Moral Bankruptcy of Violence

Dear Greg,

The story of Luigi Mangione and the murder of the United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s a tragedy on every level, but it troubles me how some have framed Mangione as a hero—an avenger against corporate greed (he was a rich kid himself after all). As a pacifist, I cannot see him that way. But neither can I …