r/BoomersBeingFools • u/DappyHayes • 18d ago

Disillusioned NYC Leaders Feel the Social Contract Shattered After Jordan Neely's Chokehold Death by Daniel Penny, a Trained Marine Sargent

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u/Ashamed-Isopod-2624 17d ago

Where were his supporters when he was alive?

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u/Any_Palpitation6467 17d ago

Oh, they were incapable of caring any less about him than they did. Suddenly, though, now that he's dead, he was a literal paragon of virtue, a sure breadwinner, an asset to every gathering and a sheer joy to have around. And, just maybe, he's worth a couple hundred thousand dollars more dead than he ever was when alive to his grieving next-of-kin--the same ones who shunned him when he was around.

But we're not supposed to think that.