This unusual situation means that as internet detectives work to uncover as much information about him as possible, platforms such as YouTube And Instagram working to close his account. X initially closed Maglione’s account, but after CEO Elon Musk said he “look at it“The account has been restored
Google also did Forced to delete McDonald’s reviews Mangione’s place was identified on Monday, after Mangione’s supporters hit it with negative comments and one-star reviews.
Before his identity was revealed on Monday, his online supporters, mainly on TikTok, Bluesky and X, created a completely fictional version of the shooter as is a leftist revolutionary hero who is standing up for the millions of Americans who have died. negatively affected by interactions with the health care system.
Videos praising the killer flooded TikTok, while one person decided to take a tattoo on the face of the alleged shooter. At Washington Square Park in New York City, a similar contest was held on Saturday.
Indeed, “Deny, Protect, Cancel,” widely seen as a scathing criticism of the health insurance industry in America, has become an online rallying cry in recent days as the focus shifts from the shooting itself to the shooter and him. engine.
However, the fictional version of the shooter created online does not match reality. Mangione, who was said to have made a handwritten statement admitting to murder when arrested, was one software engineers come from privileged backgrounds. He also follows prominent right-wing influencers, such as Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson — although he has also criticized some of the arguments these figures make.
During a brief appearance in court Monday night, police did not specify a motive for the shooting, but based on Mangione’s online posts and reading list, it appeared the pain was from a wound suffer while surfing maybe played an important part in his motivation.
Although Mangione did not become the ideal hero that many people online made him out to be between the shooting and his arrest, fans of the alleged shooter continued continued posting fan fiction about him.
On Archive of Our Own, a fan fiction archive, half a dozen pieces of prose about Mangione were posted hours after he was identified. In a piece titled “Designated Dispersed Campground on McGuire Street,” an author with the username Idiot imagines Mangione and another man on a trip trying to escape New York . “’Oh, am I not your lover?’ Luigi Mangione mockingly fainted in the arms of another man,” the author wrote.
