Let me tell you something that bothers me: Brian Thompson's death was not a murder, it is an assassination (do not accept the media terms)
Let me tell you something that bothers me: Brian Thompson's death was not a murder, it is an assassination (do not accept the media terms)
Murder makes the intent sound more petty; less important, more personal, and less political than it really is
Assassination indicates political intent and societal effect, and even a sketchy history of skeletons behind the assassinated that led to this
But the cultural hegemonic capitalist lib and con media don't wanna hear anything about such history.
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I don't think it matters. Both terms have their strengths. Using the term "assassinated" elevates the victim, which works to justify the unequal allocation of resources for investigation of a rich guy's death.
Also the term "murder" doesn't imply justification, only that you killed someone on purpose.
Murder implies that it was unlawful, which is technically true, but I don't like the idea of ceding that ground.
Assassination isn't lawful either
Citizens execution
Using the term "assassinated" elevates the victim,
More than his role has been? Assassinated puts questions on why high-level figures like him get targeted, and these questions are uncomfortable, to say the least
Remember, not all assassinations were booed by the general public (see the fascist general Luis Carrero Blanco and see how he's SO elevated in post-Francoist Spain)
He was only briefly elevated, followed by a swift return to earth
Plus an additional 6 feet