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Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in prison cell (abcnews.go.com)

submitted 2 years ago by BenDoubleU to c/[email protected]

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Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, and while that is terrible it is a completely separate issue not related to the Unabomber. Unless the point you are trying to make is, that we should have let a convicted terrorist go until he killed at least as many people as the US police.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think the point is that he's a "symbol" of domestic terror in a way that is disproportionate to his crimes and importance due to being pretty isolated, while death squads and terrorist organizations that act as extensions of the state are not regarded with the negativity they really merit.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago

Yeah it's that. He's being made into some icon of evil (i even heard that every now and then in Poland!) and he's a pretty small deal even compared to dozens of mass shooters which goes basically unnoticed and completely normalised. Not to mention to the "land of the free" ruling class enforcers.