just some guy, i guess 0-O

28 years later, the real Filthpig returns.

A close friend of the photographer learned that one of his co-workers was the 'politician' whom Ministry and original artist Paul Elledge used for the album's cover. They re-created him just in time for the real Filthpig to introduce the band to the stage at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom.

"It's extremely out of touch and it's an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience." — Luigi Mangione

reddit deleted luigi's account, which was completely innocuous and consisted mostly of him giving out advice in health subreddits. they're also deleting any post that includes his alleged manifesto and banning users for sharing it.

luigi yelled that this was "an insult to the intelligence of the american people" while he was being dragged by police and news pundits are framing it as a deranged and violent outburst. news media are picking apart details of his life to paint him as a cold-blooded and mentally ill individual. even something as innocent as playing "among us" with friends is being framed as some insidious look into an assassin's disturbed psyche, ffs.

news media are also capitalizing on luigi's supposed "bizarre and impossible to understand" politics as an obvious way to paint him as a scary individual when the guy is... a centrist, at most. whose views are similar to those of your average college-educated white guy.

multiple news media also keep harping on about how luigi comes from a rich family. an obvious attempt to break the class solidarity that's been formed around this case by continuously trying to tell us "oh he's not like you guys" while ignoring the now pretty well-documented accounts of his multiple health struggles throughout the years.