15 yo has a crush on Luigi Mangione - help!

[Anonymous]

My DS (15) recently expressed that he thinks Luigi Mangione is attractive and that he is his celebrity crush. I pointed out that he killed someone, and DS replied "I could fix him". He also has edits of him saved on his phone. I realize he's probably just joking, but this is disturbing to me. I'm not here to support the actions of healthcare CEOs, but Luigi Mangione killed a father in cold blood! We've all had phases of liking "bad boys", I suppose, but I really don't like this. What should I do?

[Anonymous]

Nothing. It’s a fad, it’ll pass. The more you fight it the more he’ll double down.

[Anonymous]

If you are so over privileged that this is what upsets you, I'd be worried that you are the wrong side of the class war.

[Anonymous]

Your son sounds deranged and is part of the problem with young people today.

[Anonymous]

Troll fail.

[Anonymous]

He sounds like he is joking to me.

[Anonymous]

It’s joke ffs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your son sounds deranged and is part of the problem with young people today.

Sorry, but this.

If these idiot teens moved to a place where casual violence and vigilante justice were the norm.... they would not like it, to say the least. They would be horrified and terrified and repeatedly click their heels three times to get back to the lovely world you have provided for them.

In the meantime, children violently lost their father and they think the person responsible is cool.

[Anonymous]

Empathize with the desire to kill a bad guy. This man, this father....he was a mass murderer. He was. He had no blood on his hands, but he profited from policies - he SET UP policies - to enrich himself by killing others. That is it, pure and simple. Be CLEAR about your moral outrage about this.

Be clear, too, that the rule of law matters. Our country is about to descend into a scary place, and it is important that the rule of law holds. You CANT just murder the bad guys. You can't. What Luigi's money and education could have done is organize to change laws that allowed a monster like his victim to profit from the suffering of sick people. He could have used his hotness to bring others to his cause.

Two things can be true at once. His victim was wvil. But is also illegal to murder. We can't condone murdering everyone who disagrees with us...ask the people of Russia how they like being ruled by a murderous despot. Might - be it a gun or a billion dollars - doesn't make right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Empathize with the desire to kill a bad guy. This man, this father....he was a mass murderer. He was. He had no blood on his hands, but he profited from policies - he SET UP policies - to enrich himself by killing others. That is it, pure and simple. Be CLEAR about your moral outrage about this.

Be clear, too, that the rule of law matters. Our country is about to descend into a scary place, and it is important that the rule of law holds. You CANT just murder the bad guys. You can't. What Luigi's money and education could have done is organize to change laws that allowed a monster like his victim to profit from the suffering of sick people. He could have used his hotness to bring others to his cause.

Two things can be true at once. His victim was wvil. But is also illegal to murder. We can't condone murdering everyone who disagrees with us...ask the people of Russia how they like being ruled by a murderous despot. Might - be it a gun or a billion dollars - doesn't make right.

not really

[Anonymous]

I would not be so quick to dismiss this crush as harmless. Idolizing murderers and criminals is not something to take lightly.

[Anonymous]

There's idolizing Luigi as a murderer and then there's a crush because he's conventionally attractive. Those first couple of weeks, plenty of adult women were swooning over him too.

Agree with PP who said it will pass.

[Anonymous]

I am 50 and same. His exceptional good looks aside, Luigi is fearless and lived by his convictions, and that’s what makes him hot. Most men are spineless sell-outs: saw the stage at the inauguration yesterday with all the sociopaths and bootlickers?

[Anonymous]

Ugh, I'd talk about all the problems with thinking you can "fix" someone. I'd leave the specific person out of those discussions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, I'd talk about all the problems with thinking you can "fix" someone. I'd leave the specific person out of those discussions.

This is the key thing to focus on.