A grainy image of his face drew comparisons to Hollywood heartthrobs. A jacket similar to the one he’s wearing on wanted posters is reportedly flying off the shelves. And the words written on the bullets he used to kill a man in cold blood on a sidewalk on Wednesday have become, for some people, a rallying cry.

Four days after a gunman assassinated a top health insurance executive in Midtown Manhattan and vanished, the unidentified suspect has, in some quarters, been venerated as something approaching a folk hero.

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    15 days ago

    That’s pretty much what condone means. From MW:

    To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure. synonym: forgive.

    From Cambridge:

    to ignore or accept behavior that some people consider wrong

    So you’re perhaps not encouraging it?

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      14 days ago

      Hmm… TIL The word condone means something slightly different than I thought.

      That said, one can still want a murderer to face justice while also not being upset about the victim death.

      But I suspect this story has quite few people realizing they do condone murder in some cases.

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        14 days ago

        Yeah, I looked it up to be sure. Not to be a dick.

        And yeah, perhaps we should just condone condoning certain things and draw the line at encouraging or assisting?