The first was carried out by the US military under the full weight and authority of the Office of the President. The second appears to have been by a lone individual and we don’t have any motive yet. But you know that already. What is your true purpose in making yet another member scolding post about today’s incident?

"true purpose"? Get real. My true purpose is exactly as stated in the OP.

Being a "lone individual" does not make it a cause for celebration or something to be excused.

I found your entire OP a scold. No emotion on my part, just an observation. YMMV.

But why spend energy defending and martyr him?

He’s gone, big whoop, I don’t have to care. And this isn’t remotely the same as the boat incident, which was an action undertaken by our government.

Kirk was an enemy to everything good.
Evil needs to be expunged.

Luigi Mangione thought his victim was "an enemy to everything good, and evil needed to be expunged". So he committed an extra-judicial murder using your justification.

Is it priggish to be disgusted at murder outside of the law be it on the streets of New York or at a University in Colorado? No.

there are a lot of rightwingers who believe a lot of liberals are evil.

That goes against everything our country is for

But I think I get ya, that boat, didn't believe his BS, so fully understand the skeptic and WAR CRIMEY adjacent grey area of a concept of wiggle room for evil people?

Is those who posted against the murder of the Minnesota lawmakers.
To oppose that but in any way justify or excuse this murder is is hypocritical.