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I gotta admit, I was blissfully unaware that this was a thing. I really did not expect to read a headline like that this morning.
What in the fucking fuck is wrong with people? This motherfucker needs to spend the rest of his life behind bars. The biggest sign of a person becoming a serial killer is their treatment of animals. I mean, he's already been to prison, so it's not like he has any interest in being rehabilitated in prison.
I agree with you but to be fair our prison system is terrible at rehabilitation. Sure it works sometimes but it's not their main focus.
Did you read about the prison that is denying everyone in person visits so they can charge money for phone calls and video calls? They're getting a kick back from the companies whk run those systems. Fucking gross.
I am pretty sure that rehabilitation only happens in spite of our prison system.
The biggest sign of a person becoming a serial killer is their treatment of animals.
I’m going to guess this is the second biggest sign with the first biggest sign being specifically their treatment of the animals most closely related to humans.
Like torturing worms? Maybe 50% chance
Torturing dogs has got to be a good 80%
Torturing monkeys has got to be like a 99%+ chance of being a serial killer.
Jesus Christ.
The second biggest sign is the huge ass Trump and confederate flag behind him.
Well I am shocked that a person like this would be A Trump supporter and love the Confederacy. /s
He should be up for now than 5 years. This is completely fucked.
Ironically, his 5 year sentence would be longer than the Confederacy lasted.
Don't worry. Trump supporters will just hand wave this as some sort of false flag.
LMAO, they'll call him a legitimate businessman running a legitimate business, why is the government getting in the way of a stand-up American's monkey-torture distribution network!
Whaaaaat? Confederate and Trump flags? I'm so surprised!
... monkey torture enthusiasts ...
wat
Pretty sure anyone claiming to be that just likes torture, and monkeys are the closest they can get to humans without facing way more prison time.
If this was an onion headline I'd think it's maybe a little too outlandish to be believable.
Dude literally just crushed monkeys for... Profit? What in the nine hells would compel a person to do that. To pay to see it??
I’ve heard of KittenCrush, but not MonkeyCrush… I think the KittenCrush folks are also in prison.
...animal-crushing videos...
Somehow it gets worse with every sentence
Mr Macartney has cooperated with investigators from the Department of Homeland Security and agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges. He will formally make a plea later this month and is facing up to five years in prison.
WHAT THE FUCK. 5 YEARS?!
FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING, TORTURING, AND MUTILATING ANIMALS FOR PROFIT?!
And of course hes a MAGAt. Fucking soulless, worthless cumstains on the fabric of society.
Distributing 500 grams of cocaine? 5 year prison sentence.
Distributing 5 grams of cocaine cut with baking soda? 5 year prison sentence.
Sexually abusing, mutilating, and slaughtering animals in the most sadistic methods imaginable? 5 year prison sentence.
American criminal justice system is extremely normal.
white conservatives get slapped on the wrist no matter how egregious their crimes.
I could have done without knowing that this was a thing. What a fucking world.
I already knew that animal torture communities were present, especially on YouTube where they seem to focus mainly on feeding random animals to large snakes, so the news is welcome to me because it's one less thing to feel sad about. I hope those people continue getting exposed and charged for their crimes.
You see, sometimes you see some fucked up shit in a movie and you think "oh ok, this is just for the sake of story, there's no way this has ever happened in real life"
Then you read an article like this.
The groups were used to share ideas for custom-made torture videos, such as setting live monkeys on fire, injuring them with tools and even putting one in a blender.
How... How do you even come back from this? Is there any hope these people can get rehabilitated? I'm struggling to believe the answer is anything other than "NO."
I don't think there is.
I'd like to understand the physical and mental variations between the relatively normal population at large and these cretins, just to see if it's lead poisoning or what, but I'd pay tax money to let them eat nutrient loaf behind bars forever.
How… How do you even come back from this?
The sort of shit a 12 year old would come up with in a video game in an attempt to shock one's friends made manifest IRL by grown ass adults.
What. The. Fuck.
Monkey. Torture. Enthusiast.
Never thought I'd see those words together in a row.
There is a lengthy BBC article that went into the discovery of this network. Thank journalists. Without journalists this network would likely be alive, well, and thriving. Journalists infiltrated the group and started passing info to the authorities.
When people lament the loss of journalism, catching people like this is what we are losing.
This psycho is only facing 5 years in prison?! Yikes
Depending on the monkey or ape species I feel like this is on par with torturing human babies or young toddlers. They’re completely helpless and as intelligent and self-aware.
I guess it doesn't really matter how big of a shitter I am on my life, I'll always be outshines by a professional piece of shit like this.
It's not gonna stop me from wanting to improve myself and helping those around me as best I can. Peace
Five years in prison for that is a joke.
Wow, I’m shocked that somebody doing such horrible things would take the time to support “states’ rights” as well!
…well, not that shocked.
Monkey torture enthusiasts? This isn't about saving money on cosmetics testing or some shit, they literally just like torturing monkeys?????
Put them all in the Titan submersible and weld the doors shut before you send it down
Who are the individuals paying to commission this torture?
Definitely needs to be some investigation into the ‘consumer’ here.
They're only getting 5 years in prison. The article also says Macartney had been in prison previously. Since the US prison systems are designed for sadism and punishment, it probably did more to make the guy amenable to this kind of horror. It's also known that slaughterhouses frequently get their workers from the prison system, so it's very possible that this guy will simply have his unapproved abuses exchanged with ones that our society sanctions.
When he comes out, his mind is most likely to be more disturbed than when he went in.
Put these people to death themselves. No redeeming value for net of them.
Oof what a piece of shit. I'd say hurting animals for profit is just the lowest of the low but I guess as a meat eater I better shut up lol