U.S. Air Force member who set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C. has died

Seriously????

The fucking insane Navy vet editor over at the National Review says this about a dead man. How about mourning the guy instead of being a subhuman piece of scum over his politics?

his last words were:

"My name is Aaron Bushnell. I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal... FREE PALESTINE!"

I dislike this. I've seen first hand what serious burns do to people, both in the immediate and long term. Imo, this is there should be no speech louder than this, but it just kinda gets an "oh, damn, really? Man. What's on the next channel?" reaction. I dislike that people resort to this when they're going to get ignored, and I dislike that it largely is ignored except for a fleeting moment of sensational headlines.

"As a tactic, self-immolation expresses a logic similar to the premise of the hunger strike. The protester treats himself or herself as a hostage, attempting to use his or her willingness to die to pressure the authorities. This strategy presumes that the authorities are concerned with the protester’s well-being in the first place.

It is not willingness to die that will sway our rulers. They really fear our lives, not our deaths—they fear our willingness to act collectively according to a different logic, actively interrupting their order."

CrimethInc

If you pull that trigger, Takeshi, it doesn't all go away. Just you.
-Quellcrist Falconer

The article showing a (sanitized) picture of the consulate with police standing around is something of a disservice to the man who sacrificed himself to make a statement.

Next of kin notification is continuing, so the Air Force won’t release his name until 24 hours after the final notification is complete.

But he live-streamed it and said his name. He is Aaron Bushnell, a brave man who knew he wouldn’t survive the protest he felt he needed to carry out.

I cried when I watched the video. The man inhaling lungfuls of flame and smoke to chant “Free Palestine!” was painful. I hope his family may find some small comfort in the pride they should feel for his courage.

It's horrible that someone feels this situation is so dire that they need to resort to this.

However, I also don't know that this will achieve anything any more than it did in Vietnam.

Aaron Bushnell is a hero and understood what is at stake. I wish people stop trying to downplay his actions as being mentally ill.

Poor guy. I admire his courage and conviction to protest this genocide, and I cannot imagine how painful that must have been.

Rest in Power. I pray we can somehow ensure your actions aren't in vain.

Free Palestine. RIP Aaron Bushnell.

RIP, I respect his anti war ideology but people shouldn’t be hurting themselves to make a point. I highly doubt this is going to make the impact he thought it was going to do. He might have had mental health issues and felt suicidal.

...Well good. Living through stuff like that is awful.

Has anyone else noticed a surge in social media posts using history stories about US teenagers under the ago of 18 that signed up for military service illegally, but the stories have these folkloric and heroic side that we never afford child soldiers of other nations and conflicts ?

So weird.

This is insane.

Undoubtedly this man suffered from mental health issues, that were only exacerbated by social media echocambers. Please remember that other users dont care about your well being. r/acebush1 You can see by his post history, what kind of mental state he was in before this happened.

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We should not encourage others to commit suicide by making this man into a martyr. Regardless of the horrors being committed in Gaza, it is important to not glorify this type of protest. Suicide contagion is a real, documented, and dangerous phenomenon.

This young gentleman could have done more good being alive and continued his message than an instant death stunt.

Now if the other 30 mil military personnel all over the world follow this man's example civilians in Palestine and everywhere could, at last, live in peace

Unnecessary death.

Fucking idiot probably suffered from undiagnosed mental health issue. He could have done a lot more damage to others if he wanted to, so the fact that he burnt himself to a crisp and hurt no one else is the only good part about this. Lunatic watched too much tiktok and got brainwashed to such an extent. And he has 2 kids and a wife who will now have traumatic lives forever. The piece of shit didn't even think about his family and kids.

Honestly I don't understand this thing of thing. If you are so for freeing Palestine, or against Israel, and limited to being one person, wouldn't it make more sense / do more overall good if you can take down at least one israeli with you? Instead of burning down alone.

Frankly, it barely counts as a symbolic gesture.

Doesn't matter to Biden.

I do t even think a general strike would make him stop supporting genocide.

Hed watch America burn if it meant he got to watch Palestinians burn alive as well.

Biden doesn't represent Dem voters. And it's going to hurt him in November, maybe even so much that trump wins again.

Why can't we just stop running these shitty candidates who are a coin flip away from losing to the worst candidate to ever hold the office of president?

This guy was brainwashed by reddit's echocamber, someone found his account Acebush1

How could he genocide himself like that?

EVERYONE STOP SYMPATHIZING WITH THIS MAN HE WAS INSANE AND VILE PERSON he celebrated the death of 3 US service members. he also celebrated the massacre at the party