The Life and Death of Aaron Bushnell: Friend Says Self-Immolation Was a Demand for Justice
The Life and Death of Aaron Bushnell: Friend Says Self-Immolation Was a Demand for Justice
In an act that has captured the attention of the world, Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force, set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington Sunday to protest Israel’s assault on Gaza and U.S. support for the military campaign. Bushnell, who live-stre...
Rest in power.
50I mean, that's kinda obvious ain't it?
50Some are trying to paint him as suicidal rather than this being the act of protest that it is.
54Self-immolation is one of the absolute worst ways to end yourself. If he was in the army and just suicidal, he'd have way better options to do it.
33The sad fact is that mentally stable people do not burn themselves to death in protest. He got too wrapped up in current events when he should have been spending time with family and friends (and probably doctors too).
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Not if you're NPR apparently.
13Not as if he wasn't screaming "Free Palestine!" for as long as he could or anything
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You'd think, but there is already push back. I've seen a few attempts to slander him through his reddit account and socials. I actually expect more fud is coming. I wonder how swift boated he'll end up being?
12The pushback is right wing trolls posting screenshots about fictional leftist "infighting" from Twitter accounts that have zero likes or re-tweets. In reality those are either fake or just a few random people that nobody cares about.
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39Mentally ill people burning themselves to death in protest is a lot more dramatic than angry facebookposting but fundamentally accomplishes about the same thing. Sorry we lost a good airman for nothing...seek help if you're feeling suicidal folks.
-12What should he have done?
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That's the only real crime you can think of, really?
Hmmm.
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I hope all supporters of Palestine take notes and emulate this man.
-14Very reasonable. Someone must be very proud of you!
You just made a complete sentence on the internet!
8So just... Why, exactly?
You don't see the irony of a government comprised of people that had a genocide inflicted on them 80 or so years ago are now committing a genocide themselves? I'd think that someone didn't learn a valuable lesson, but you just think that it's cool or something?
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It was for nothing.
-32Aaron Bushnell got CNN to say the word Genocide on live TV. Even when talking about marches with 1 million people CNN called it war.
23I mean it made you make a comment. Regardless of your opinion, it still did something.
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