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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy (www.channelnewsasia.com)

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[–] [email protected] 51 points 6 months ago (46 children)

Aaron Bushnell, hero and role model

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (30 children)

I'd like to know why anyone would downvote this. Do you support genocide?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Maybe people are understandably uncomfortable with self immolation? Nobody has ever liked an effective activist in their time. The civil rights protesters in USA had a <25% approval rate in the 60s.

I think this person did what he thought was right, and I will remember him for that. And peace can't come soon enough.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago

I fully agree. I have mad respect for him, which is why I expressed my admiration and support.

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