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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] [email protected] 141 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Looks like he was an anarchist comrade.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 9 months ago

deeper-sadness honestly sad, one of the few good troops to realize how fucked the system is and then did the utmost sacrifice in protesting the system

[–] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Seems weird that an anarchist was a US soldier. Maybe he joined before he came to the political beliefs he held as he burned, or perhaps he came to these beliefs because of what he saw in the army.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

That happens quite a lot when you recruit teenagers with the promise of tech job skills.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Excuse me, what?

It is incontrovertibly ON TOPIC to point out the fact that his dying words were FREE PALESTINE followed by a scream of DEATH AGONY because he was ON FIRE. His remarks factually did not conclude in the reported way. This is not a joke. I disagree it is crass or insensitive (Whose sensibilities am I supposed to have offended, precisely? More importantly: why the fuck should I care that their feelings are hurt by my pointing out the message he died to scream to the world?), and regardless it is factual and relevant. Go back and watch again if you don't believe me, if you have the courage.

"Crass jokes" aren't prohibited by your badly written rules even if it were a joke.

Your moderator indiscretion is what is crass here, if anything. Shame on you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

Maybe well intentioned, but your comment very much came across as making fun of him. Hard to tell through text.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nah i'm with the mods on that one, it came off way too much like you were laughing at them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, I'll be the first to admit it's very hard to tell what a person's intent is through text alone. I could have provided more context. I suppose it felt to me like it didn't need context because it was seared into my brain.