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

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I wish he had another choice. We failed him by not being organized enough to welcome him as a comrade. Instead he chose to do the only thing he could. I admire his courage, but it's a damn shame we lost someone willing to die for Palestinians.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We've failed him, we've failed the Palestinians, we've failed our immigrants and refugees, we've failed our LGBTQ+ people and people of color, we've failed our poor. The story of America is a story of one failure after another.

And I say "America" even though this is world news, because he was American.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Sometimes I have this thought that feels like a realization that it was never even about "the people" or "freedom" to begin with.