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'We Are All Culpable': Third American Self-Immolates to Protest Israel's Gaza Onslaught
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There have been so many genocides in the history of humanity, none in recent history are unique or the worst.
If you care about others, you’re exactly the person who shouldn’t kill yourself.
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Has the US government acknowledged even one of these?
If Biden doesn't ignore it entirely, he'll call it an accident or whatever Netanyahu-senpai tells him to say.
Q — outside an Israeli — or outside the Israel Embassy. Was the President aware of his death? Did he have any sort of response to it?
MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Yes, the President is aware. And we can — I can say that it is — obviously, is a — it’s a horrible tragedy, and our thoughts are with the family of the servicemember at — during this — I could — we can’t even imagine this hor- — horrible, difficult time.
Just thoughts and prayers. No acknowledgement of his reasons why, no policy change, just more weapons sent for Israel's genocide
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What really sucks is that this poor person's cause will be scooped up and used by groups trying to sow division, and don't actually give a flying fuck about the genocide. If you want to engage with accounts using him as a bludgeon, look through their history first. If it's legit, fair enough. If it's obviously a political account, point out what they are doing and block em.
This person went as far as they did for their belief. The least he deserves is not being used by fake bullshitters and bot nets. If you can't agree with that, you're disgusting.
What really sucks is that America is aiding a genocide and most people don't care.
How evil must you be to act like the people who talk about it often are "bullshitters and bot nets" because we don't ignore the state of the world like you seemingly can.
Uh huh. You don't get to label what I do and don't support. I'm absolutely against the genocide, but I'm also absolutely aware that there are online campaigns to sway things towards a Trump victory. To deny that well known reality means you are either staggeringly ignorant or complicit.
If you aren't either, you'll freely admit to the truth.
Unbelievable that someone would be brave enough to do this. Respect... rest in peace.
No. I refuse to glorify suicide. Anyone thinking of setting themselves on fire needs help. This is awful.
And yet here we are talking about it. Like the whole goal might have been?
Oh great, you got to talk about something on the internet. That made someone dying worthwhile.
A person killed himself and some internet ghouls think it's a good thing.
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The people who need help are the ones who can sit by and criticize people for their opposition to a genocide.
It's not some silly game. Our lives are not more meaningful than Palestinians, this is awful, but it pales in comparison to what we are putting Palestine through.
For some people, not taking any action they can to try and stop the genocide, no matter how hopeless, is worse than death. When the pain becomes unbearable...
This man is a martyr and a hero, and he didn't kill himself, the US and Israel killed him in the name of their genocide.
This man is a martyr and a hero
He's a man who, in a less dysfunctional society, might have gotten the mental-health treatment he needed. He's neither a martyr nor a hero.
and he didn’t kill himself
Oh yes, he fucking did. And Netanyahu cares as little now as before this poor suffering fool offed himself. The grand gesture accomplished nothing.
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RIP and we are as a collective weather we like it or not. I didn't forget about a climate scientist doing the same thing.
Be Careful Americans! If Israel causes you to Kill Yourself that's a Kill for them and we ALWAYS Punish Israel's Murdering of Americans with MORE BOMBS!
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