US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War - News18
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A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday. He live streamed the self-immolation action on Twitch where he captured himself standing outside the gates of the Israeli embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force.

“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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    • Bloobish [comrade/them]
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      7 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

      • DarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyz
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        7 months ago

        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.

        • Aquilae [he/him, they/them]
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          7 months ago

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