Active Duty US Airman Set Himself on Fire Outside Israeli embassy in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh and all these Free Palestine blue checks are posting videos and pictures of this guy up in flames with tearful messages.

It's really grotesque.

Yeah, that is disgusting. It’s not doing a lot to convince average people that pro-Palestinian protesters in the US aren’t all crazy.

Because I’m sure you’re the perfectly sane one here and the moral authority on what the definition of “crazy” is.

[Anonymous]

Has there been any reporting on whether this guy ever even visited Israel or Palestine before?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Allegedly he’s a committed anarchist and known in the anarchist “community.” He notified this anarchist publication of his actions:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

How is a "committed anarchist" tolerated in our military?!! There's no way radicalized nut cases aren't a major security and operational risk!

schizophrenia often appears in the 20s. He’s not a lone case. Think about the guys who run into the DMZ. They get weeded out but it takes time. Or an event like this.

Obviously it’s ridiculous to collect a government paycheck while declaring yourself an anarchist. I laugh any time I see a “don’t tread on me” plate on a military base/post for the same reason.

Why would you think he’s schizophrenic? Maybe he felt guilt as an airman seeing what aerial bombing really does on the ground. The images online are extremely graphic like Al Jazeera level but worse.

Since the My Lai Massacre photos during Vietnam and what that caused here , The American media doesn’t show the ugliness of war on purpose (we get the sanitized version) because they know if we do see war uncut and uncensored, there’d be more incidents like this guy’s and worse .

1. My point is that severe and sudden mental illness appears in the 20s so in response to the person I quoted, this explains why we sometimes have people this unstable on active duty. When he joined, he probably did not show signs of mental instability.

2. No mentally stable person lights themselves on fire. For any reason. I can’t believe this needs to be said

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Allegedly he’s a committed anarchist and known in the anarchist “community.” He notified this anarchist publication of his actions:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

How is a "committed anarchist" tolerated in our military?!! There's no way radicalized nut cases aren't a major security and operational risk!

schizophrenia often appears in the 20s. He’s not a lone case. Think about the guys who run into the DMZ. They get weeded out but it takes time. Or an event like this.

Obviously it’s ridiculous to collect a government paycheck while declaring yourself an anarchist. I laugh any time I see a “don’t tread on me” plate on a military base/post for the same reason.

Why would you think he’s schizophrenic? Maybe he felt guilt as an airman seeing what aerial bombing really does on the ground. The images online are extremely graphic like Al Jazeera level but worse.

Since the My Lai Massacre photos during Vietnam and what that caused here , The American media doesn’t show the ugliness of war on purpose (we get the sanitized version) because they know if we do see war uncut and uncensored, there’d be more incidents like this guy’s and worse .

1. My point is that severe and sudden mental illness appears in the 20s so in response to the person I quoted, this explains why we sometimes have people this unstable on active duty. When he joined, he probably did not show signs of mental instability.

2. No mentally stable person lights themselves on fire. For any reason. I can’t believe this needs to be said

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Seriously +1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Allegedly he’s a committed anarchist and known in the anarchist “community.” He notified this anarchist publication of his actions:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

How is a "committed anarchist" tolerated in our military?!! There's no way radicalized nut cases aren't a major security and operational risk!

schizophrenia often appears in the 20s. He’s not a lone case. Think about the guys who run into the DMZ. They get weeded out but it takes time. Or an event like this.

Obviously it’s ridiculous to collect a government paycheck while declaring yourself an anarchist. I laugh any time I see a “don’t tread on me” plate on a military base/post for the same reason.

Why would you think he’s schizophrenic? Maybe he felt guilt as an airman seeing what aerial bombing really does on the ground. The images online are extremely graphic like Al Jazeera level but worse.

Since the My Lai Massacre photos during Vietnam and what that caused here , The American media doesn’t show the ugliness of war on purpose (we get the sanitized version) because they know if we do see war uncut and uncensored, there’d be more incidents like this guy’s and worse .

1. My point is that severe and sudden mental illness appears in the 20s so in response to the person I quoted, this explains why we sometimes have people this unstable on active duty. When he joined, he probably did not show signs of mental instability.

2. No mentally stable person lights themselves on fire. For any reason. I can’t believe this needs to be said

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Seriously +1

2. needs to be said because so many people are online on reddit, x right now saying "it's not mental illness, he was so brave!!!" Absolutely disturbing how young people especially are being corrupted by online propaganda making them abandon all common sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Allegedly he’s a committed anarchist and known in the anarchist “community.” He notified this anarchist publication of his actions:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

How is a "committed anarchist" tolerated in our military?!! There's no way radicalized nut cases aren't a major security and operational risk!

schizophrenia often appears in the 20s. He’s not a lone case. Think about the guys who run into the DMZ. They get weeded out but it takes time. Or an event like this.

Obviously it’s ridiculous to collect a government paycheck while declaring yourself an anarchist. I laugh any time I see a “don’t tread on me” plate on a military base/post for the same reason.

Why would you think he’s schizophrenic? Maybe he felt guilt as an airman seeing what aerial bombing really does on the ground. The images online are extremely graphic like Al Jazeera level but worse.

Since the My Lai Massacre photos during Vietnam and what that caused here , The American media doesn’t show the ugliness of war on purpose (we get the sanitized version) because they know if we do see war uncut and uncensored, there’d be more incidents like this guy’s and worse .

1. My point is that severe and sudden mental illness appears in the 20s so in response to the person I quoted, this explains why we sometimes have people this unstable on active duty. When he joined, he probably did not show signs of mental instability.

2. No mentally stable person lights themselves on fire. For any reason. I can’t believe this needs to be said

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Seriously +1

2. needs to be said because so many people are online on reddit, x right now saying "it's not mental illness, he was so brave!!!" Absolutely disturbing how young people especially are being corrupted by online propaganda making them abandon all common sense.

I hope more of them don't try to become martyrs now. (Sincerely.)

They are right to hate war. They are wrong to blame this all on Israel. They are wrong to think that setting themselves on fire will do anything to help the people they claim to care so much about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Allegedly he’s a committed anarchist and known in the anarchist “community.” He notified this anarchist publication of his actions:

https://crimethinc.com/2024/02/26/this-is-what-our-ruling-class-has-decided-will-be-normal-on-aaron-bushnells-action-in-solidarity-with-gaza

How is a "committed anarchist" tolerated in our military?!! There's no way radicalized nut cases aren't a major security and operational risk!

schizophrenia often appears in the 20s. He’s not a lone case. Think about the guys who run into the DMZ. They get weeded out but it takes time. Or an event like this.

Obviously it’s ridiculous to collect a government paycheck while declaring yourself an anarchist. I laugh any time I see a “don’t tread on me” plate on a military base/post for the same reason.

Why would you think he’s schizophrenic? Maybe he felt guilt as an airman seeing what aerial bombing really does on the ground. The images online are extremely graphic like Al Jazeera level but worse.

Since the My Lai Massacre photos during Vietnam and what that caused here , The American media doesn’t show the ugliness of war on purpose (we get the sanitized version) because they know if we do see war uncut and uncensored, there’d be more incidents like this guy’s and worse .

1. My point is that severe and sudden mental illness appears in the 20s so in response to the person I quoted, this explains why we sometimes have people this unstable on active duty. When he joined, he probably did not show signs of mental instability.

2. No mentally stable person lights themselves on fire. For any reason. I can’t believe this needs to be said

\\

Seriously +1

2. needs to be said because so many people are online on reddit, x right now saying "it's not mental illness, he was so brave!!!" Absolutely disturbing how young people especially are being corrupted by online propaganda making them abandon all common sense.

The propaganda is that he was mentally ill for his sacrifice against a profoundly ugly+obvious GENOCIDE.

It’s been noted elsewhere that everyone who talks of this as mental illness has a loooong history of supporting Israeli fascism and this genocide. I’m pretty sure that’s correct!

[Anonymous]

Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

[Anonymous]

Cornell west now celebrating suicide https://x.com/cornelwest/status/1762218781299122653?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

I have never been there and will STFU when they refund me my taxes that have supported them. Until then, I get to have an opinion on their government's killing innocent children.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cornell west now celebrating suicide https://x.com/cornelwest/status/1762218781299122653?s=46&t=Rw_jX1uyupQwvEwsjuQulQ

Are he and Jill Stein hoping for more dead young mentally ill Americans? They are disgraceful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

I have never been there and will STFU when they refund me my taxes that have supported them. Until then, I get to have an opinion on their government's killing innocent children.

This right here!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

Friends in Gaza and the West Bank for decades. I’m on this thread because I know how sick the reality is. A lot of you here have a lot to learn. Obviously, many here are bigots who parrot hasbara to play down the genocide. A lot of the others (who often claim moderation) are just naïfs who will struggle to see how badly you’ve been played.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

This^

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I think that everyone on this thread who’s never been to Israel or Gaza or the West Bank and has no family there and doesn’t speak the languages should STFU - the main problem with this whole debate writ large is that it’s mostly just keyboard warriors loudly repeating stuff they heard somewhere

I would be happy to stay out of this but my TAX DOLLARS are going to fund the war. I don’t want blood on my hands and will vehemently protest any aid to Israel. If they want to get rid of Hamas, then they can do it on their own dime. We have so much more use for that money in our own country.