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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
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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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[-] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 58 points 8 months ago

Fucking Christ my hearts beating so fast. Goddamn i didn't want to see that but i watched it cus i thought i owed it to him... Goddamnit.

And also shout out to the "hero" pointing his gun at his smouldering corpse as if it will lunge at him any moment.

Goddamnit

[-] s1gtrap@lemmy.ml 8 points 8 months ago

At least one of them went "I don't need guns, I need fire extinguishers!"

[-] GnuLinuxDude@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

I read about this and saw the censored version last night. I nearly threw up seeing the uncensored version now. I feel similar to you.

And to all the shitheads on twitter downplaying this as "glorifying mental illness," fuck the lot of them.

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