“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!”
“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!”
Judging from his posts, his Twitch handle and statements in the live stream, looks like he was an anarchist comrade.
Strictly speaking, the protester ended their statements with “FREE PALESTINE! FREE PALESTINE! FREE PALESTINE! FREE PALESTINE! AAAAGGH!!”
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. It is not 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 he died screaming his message to the world?), it is factual and relevant. Go back and watch again if you don’t believe me, if you have the courage.
Your response is what is crass. Shame on you.
Nah i’m with the mods on that one, it came off way too much like you were laughing at them.
Well, I’ll be the first to admit it’s very hard to tell what a person’s intent is through text alone. I could have provided more context. I suppose it felt to me like it didn’t need context because it was seared into my brain.
Maybe well intentioned, but your comment very much came across as making fun of him. Hard to tell through text.
Seems weird that an anarchist was a US soldier. Maybe he joined before he came to the political beliefs he held as he burned, or perhaps he came to these beliefs because of what he saw in the army.
That happens quite a lot when you recruit teenagers with the promise of tech job skills.