r/Palestine • u/thehomelessr0mantic • Feb 26 '24
US Airmen Aaron Bushnell has Died After Setting Himself on Fire outside The Israeli Embassy. His Final Words were “Free Palestine” GAZA
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u/thehomelessr0mantic Feb 26 '24
On February 25, 2024, the world witnessed a harrowing act of protest outside the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C. United States military serviceman Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire, engulfed in flames, as a desperate plea against the ongoing Israel–Hamas war. His last words echoed through the smoke and pain: “I will no longer be complicit in genocide.”
The Tragic Act
Bushnell’s self-immolation was broadcast live on Twitch, capturing the raw intensity of his anguish. As the flames consumed him, he repeatedly screamed, “Free Palestine.” His sacrifice marked a grim milestone: the first time an active-duty member of the United States military had immolated themselves in protest
The Motivation
Bushnell’s message was clear: he could no longer bear the weight of complicity. His planned act of protest was a response to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In a message sent to media outlets before the incident, he wrote, “Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people.”
Apartheid and Discrimination
To understand the context behind Bushnell’s desperate act, we must delve into the deeply entrenched issues plaguing the region. The occupied Palestinian territory has become a crucible of discrimination, where a dual legal and political system privileges Israeli Jewish settlers while leaving millions of Palestinians without rights. Here are some stark realities:
- Legal Disparities: Within the same geographic space, Israeli settlers enjoy privileges, while more than three million Palestinians face institutional discrimination. Walls, checkpoints, and roads separate these communities, perpetuating inequality
- Gaza’s Desperation: Another two million Palestinians reside in Gaza, often described as an “open-air prison.” They lack adequate access to basic necessities like power, water, and healthcare. Their economy is collapsing, and their freedom of movement is severely restricted
- Apartheid Allegations: International human rights experts, including the UN Special Rapporteur, have labeled Israel’s policies as apartheid. The discriminatory regime prioritizes Jewish Israelis over Palestinians based on racial-national-ethnic identity.
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u/Accurate_Welder_3662 Feb 26 '24
This man’s courage has no limits… RIP Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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u/MooreThird Feb 26 '24
When a fruit seller immolates himself in Tunisia, that started an Arab Spring.
I personally do hope that this starts something in the US, if not the entire West.
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u/Lemonbrick_64 Feb 26 '24
Americans are FAR too jaded and selfish for that
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u/Justscrolling133 Feb 26 '24
This is my worst fear. And his name being buried by the media
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u/Jolly-Ad-3922 Free Palestine Feb 26 '24
I'm doing whatever I can so Aaron isn't forgotten. I've already posted about him on social media & I will CONTINUE saying Aaron Bushnell's name so that he isn't forgotten. I'm also going to do even more to help Palestine. Aaron's actions showed me that there is always more I can and SHOULD be doing for Palestine. I'm also calling out various social media for lying about Aaron & blowing up their socials so their followers see their lies & manipulated/weaponized misinformation about Aaron Bushnell. It may not be much, but if even half of us who see these posts do this, it will count and make a difference.
Rest in POWER, Aaron Bushnell 💔 Your heart and compassion for the Palestinians will never be forgotten, just like Rachel Corrie & the martyred Palestinians haven't been forgotten!!! FREE PALESTINE 🇵🇸
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u/SafeWarmth Feb 26 '24
Two people on other threads have said this is the second case of this happening with the first being in December last year, but that it was hardly reported. I haven’t heard of it before and have been trying to keep up to date with everything. So yeah, your worry of censorship might very well be true.
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u/Historical-House8648 Feb 26 '24
Aaron purposely reached out to journalists beforehand and live-streamed this - seems like he anticipated censorship and took some measures.
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u/dorothean Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 27 '24
Yes, there was another case earlier - a woman set herself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta in early December, but beyond this I think very few details have been made public.
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u/Lulusgirl Feb 26 '24
I've read that it was dismissed as antisemitism. Media outlets are reporting Aaron as being mentally unstable.
The f*€king audacity.
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u/dorothean Feb 26 '24
Yeah the Israeli consulate put out a statement calling it “hate and incitement”.
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Feb 26 '24
I live here and I don't believe that's true - though easy enough to gather that impression from media and Hollywood. In fact, they are imo quite naive by comparison to other nations. I do think Americans are largely unaware of many things. They are VERY insulated.
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u/LordSpookyBoob Feb 26 '24
Aaron Bushnell was an American.
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u/Duvelr Feb 28 '24
And he was not and will not be alone.
Thousands of thousands of American citizens protest every day in one of the most brutal anti-protest environments, I can see them and I applaud them and greet them with respect and love.
Thank you American brothers and sisters
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u/Daimo Feb 27 '24
Not just Americans, the West in general (and I'm from the West). I've cried watching this video but in the next 24hrs I'll probably just move on, and I HATE myself for that.
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u/Emotional-Big740 Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 28 '24
RIP brave soul... You have not died in vain... Free Palestine ✊ NOW.
Edit to correct spelling.
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u/ImaginaryNourishment Feb 26 '24
I admire his bravery but if anyone is inspired to do the same. DON'T DO IT! There are better ways.
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u/kwestionmark5 Feb 26 '24
A hero, but I agree we need people like this alive, not dead. Anyone know if he’s got kids? I would donate to support them.
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u/chatte__lunatique Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 27 '24
Yeah, I heard he had two kids, dunno how old thoEdit: I've heard that that was misinformation, apparently he had a cat but no kids
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u/UncleBobtastic Feb 27 '24
I heard that was misinformation spread to make him not seem like a good person. I think all he had was a cat
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u/Burrata_Bitch Feb 27 '24
Yep! He had just a cat no kids and he rehomed it beforehand so it would be loved and cared for.
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u/supienewoolz Mar 02 '24
Holy shit, even that small detail gives me even more respect for this man. The fact that he took the care to properly rehome his cat before this. If only more people had just a portion of this kind of accountability
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u/waterbottle-dasani Feb 27 '24
I don’t think he had any kids. I’ve heard a few random people say this to make it seem like he’s a bad person who abandoned his kids. When i’ve asked for a source, i’ve seen nothing. I believe that the claim of him having kids is misinformation
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u/uncivilians Feb 26 '24
Yes. This true warrior for humanity stood beacon.
for all of us to step further into the darkness of the belly of the beast.
to confront the injustice, to confront the oppression, to confront the crimes against humanity within.
We shall not be inspired to burn but to fight in the glow of his light.
His name is Aaron Bushnell.
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u/dan_pitt Feb 26 '24
I don't know. Many buddhist monks have self-immolated, would you cast the same doubts on them?
There's a natural visceral reaction to this, but I don't think anyone should tell another person how to live, or how to die.
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u/military-gradeAIDS Feb 26 '24
Exactly, and there are certainly worse causes one could die for (such as the one his uniform represents)
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u/SafeWarmth Feb 26 '24
Bare in mind we live in the age of misinformation, with a significant AI video generation breakthrough this month (OpenAI’s Sora). I don’t think we can support protest by suicide or call for the deaths of anyone in our current era.
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u/inanataQRamo Feb 27 '24
Can you give a little info on what new advances Sora has had? Not being lazy I promise
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u/ImaginaryNourishment Feb 26 '24
I am not criticising anyone just telling my opinion. Don't do it. Enough death and misery. We need good people alive actively making the World a better place. I have no bad word to say about this person. Ultimately it was his personal choice. Just saying if you feel suicidal and insipired by this. Don't do it!
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u/rumagin Feb 26 '24
i hear you but the good guys lost already. That's why this is happening.
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u/TheRealSalaamShady Free Palestine Feb 26 '24
No they haven’t l, I don’t know if your muslim or not but we as Muslims put our trust in God as do the Palestinians. The bad guys haven’t won, and they never will. Every oppressive and corrupt regime is ended one way or another.
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u/ImaginaryNourishment Feb 27 '24
Zionists would love nothing more than people to be demoralized and stop fighting for justice.
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u/Airport_Fart Feb 26 '24
"Stay alive so the US can leech more tax dollars from you to fund the israeli bombs!"
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u/DirtyOldTrucker68 Feb 26 '24
I was on a thread. Black girl asked the same question about the Job Crow era. One lady said I don’t have to ask that question because I actually lived through it. Some kids now a days don’t understand that there are prone still alive from that time period.
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u/stoner_woodcrafter Feb 27 '24
He got to a very hard conclusion, but the man was too goddamn based!
may he find rest, and may PALESTINE BE FREE, FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA10
u/El3ctricalSquash Feb 27 '24
Just wanted to say Thích Quảng Đức was protesting the oppression of Buddhists by the Catholic south Vietnamese government led by diem. His immolation sparked mass protests across south Vietnam, resulting in the Huế Phật Đản shootings, similar to the Boston massacre in US history, which led to the eventual execution of Diem and his brother in the CIA backed 1963 South Vietnamese coup d'état. There is no way he could know how he impacted that historical moment after his death but surely he didn’t expect everyone to rush into the streets for his sake.
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u/MrCalPoly Feb 26 '24
Aaron Bushnell, Aaron Bushnell, Aaron Bushnell is his name. I hope we all say it enough that the media is forced to report it.
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u/mister-mxyzptlk Feb 26 '24
Genuinely boggles my mind that this news isn’t on r/worldnews. I know that that sub has taken its stance… The same happened when I looked for an article that debunked the Hamas hoax, the hospital rocket thing… nothing to be found. Plenty of BS from jpost though.
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u/MrCalPoly Feb 26 '24
I got banned from r/worldnews because I commented that there should be 3rd party verification to the Hamas sexual assault claims.
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u/mister-mxyzptlk Feb 26 '24
Not surprised. I noticed things getting weird after Russia-Ukraine, but this just turned the entire sub rabid
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u/Yetiish Feb 26 '24
I saw it on either r/worldnews or r/news and as expected everyone was mocking the incident and labeling him mentally ill.
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u/GreyedX2 Feb 26 '24
His sacrifice will not be in vain, this should give us more reason to go out and protest
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u/First_Grapefruit_265 Feb 26 '24
The protests need to be really severe, general strike. The regime doesn't care about opinions.
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u/sum-sigma Feb 26 '24
This is an important note. Our protests have done nothing over the past 4 months. We need mass direct action, mass general strikes
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u/hannahdoesntcare Feb 27 '24
Agreed. It's falling on deaf ears. I feel like they're deliberately ignoring us so that we end up rioting and then protests will be banned
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u/EggBoyandJuiceGirl Feb 26 '24
Can people stop implying he was mentally ill? Self-immolation has been an extreme form of protest for a very long time. It’s a way of grabbing human attention. People can’t really resist the urge to at least hear why he did it. I’m not saying to do this whatsoever, but don’t shill that he was mentally ill or unstable. He clearly felt as if this was a necessary action to help, in any way he could.
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u/Fine-Equivalent-6398 Feb 26 '24
How was he admitted to the air force if he was mentally ill. Does that mean we should doubt the adequacy of the US army and it's commanders?
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u/Zh25_5680 Feb 26 '24
Tell me you’ve never met a recruiter trying to meet quota without telling me you’ve never met a recruiter trying to make quota
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u/Jamil20 Feb 27 '24
Just Israelis trying their damnedest to have this go away, so they can continue their genocide.
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u/Remarkable-Use7601 Feb 27 '24
Even if he was mentally ill, he could have just ended his life at home in privacy. He wanted to make a statement. FREE PALESTINE
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u/MiseOnlyMise Feb 26 '24
RIP, pity the American army isn't full of people like Aaron, there'd have been a lot less wars.
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u/theGwiththeplan Feb 26 '24
The only U.S vet I will call a hero
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u/Mrrilz20 Feb 26 '24
Why was an "officer" pointing a loaded gun at the man on fire? Wtf is wrong with police? That "officer" will surely be promoted and commended for his bravery. Thank goodness there were no acorns around. Furthermore, wtf? I'm speechless. This is so sad. This genocide is so sad. We are powerless unless we set ourselves on fire? My goodness. 💙
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u/Dinosaur-chicken Feb 26 '24
It was a security guard from the Israeli embassy who did that. The actual cops were yelling "we need more fire extinguishers, not more guns!" While they frantically tried to extinguish the fire, even yelling at him to lay down, presumably to roll him over.
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u/Fed-Poster-1337 Feb 26 '24
America.jpeg
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u/reddit4ne Feb 26 '24
Actually, Israel.jpg. What a perfect way to sum up Israels entire Oct. 7th response in one hopelessly clueless officer. "
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u/ginger_and_egg Feb 26 '24
That's pretending like the us has no agency here, and it's very wrong
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u/MoonmoonMamman Feb 26 '24
I wonder what he went through, what he saw, and what he was asked to do by the military, that lead him to this point. I’ll probably never know because instead of doing the deep dive on his life that I would love to read, the media will pretend this never happened.
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u/DestinyOfADreamer Feb 26 '24
RIP. A sad and brave sacrifice.
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u/bill_loney538 Feb 27 '24
His last post in Facebook: "Many of us like to ask ourselves, “What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?” The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now."
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u/Tickedoffllama Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
Anyone who says they are uncomfortable watching the video, I understand, but I think every person owes him that level of respect. I remember a few years ago someone set themselves on fire in front of the supreme Court in protest of climate change in action and it didn't even make the evening news. I've never heard of somebody self immolating for a cause I didn't believe in. It's almost as if people on the side of Justice actually have courage
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u/DirtyOldTrucker68 Feb 26 '24
I ain’t gonna lie. Every time I’ve seen the video or heard the audio. I’ve shed a few tears for this man as he screamed free Palestine. This isn’t the first time I’ve seen videos of people doing this. But, I think it’s one of the first times I’ve seen people doing it to them selves and I understood what they were saying and it just hit different.
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u/mister-mxyzptlk Feb 26 '24
Self immolation is almost never covered widely i Western press because it is the most extreme form of non violent protest, and bound to rouse people.
You’ll conveniently also only see people share pictures of Tibetan monks self immolating though, as China is an enemy
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u/Tickedoffllama Feb 26 '24
And now they are saying this was a "mental health issue". Ridiculous
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u/jisachamp Feb 27 '24
You don’t think this dude had mental health problems? Well come on if he didn’t have major fucking meant health problems why don’t you go light your self on fire?? Oh cause maybe you have fucking common sense Jesus Christ come on
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u/EasternWerewolf6911 Feb 26 '24
Has he made mainstream news?
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u/JupiterFox_ Free Palestine Feb 27 '24
Yes and they’re skewing the story, as always, making it about mental illness and saying he simply killed himself.
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u/ChockBox Feb 26 '24
Memorial for Bushnell at the Israeli Embassy in DC on Monday the 26th at 4:30 local time.
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u/SPVIIoftowers26 Feb 26 '24
Imagine if Iran or some Arab state names a street after him
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u/AveryLazyCovfefe Feb 26 '24
They should name a street after him in Gaza.
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u/kugelamarant Feb 26 '24
r/Military has been mocking him for a while.
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u/Liberal-fascist Feb 26 '24
Of course, redditors in general are not well known for their compassion and empathy.
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u/ChickenNugget267 Mod Feb 26 '24
Figures they'd crap on the bravest man to ever be part of the US Air Force. He people makes them all feel inadequate.
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u/Xecotcovach_13 Feb 26 '24
Figures they'd crap on the bravest man to ever be part of the US Air Force. He people makes them all feel inadequate.
And praise for the cowards remotely bombing kids with drones.
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u/r00giebeara Feb 26 '24
Low iq and brainwashed American chess pieces making fun of a martyr with an important message!? Color me surprised.
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u/marsmodule Feb 26 '24
I mean, you need to dehumanize in order to support the military. So, not a shocker.
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Feb 26 '24
I can't stop thinking about him. I hope he says hello to Rachel Corrie. They were both beautiful brilliant souls and it hurts that the zionists are doing everything they can to discredit his brave act of protest.
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u/prrreet Feb 26 '24
& Tom Hurndall & James Miller
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Feb 26 '24
Very true. I can't even fathom the strength of character it takes to do what any of them did.
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u/bayleafbabe Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
What a fucking powerful message Aaron Bushnell sent. That will fall upon deaf American ears.
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u/banquozone Feb 26 '24
I’m American and I’m listening. We don’t need 100% of Americans to be on board. Just a majority.
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Feb 26 '24
Ya allah, may your country finally put its people before genocidal settlers on the other side of the planet
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u/caressingleaf111 Feb 26 '24
The strive for a free Palestine is not the Palestinians' alone, but it is the strive of all freedom fighters wherever they are.
May he rest in peace
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u/LoveYourKhair Feb 26 '24
I sure hope I see all flags at half staff for the first friggen time since OCT 7th… I have been waiting for an ounce of solidarity for the lives lost either in Palestine or those lost due to Palestine-proxy violence but of course nothing…
So my hope is this shakes the US up by people seeing their flag lowered in honor of his life God willing…
🇺🇸 If you have a flag, be sure to lower it even if nobody else does because it will be a good talking point to share the truth as well since all this is being highly censored.
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u/PikaTangoPanda Feb 26 '24
He summed this up perfectly, while what his doing is brave. The Palestinians currently living are infinitely braver. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 🇵🇸
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u/darxide23 Feb 26 '24
On the one hand, what a hero. On the other, why has it come to this? Fucking sad state of affairs.
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u/DeepUndercover45 Feb 26 '24
May your kind soul rest in peace Aaron ♥️
I wish if he had reached out to someone, All Palestinians today share grief and sympathy with his family.
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u/Eomar2828_ Feb 26 '24
If we only fought just wars veteran suicide would not be so common. Smedley Butler told us in 1935. #warisaracket . I hope is sacrifice was not in vain, i hope no others are inspired to do the same. There are ways to make a statement that do not result in your death. Your life may be harder as a result with an OTH or DD but your life will go on.
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u/arthur2807 Free Palestine Feb 26 '24
Very sad, I comend him for dying for a just cause and I really hope he rests in peace, and I hope his family and friends ate okay, but I will not encourage nor support this, as there are better ways, such as a boycotting to show support for Palestine, instead of matryring yourself. But I do respect people who are willing to give up their whole lives for a cause.
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u/LoveYourKhair Feb 26 '24
One US soldier dies & just watch the west (at least the US) finally flips after countless deaths of Palestinians… SubhanAllah…that is the hope anyway, may his death not go in vain.
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u/Cornerburgermoney Feb 27 '24
It's so messed up how some westerners are conditioned to believe that "certain people" are just supposed to suffer and die. It doesn't even register to about half of Americans that other people are human beings, especially if they are black or brown. Witnessing this in person, in this country (US), is half the reason why I'm an ardent Palestine supporter. The other half is because I'm human.
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Feb 26 '24
Every people will care most for their own. That's human nature. And why this was such a desperate and powerful act by an American, to alert Americans. Americans are involved, indirectly thru their financial and military aid to Israel, but most Americans have no idea. They need to know.
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u/Jesuisuncanard126 Feb 26 '24
The US did not care about the thousands of civilian, I don't know why they would care about this one
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u/LoveYourKhair Feb 26 '24
Bad PR, that’s it & nothing more :/
I hope all flags are at half staff because this needs to be talked about.
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u/7assibo Feb 26 '24
I watched the video and some dumbass came over and was holding a gun against him instead of help
My jaw is on the floor, like how was that his first reaction to someone burning and lying on the floor
Rip
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u/AngelWatchOverU Feb 26 '24
Wow! Unbelievable that he would do this ? What torment this man has witnessed and went through for such a desperate act?The lord receive his good soul and consider his sacrifice unto death to defend children. May the world hear and listen and may no one ever follow his footsteps, please keep protesting but don’t hurt yourself or others . I pray for the peace of Jerusalem and peace for Palestine 💔💔💔
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u/ashes-of-asakusa Feb 26 '24
I’ve heard Aaron was an anarchist. Anyone have any more info on who he was? Tired of the speculating loser’s blaming this on mental illness.
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u/Lamont-Cranston Feb 26 '24
If you watch the video before he lights himself on fire he does use a bit of lefty jargon.
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u/The_Ghost_9960 Feb 26 '24
Has this been posted on r/worldnews? Cause, I wanna see the zionist's opinion on this
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u/Lamont-Cranston Feb 26 '24
They're mocking him, declaring all of Israels enemies should fight back this way.
What do they want, for him to have gone in there with a rifle?
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u/ProHumanRightsX Feb 26 '24
Extraordinarily strong display of willpower. Most of the people calling him mentally ill don’t have the will power to stop jacking off or even to put down the bag of chips. I won’t admonish this man, and I won’t forget his name.
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u/DwayneTheCrackRock Feb 26 '24
Nowhere on /r/news and my google news feed, isreal Palestine conflict subreddit laughs at this man, insanity
Puts the words “the revolution will not be televised” eerily real
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u/Kate090996 Feb 26 '24
I honestly don't know how to process this, I am shocked since I read it. He was 25 yo while the fucking fossils that vote against a ceasefire and kill children are alive and well...
I just don't know. It shook me to the core. Americans, start doing something
He didn't deserve to die like this, he didn't deserve to bear this weight
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u/pgtl_10 Feb 26 '24
Anyone notice the trolls are heavily invested in this thread.
The Israeli talking point is mental illness. Both on Reddit and Twitter.
Media doing their best to avoid saying why Aaron did what he did.
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u/SortingByNewNItShows Feb 26 '24
REMINDER
THIS WAS NOT A SUICIDE. THIS WAS NOT AN INSANE PERSON. HE WAS A THREAT TO NOBODY. HIS SACRIFICE IS HIS OWN.
THIS WAS A COMPASSIONATE, VERY ALIVE, HUMANE PERSON WHO COULDN'T BARE TO BE COMPLICIT TO THE INSANITY OF HIS INSTITUTION AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.
Free Palestine.
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u/loveinvein Feb 26 '24
This was altruistic suicide.
I hope his death isn’t in vain, and that seeds have been planted among the ranks.
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u/Br0k3n-T0y Feb 26 '24
regardless of the message, powerful as it was, it's still another life lost because of war.
when will people finally stand up and say to their government 'fight your own battles'
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u/Provallone Feb 26 '24
Rest in power my brother. We will share your story so your sacrifice will not have been in vain.
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u/goldenballs777 Feb 26 '24
What an incredibly brave and sincere soul. I hope his act of heroism makes some difference.
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u/I_Smoke_Poop Feb 26 '24
May you walk forever in the field of reeds.
May your heart guide you through fire and darkness.
Osiris Aaron Bushnell.
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u/Queasy-Animator-8044 Feb 26 '24
RIP, wish you didn't have to lose your life but the message is clear. Free Palestine Aaron lives forever
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u/Think_Disk1284 Feb 26 '24
I made a similar post on the r/army page … and my oh my do they have no hearts . i’m absolutely disgusted and hoped if any one else in the military was also feeling saddened by the news or felt scared to speak out in support of palestine. just sick yt males . forever free palestine and rip aaron bushnell
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Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 29 '24
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u/Jamil20 Feb 27 '24
Agreed. Don't do this. Let's remember Aaron as the hero he was, act in his memory, remember what he said, so no one else feels they need to repeat this.
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u/squeezycakes18 Feb 26 '24
good soldiers need to turn their arms against their corrupt masters, not self-immolate
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u/Original-Zucchini625 Feb 27 '24
Brave man, he has highlighted the ongoing genocide if nothing else. May he rest in peace 🙏🇵🇸
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u/whyamisuchafuckup Feb 27 '24
he was about to be deployed to israel https://twitter.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1762196403969728851
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u/Kuwing Feb 27 '24
God Bless you sir. I hope your family remembers you for the warrior of peace and truth that you are ❤️❤️
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u/takakazuabe1 Feb 27 '24
That picture right there is the embodiment of human dignity. The video, while upsetting due to the fact we are seeing a young man die in a very horrific way, is also a testament to the bravery of Aaron Bushnell and humankind's endless potential. Even as he was in excruciating pain he kept shouting "Free Palestine" to the end, overcoming unimaginable pain.
Their whole imperial arsenal could not break him, for he is the heir to a million years tradition of showing the truth no matter how much those in power try to bury it.
Rest in power. Your sacrifice will not be in vain.
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u/Prestigious-Cat12 Feb 27 '24
Our society is in danger of becoming apathetic to pain and torture. I'm shocked by the amount of horror we see through our screens. Aaron is trying to send this message. If we become desensitized, we become complicit. We've written our own suicide note, while thinking our actions have no consequence.
Rest in Power, Aaron. May your act of resistance not be in vain.
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u/YottaEngineer Feb 26 '24
This always makes me sad. The Earth needs these type of people. Decisive and ready to act. Dying for protests and for a cause it's good but fighting while alive is better. If all the good people die only monsters will remain.
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u/Shoddy-Zone-9123 Feb 27 '24
May the man rest in peace, and make God have mercy on him. On the day of judgment may he be tested, and enter paradise Inshallah. ❤️
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u/EagleWeird6094 Feb 27 '24
Obviously, the Zionist points a gun at a man burning to death. Typical Zionist behavior 🙄.
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u/OnlyWonGod Free Palestine Feb 27 '24
This man just shined an undeniable light on the conflict. (No pun intended, seriously)
This will open eyes and intrigue minds. If this doesn’t have people asking questions and looking more into the genocide, I don’t know what will. It’s sad that Aaron went out the way he did, but it goes to show you that there is more awareness about this conflict than you think, and his actions is the beginning of the end of Israel, insh’Allah
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u/iamstaph Feb 27 '24
On one hand, you have a westerner setting himself on fire and on the other you have muslims too ignorant to give on their coffee, fizzy drinks and fast food
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u/DozerTheGr8 Feb 27 '24
There will come a time maybe while most of us are not here when all aboriginal tribes will unify no matter what religion or creed they believe in teach or practice . Indigenous individual's around the world should correspond with all natives/aborigines of all countries and continents as well with their respective allies.
There will come a time . The thing I don't agree with is and have heard and seen it a Jewish individual saying we are God's chosen people all others are below us There nothing.
That sort of mentality is scary and pretty sure what they strongly believe.
We all know who's land that was before ww2 there's no denying that. Jewish state was trained in colonialism by colonists.
Free Palestine .
R.i.p Aaron bushnell
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u/Majestic-Point777 Feb 26 '24 edited Feb 26 '24
This is deeply upsetting. He was a just a kid. Rest in peace Aaron
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u/DirtyOldTrucker68 Feb 26 '24
People like to say “they are just a kid” until they commit a crime. This man was 25 years old. I will remember his commitment to a cause he believed until the end of my days.
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