AlsephinaFeb 26, 2024

US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War

https://lemmy.ml/post/12423409

US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War - Lemmy

> “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!” Archive link [https://archive.ph/mjG0W]

Show threadSocialMediaRefugeeFeb 26, 2024

Self immolation as a form of protest…For anyone unaware of it there were a Buddhists monk who immolated themselves to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Catholic PM of Vietnam.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Quảng_Đức

time.com/…/malcolm-browne-the-story-behind-the-bu…

Thích Quảng Đức - Wikipedia

Show threadBustinJiberFeb 27, 2024
For anyone unaware - it happened at least 160 times since 2009 - en.wikipedia.org/…/Self-immolation_protests_by_Ti…
Self-immolation protests by Tibetans in China - Wikipedia

Show threadMacN'Cheezus
What really shocked me about this list is that Aaron was apparently already the 23rd person to do so SINCE THE START OF 2020, and I don’t think I’ve even HEARD of any of the other. And not all of them happened in foreign countries either. In fact, apparently someone did the very same thing in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta a mere 3 months ago and I don’t even remember hearing about it.
Feb 27, 2024 at 9:03amWeb
Show threadBustinJiberFeb 27, 2024
Yes, I didn’t even know it happened in my own country of Poland. I would blame news and TV but I don’t even watch TV, and so much article titles sounds like clickbait I usually refuse to even check them. So I guess I can blame the news for the insulting clickbait tactics.