The Life & Death of Aaron Bushnell: Friend Says Self-Immolation Was a Demand for Justice

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It was for nothing.
Aaron Bushnell got CNN to say the word Genocide on live TV. Even when talking about marches with 1 million people CNN called it war.

I could make CNN say “babaabooey” if I put it in a manifesto prior to setting myself on fire.

They’ve said “genocide” before. This did nothing but sicken one voice.

WOW!!! CNN said “genocide”??? Holy fuck pack it up boys, the work is done.
And it will be right back out of the news cycle next week.

Yeah the Buddhist monk didn’t keep staying in the news for 20 years either. And we’re not reading about Palestinian marches either. The world moves on. They want new stuff every day.

Global attention for one person for (more than) a day achieved by a single person absolutely extraordinary.

Oh you mean the monk who set himself on fire in 1963? And totally stopped the Vietnam war by 1973.

That totally did something impactful to stop the war.

I mean it made you make a comment. Regardless of your opinion, it still did something.