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Aaron Bushnell

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Individual who committed suicide by self-immolation as a protest against Palestine's situation, discussed as an example of a meaningless sacrifice.

Mentions (4)
"I made the mistake of going on Twitter, and I encountered post after post mocking Aaron in both text and in photoshopped images of his last moment. Regardless of your political stance or your judgment on his decision to end his life, how can you sit there for hours gleefully posting pictures of a ma"
Is anyone else disturbed on a personal level by Aaron Bushnell's suicide? · u/PrestigiousFennel857 · ↑696 · 2024-02-27
"It was perhaps one of the most pointless suicide-protests ever conducted. It's been less than a year since he died and nobody talks about him. Nobody remembers him. He made no impact and changed nothing. He died in one of the most excruciating and terrifying ways possible, just to be mocked by his e"
"he was clearly very far left / an anarchist, argued that there was no such thing as an israeli civilian (which i am tempted to agree with, but it feels odd coming from someone who is literally enlisted in the us military) and despised the united states's impact on the world"
"Most times people talk about a 'pointless, forgotten' action from the left, there are at least enough posts to make you think that's not completely true (ex. Aaron Bushnell)."
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