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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)
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“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!”

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 59 points 10 months ago (4 children)

The pigs shouting "ON THE GROUND" to a person who is actively burning to death have got to be the finest example of cop brain. Everything's a threat.

I kind of wish this troop would have done something like sabotage or leaked Intel like Chelsea Manning, but I'm also not gonna deny the bravery involved. Free Palestine. Death to America.

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Americans don't deserve death any more than Palestinians; people are people all over. Liberation for everyone.

[–] tegs_terry@feddit.uk 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It's sloppy rhetoric if this is what he means but he said America not Americans. A lot of people feel 'America' - as it currently exists - could do to die a 'death'.

[–] diablexical@lemm.ee -1 points 10 months ago

Death to America.

Winning hearts and minds!

[–] charonn0@startrek.website -2 points 10 months ago

You need to work on your rhetorical skills.