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Given what he went through, he deserves the respect of being clear about what he chose to die for and in that manner.
He was not mentally ill, he was aghast at what he saw as the military being complicit in war crimes and wanted to take a stand against it.
I agree it wasn't the best way to launch a protest, but he obviously felt powerless to do anything and you can't really disagree with him. He felt this was a way of making a statement that would make an impact and be remembered, like the famous Vietnamese monk self immolation.
Yeah I dunno think we’ll see it differently. It’s selfish to me, because he had a wife and child. He killed himself to gain notoriety for a cause in which is legitimately unaffiliated and is not effected directly by. His family gains no benefit from his death, just a fatherless child and people left to mourn and question his suicide.Not sure how selfish it is to literally light yourself on fire, scream for Palestine and burn until you eventually pass out and die
If he wanted to be selfish, there are much quicker and easier ways to go out
I'm not defending what he did as he was legitimately crazy - but that is not a selfish way to go lolol
Keep seeing this "wife and child" thing with zero sources for itYeah I dunno think we’ll see it differently. It’s selfish to me, because he had a wife and child. He killed himself to gain notoriety for a cause in which is legitimately unaffiliated and is not effected directly by. His family gains no benefit from his death, just a fatherless child and people left to mourn and question his suicide.
Certainly it’s a wicked way to do yourself in but I think it’s akin to, “look at me, look at what I’m doing.”
But no doubt this image will be burned into our memories for sometime. To what ends? I don’t know.
Ok.Keep seeing this "wife and child" thing with zero sources for it
How on earth do you see burning yourself to death as a protest? How do you connect the two?
Bro relax I'm just saying I haven't seen it in any articles that I read and this one page from some random website is the only place I've seen it said besides in comments. Been asking for a few days and this is the first someone provided, and numerous sites are explicitly denying that he has a wife and kids. Why you gotta be hostile?Ok.
First link that was not an ad on google
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Did Aaron Bushnell Have Any Children? Son, Daughter, Spouse & Parents
Aaron Bushnell was a 25-year-old US Air Force engineer who shocked the world when he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. onwww.newsunzip.com
Are you saying people are lying about his family?
I dunno dude, not even sure why you thought my response was hostile. Literally took the time to google some shit for you. You should be thankful while I was a taking a shit I did research for you. Not just anyone gets that treatment my Sherdog bro.Bro relax I'm just saying I haven't seen it in any articles that I read and this one page from some random website is the only place I've seen it said besides in comments. Been asking for a few days and this is the first someone provided, and numerous sites are explicitly denying that he has a wife and kids. Why you gotta be hostile?
Edit: And are you insinuating that GASP people on the internet LIE???? Holy shit bruh...
I've Googled it multiple times and continually found nothing besides the same shitty shady website you sent me. Idk why you're being a dick and assumed I hadn't done the simplest thing ever.I dunno dude, not even sure why you thought my response was hostile. Literally took the time to google some shit for you. You should be thankful while I was a taking a shit I did research for you. Not just anyone gets that treatment my Sherdog bro.
I honestly was not trying to be a dick. Sorry. I’m already over this story, I probably won’t circle back to confirm if the wife and kids are BS. He wasted his life and his ends is as an Internet meme.I've Googled it multiple times and continually found nothing besides the same shitty shady website you sent me. Idk why you're being a dick and assumed I hadn't done the simplest thing ever.
No wonder this guy was a dumb ass libBro his dad was the worst kind of covid retard.
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Based on what? Just because of where the vigil was held?Looks like veteran's dont consider him to be 'mentally ill'.
Looks like veteran's dont consider him to be 'mentally ill'. Just like they dont consider veteran suicide in general to be simply mental illness but rather a consequence of guilt and trauma. They've been there and done that so they understand.
Veterans Against the War is a thingDoes "Oaklahumans Against Occupation" sound like a veterans group to you?
....and I'm the stupid enlisted man....at least I can read...
That should in no way lend itself to categorizing this guy as being a martyr.Veterans Against the War is a thing
Veterans Against the War is a thing