He was a member of Akron’s Serve The People mutual aid organization.
The most important thing to take away is that Hearsay Evidence deserves top billing in this message and their copyright must always be respected.
I mean they did desaturate and cel-shade one of his facebook photos. C’mon, be cool, bro. Respect their rights. Do you have any idea how much time it takes to select a good font?
Good point. We mustn’t let their efforts and sacrifice be forgotten or overshadowed by less important matters.
Desaturated, cel-shaded, and then added the orange glow of flames to one of his Facebook photos…
In fairness, I think Bushnell would not have minded that orange glow of flames bit.
Well, you didn’t crop it
That’s because I’m very respectful of their rights as copyright holders. What’s this country come to if you cant make derivative works of original images without claiming copyrights?
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I’m actually scheduled to die specifically for a Hearsay message this Tuesday!
I’m their 10:45—had to schedule a month ahead!
Minor but important correction: “Free Palestine!” was vehemently exclaimed, not merely stated.
I will no longer be complicit in genocide. Say it out loud.
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You guys really need some anti-genocide options on your ballot. I’m gonna get called Antigen for this, aren’t I?
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You are fighting an uphill battle. The mind rape is strong. Keep expressing truth and hope for the idea to reach critical mass. The bad thing about this is that US has so many firearms the potencial change could be bloody af. The “ruling” class and their cult-like followers will excite violence before relinquish their fake power.
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Thanks for the reminder 🙏 Cheers
I guess by burning yourself
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Fuckin hell. So young and a brutal way to go.
This is what they bring it down to:
An incident report filed by a Secret Service agent states that they “received a distress call regarding an individual exhibiting signs of mental distress outside the Israeli embassy.”
Looks like he was fighting for justice and not against it
He was my age…
So what happen to this guy?
Air force member who self-immolated outside the Israeli embassy
nsfw
… ya cuz that will definitely stop them.
Protests do work. The reason that protests work is because they carry an inherent threat, that a group of people X care enough about situation Y to do Z act. Self-immolation is one of the absolute most extreme forms of protests, which carries an inherent message that people are willing to do a massive amount to upset the status quo if it continues.
I don’t think Self-immolation is a good thing, there are definitely better pathways to getting change, but in martyring himself, he’s put a huge slant against the IDF.
No he really hasn’t. Nobody outside of the gop and the idf themselves likes them. This was just a mentally ill person committing suicide in a grand fashion.
The DNC likes them too, it’s the American people that don’t. The American political apparatus still supports the IDF and genocide.
It is literally currently impacting US policy regarding Israel
What changes have been implemented as a result of this?
We can’t ever know these things for sure, but President Biden’s rhetoric on Late Night sounded a lot tougher toward Israel than anything he’s said in public before. (That could also be the result of the Michigan primary today. Either way, it seems protest has had some effect.)
The Democratic Party is currently shifting its policies toward being tougher on Israel, focusing more on a ceasefire, etc
They were already doing that, though.
Not really!
How dare you trivialize this person’s sacrifice you fucking waste of oxygen
Being an able bodied young man this guy could have hopped on a plane and been a huge help to any NGO operating in the Israel/Gaza area providing actual direct help to people in their worst moments. The concern and passion about the situation is remarkable but there are way better ways to go about it than simply offing yourself publicly.
He was a mentally ill person who committed suicide in public. The idf sucks dead donkey dicks but this has done absolutely nothing to stop them from killing and raping kids.
I take it he was from Ohio?
Seems he was from Massachusetts, but apparently had connections to several Ohio groups. I had to hunt a bit for it.
“He seems to be associated with at least two Ohio-based anarchist organizations, Mutual Aid Street Solidarity and Burning River Anarchist Collective. Bushnell had the groups bookmarked on Facebook.”
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/air-forces-aaron-bushnell-pictured-32217370
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Couldn’t he just refused? Why kill yourself?
He was just a plane ride away from providing actual help with NGOs. The passion is remarkable but suicide is almost always a tragic waste of life.
