“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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    9 months ago

    Why even bother to reply if that’s the only thing you are capable of saying? We both know there isn’t a reasonable answer to the question I keep asking.

    Fuckers threatening a service-member with deadly force for compliance while he burns to death, and lots of folks jumping up to defend it. At the very least I refuse to accept these empty platitudes.

    Edit - clarification of wording

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      9 months ago

      I mean, same to you?

      You don’t like the behavior of security staff who have one very cold, very unfriendly goal: keep the embassy safe. I doubt they have specific training on self immolation so obviously they used standard procedure.

      They don’t give a fuck about public perception, the feelings of the involved individuals, etc.

      Everyone keeps asking " why weren’t they this or that or the other thing". There’s one root answer weather folks like it or not.

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        9 months ago

        I mean, same to you?

        I guess I kept hoping for an actual answer to the question I kept asking, as one might expect during an honest discussion. Don’t worry, I’ve given up now.

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          9 months ago

          The actual answer is truly that these professional security types don’t care. They go guns ready for anything that is remotely threatening to the embassy. A dude on fire on the perimeter apparently counts, no matter what we think of that.