Surveillance video shows a man setting himself on fire outside the Israeli consulate in the US city of Boston.
  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Remember when self-emolition was so insane that it hit page 1? Now you barely even hear about it online at all.

  • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Pointless waste of life. This doesn’t move the needle at all.

  • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Same poor souls are feeling so hopeless about the genocide that they are burning themself alive. Meanwhile politicians and billionares are laughing and feasting.

    • octopus_ink@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      6 days ago

      But we gave Palestine a table to sit at in the UN! /s

      I wonder if the cops threatened this guy with their weapons while he burned to death like they did that other poor soul.

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      This kind of protest only works if the political class possess empathy, instead of being the most corrupt and narcissistic puppets the plutocracy can muster.

      • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        5 days ago

        No, it isn’t for them. It’s to bring attention to the subject and have other people pay attention, and hopefully rise up and demand change. The political class will do what’s convenient. It’s up to everyone else to make the most convenient choice the moral choice.

        Seeing someone choose to die in what must be the most painful way possible indicates there must be some reason they feel so strongly. It then forces anyone paying even a little attention to confront what that reason is (assuming they did their messaging g well). Once they confront it, the hope is that they feel even a fraction of the conviction of these brave people.

        Edit: I want to add, if you feel like taking this extreme action, make sure it’s truly the best option. There are so many ways to make your message heard and I’m doubtful this is the most useful. There are groups who could use your time/knowledge/conviction/money who are trying to creating change.

        • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
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          6 days ago

          Problem is the American people being openly in favor of genocide, as long as their team is the one committing the genocide. This includes the “progressives” you find here on lemmy, arguing that it is okay to vote for genocide because the Reps would do more genocide.

          The American people, and many other people in the world (Germany, UK, France…) are complicit.

          • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
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            5 days ago

            Yeah, go ahead and have extra-genocide. I’m sure everyone being harmed appreciates that your maintaining your morals by instead doing nothing.

            In the trolley problem you get a choice to pull the lever or not. Choosing not to is still a choice. In this one you can choose to divert the trolley to kill a fraction of the people, or choose to keep the trolley on course where it’ll kill the people on that other track and a bunch of others. Make your choice. You don’t get out of making a choice by abstaining. That’s still a choice.

          • Maeve@kbin.earth
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            6 days ago

            I think it’s meant to shock a few with conscience and borderline consciousness into thinking about it actively, but I could be wrong.