Using gasoline was very disrespectful to the two guys who self-immolated protesting fossil fuels and climate change.
US Air Force member dies after setting himself on fire at Israeli Embassy in DC yelling ‘Free Palestine’
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That monk never saw it as killing himself. It was more for everyone involved in the conflict.
You're so vain 😘
This is actually an interesting point, because protest by suicide through immolation is very much connected with Buddhist tradition.
Much like seppuku can be used as a form of protest in traditional Japanese culture.
Vain. I'm not the one assuming a suicidal monk's intentions.
Hit the bricks, Carly Simon!
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There's no point. I'm mocking the concept of "cultural appropriation."
"Insurance? He was callin' me a fat pig!"
That ideology sort of "melts" in the face of reality.
Oh, well. At least The Machine Rages On got an album cover out of it!
He legit has the most ridiculous background story in music.Hey, didn't Tom DeLonge or Modelo, or whatever, didn't he go to Harvard?
Ah, so he was a mentally unwell leftist. Makes sense.
Oof, I just watched the video on Reddit. Bad choice.
He lights himself on fire and stays standing for 40 seconds yelling "Free Palestine!" for the first half.
The cops were there within 30 seconds while he was still on fire.
I bet they were there providing security for the Israeli embassy.
He lights himself on fire and stays standing for 40 seconds yelling "Free Palestine!" for the first half.
The cops were there within 30 seconds while he was still on fire.
I bet they were there providing security for the Israeli embassy.
Looks like he grew up on some sort of religious compound that ""former students called the Community of Jesus a “charismatic sect” and alleged that it “created an environment of control, intimidation and humiliation that fostered and inflicted enduring harms on its students.”
"Lupe Barboza, 32, said she met Bushnell in San Antonio in 2022 at an event for a socialist organization. She said they bonded over their politics and started working together to deliver clothing and food to people experiencing homelessness."
“He was outraged, and he knew that no one who is in charge is listening to the protesters out there every week,” Barboza said. “He knows that he has privilege as a White man and a member of the military.”
Other friends from San Antonio said they had talked with Bushnell about the Palestinians and their shared distaste for the U.S. role in the Israel-Gaza war. But he had not expressed to them any indication of what would take place in Washington on Sunday.
They also said he moved to Ohio earlier this year for a course for service members transitioning out of the military.
One of his friends, Levi Pierpont, 23, met him for lunch in Ohio in January. Over plates of butter chicken, the two talked about their involvement in the military and what they hoped to do after leaving the force. They had met in basic training in May 2020, when they were both still excited about joining the military and how it could help them experience more of the world, Pierpont said.
“He was outraged, and he knew that no one who is in charge is listening to the protesters out there every week,” Barboza said. “He knows that he has privilege as a White man and a member of the military.”
Other friends from San Antonio said they had talked with Bushnell about the Palestinians and their shared distaste for the U.S. role in the Israel-Gaza war. But he had not expressed to them any indication of what would take place in Washington on Sunday.
They also said he moved to Ohio earlier this year for a course for service members transitioning out of the military.
One of his friends, Levi Pierpont, 23, met him for lunch in Ohio in January. Over plates of butter chicken, the two talked about their involvement in the military and what they hoped to do after leaving the force. They had met in basic training in May 2020, when they were both still excited about joining the military and how it could help them experience more of the world, Pierpont said.
Gross. Why are they capitalizing "white?"
Why are they culturally appropriating food, dood?
What a gross affront to the AP Style Guide.
https://blog.ap.org/announcements/why-we-will-lowercase-white
There is plenty of evidence on this forum that contradicts your premise.
And are you so connected that you know this Airman had a clearance?
@alaskanseminole , can you explain how this works for Zach:
Aaron Bushnell claimed he had secret knowledge of US troops fighting in Hamas tunnels under Gaza — just hours before setting himself on fire in an “extreme act of protest” against Israel, a close pal told The Post on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old airman — who served in the Air Force’s 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Wing, but also interacted with radical anarchist groups online — ranted he had “top-secret clearance’’ for military intelligence data in the call to his friend Saturday night, he said.
“He told me on Saturday that we have troops in those tunnels, that it’s US soldiers participating in the killings,’’ the pal, whose ties to Bushnell have been verified by The Post, claimed.
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The 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing with headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, falls under Sixteenth Air Force (also known as the U.S. Air Force’s Information Warfare Numbered Air Force). The 70th ISRW conducts global ISR in air, space, and cyberspace. It comprises 6,200 Total Force Airmen assigned to six groups, 22 squadrons, and two detachments spanning 28 locations worldwide. 70th ISRW Roosters predominantly work alongside National Security Agency professionals in support of national intelligence needs and build partnerships across the intelligence community in support of Air Force and Joint Force requirements.
Enlisted in the USAF you have a secret, top secret and or confidential clearance... depends on what you do and who you are rank wise.
Would you want to battle me @KFsdisciple? I’d fvck you up
Nope. He killed himself...by lighting himself on fire. Tends to cause the dead.
I tend to be a sceptic when it comes to someone ranting about their clearance level shortly before the light themselves on fire.
He may have one...but a TS is good enough to maybe see the chow menu an extra week out, not good enough to know hidden troop movements.
Clearance has nothing to do with rank.
Those have no background check other than what was done to join. So, I guess you where correct...though the question remains why you would question how someone got an administratively given clearance.
Any day any time bro, sounds like we've both faced off against Taliban... I'd take it easy on you.
