What's the point of self immolation?

[Anonymous]

I see no point in such a barbaric display as to burn one's self alive in "protest", yet again, protesting in general, I find to be a waste of time.

Aaron Bushnell, a delusional airman burned himself alive because he stated that he wants to "free Palestine", which is just another way of calling for the extermination of all Jews and the destruction of the state of Israel.

I've seen the uncensored video, while I can almost admire how determined he was, even as he burned, to keep yelling and shouting "free Palestine", and I could tell his screams were not of pain, but of anger. One might think maybe he was regretting his decision, but he said "free Palestine" one more time before seconds later, his legs gave out and he fell silent.

While I can admire his toughness and commitment, yelling a stupid phrase at me won't change my mind, and I don't reckon it would change many minds out there, either. The burning is shocking, but still offers nothing I can see as convincing.

What's the point of these things?

[AlcoholicAngel]

Scare tactics, for when they may have to violently demonstrate. I don't know about you, but if a large group of people started shouting the same phrase a man yelled while slow roasting himself, I would shit myself a little. Not to mention, the police would be more wary of them. It would be more effective if they did it during a demonstration, mob style. Like seven of them step forward, stare into souls of everyone watching, set themselves alight and begin chanting the same phrases untill their last fucking breath before they become an ash pile. Scary shit man.

[laly520]

its a symbolic act, representing sacrifice, martyrdom, n a willingness to endure immense suffering for a cause

by sacrificing their own lives they hope to inspire others to take action or draw attention to their cause

their voices r not being heard through conventional means of protest or advocacy n by engaging in an extreme n attention-grabbing act like self-immolation, they seek to amplify their message n force society to confront the issues they r protesting against

u can also take example of how monks set emselves on fire which is considered to be purest forms of their religion

its easy to be ignorant n only be a reactional person but hard to look behind the actions

may his soul rest in peace, respect

[Asker]

He stood with terrorists who raped and engaged in necrophilia with the corpses of the families they murdered

Now Israel is fighting back and destroying Hamas, no matter the cost

[laly520]

the real terrorists r ones who r stealing others country by force
I recommend checking their war crimes n from more than just one source since social media is corrupted n fake
u r only looking from a one direction of point of view seeing only one color

[Asker]

Israel has owned that land for thousands of years and every time Israel agreed to peace with palestine, Hamas immediately attacked Israel again, so Israel came in to take care of them, that's what they're doing now.

And I sure hope they demand nothing less than the unconditional surrender of every Hamas terrorist and their supporters and imprison all supporters, and hang all terrorists, sending them to hell where they truly belong

[tremendousfern]

There isn't a point. Suicide is never a good thing. He could have made the same point about being unwilling to assist with genocide (a good message that I agree with) without killing himself. But his social media accounts got leaked and it sounds like he was some self-hating commie so it's not much of a surprise that he would decide to go down this path.

[Berethor]

One less fool on earth, was he also yelling and shouting free afghanistan after 9/11?

https://www.thereligionofpeace.com/attacks/american-attacks.aspx

[Soteris]

The point of things like that is basically just to show conviction, be shocking and to be talked about. You yourself are already doing your part in promoting his message simply by asking a question about it here. It does not matter if you are not receptive to his message if you continue to spread it to others who might think differently.

In other words, he succeeded or otherwise we would not be talking.

[BCA6010]

It's something mentally ill people do to get attention.

It became a relatively common form of protest when a (Buddhist?) Monk immolated himself in Vietnam circa 1963 in protest to the south vietnamese government. It was stupid then, and it's still stupid now.

[ShadezMcgee]

To use death and martyrdom to spread a message they believe in. Regardless if you agree with it or not, you are doing exactly what he hoped. You are bring his name into discussion and his reason to why. A man truly dies when his ideals do.

[Anonymous]

To "raise awareness!"

Of course, if you see all the efforts to "raise awareness" for things as a complete fucking waste of time and energy, then it would seem to be a pretty pricey way to do something really fucking pointless.

[Asker]

The whole world, minus lefties, already know the cost of war and that civilian casualties are inevitable. Especially when the enemy (Hamas) uses civilians as human shields

Burning one's self won't make lefties understand this, nor change their minds from pro Israel to pro Palestine, since they're already pro Terrorist in the first place

[Astarlessnightsky]

its the most extreme violent peacefull protest, if this last resort doesn't raise awareness, nothing will.

[OtterMan68]

Buddhist monks did it in Vietnam. Being Buddhist, they believe in reincarnation. They do it to make a point about the horrors of death.

[Fireguy17]

I don't think that has ever accomplished the desired results, and even if it did the person that set themselves on fire wouldn't be around to see it.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Probably would have gone faster if he wasn't wearing flame retardant clothes.

[DextroShade]

He did nothing whatsoever to get me to feel any sympathy for him or his cause. If anything he had me wishing that every other woketard would do the same thing!

[JacobJordan]

Seems like he went out in a "blaze of glory"... ba dum tshh

[82lynx]

Unless Teslas gain the ability to talk, we may never know.

[Mangospacho]

Ya. Seems like Palestine is in the exact position they were before this guy set himself ablaze.

[Snakeyes7]

Self-immolation makes sense if you and your people are starving and are going to die anyway but this is just pure stupidity.

[AngryCarl]

I've asked myself the same question many times. So far I can't come up with anything.

[Anonymous]

Dude's mentally ill.

[exitseven]

Everyone wants there 15 minutes of fame.

[Unit1]

Natural selection is beautiful!

[Anonymous]

Don't know but hey one less for Biden