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Holy shit. (CW: Self immolation but it's a US troop) (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Self-immolation literally kicked off the Arab Spring in Tunisia.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

this ain't tunisia

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

He could have timed this better, or at least not killed the only troop I'm aware of that's willing to die for Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes? The protests which started because of his self-immolation are what grew into the President fleeing the country.

Obviously it's complicated, there were underlying issues and the context surround his self-immolation matters and such, but I'm not sure how you can dismiss his final act. His individual act amounted to something.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Something very bad