US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War - News18
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A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday. He live streamed the self-immolation action on Twitch where he captured himself standing outside the gates of the Israeli embassy and identifying himself as a member of the US Air Force.

“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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  • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
    1014·
    9 months ago

    Anyone who still visits reddit, how [deleted] is this story over there?

    Edit: I’ve created a torrent for the video if anyone wants to help seed. His sacrifice in bringing attention to the US-sponsored genocide in Palestine must not be forgotten.

    • matcha_addict@lemy.lol
      1101·
      9 months ago

      Using the word “genocide” bans you in r/politics now

      r/washingtondc locked the post

      • Aermis@lemmy.world
        31·
        9 months ago

        Wait really? Just using genocide gets you banned in politics? What a bunch of shmeggs. I got banned there years ago because the mods simply went through my post history. I’m still shook with how the narrative and mind of users are tilted towards a very skewed viewpoint.

        Some people believe the user base of reddit is diverse, and they’re getting a healthy view of the world. Unbewknowest to them they find themselves dumbfounded when the world isn’t conforming to what they believe is the majority opinion

      • olivebranch@lemmy.ca
        71·
        9 months ago

        r/politics mods are horrific. In the mod log (at the bottom of the screen) you can see they delete posts just because of different opinions.

      • SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        9 months ago

        So that is what “politically correct” means when we let the far right define it. If it can’t be mentioned, it doesn’t exist.

      • SummerIsTooWarm [any, undecided]@hexbear.netEnglish
        12·
        9 months ago

        To be fair, that post in particular seems to have been locked because it is a repost. This post is older and has quite a bit of engagement. While a quick search in the popular subs reveals that this story seems to be surpressed there, it is not true for r/TheDeprogram. Even if that sub has some problems, this story is none of them.

        The screenshot was posted to r/TheDeprogram, it wasn’t taken there, I’m dumb.

          • SummerIsTooWarm [any, undecided]@hexbear.net
            4·
            9 months ago

            Oh, I misunderstood. I thougth that the pic was from the deprogram sub. Thats why I went there and looked it up, because it would be very surprising to see that su censoring something like this.

            Edit: It even says r/pics on the top of the screenshot, either I’m blind or I already forgot the layout of stormfront (or both)