>>480866He was unambiguously right, and it's not even a question, and there was already a Bushnell thread. Guy successfully raised awareness without hurting anyone, and what he did was less self-harm than self-salvation; he was a part of a structure which is presently murdering humanity, and he opted out the most effective way possible. Fwiw, there was even a self-immolation in front of the Israeli consulate in Atlanta months earlier by a Palestinian-American (I believe) woman… Bushnell amplified it, taking the sentiment of the oppressed, who would be ignored and suppressed in their actions, and recreating it in a form which the ruling class could not ignore: a white American soldier, burning for the crimes of our idiotic, despotic leadership. Even then, they tried to suppress it, but they could not do so without revealing to the masses what enemies the American state are to the American people. The cowards-that-be hide behind our military and send it to go flail at reeds, and they resent the prospect that anyone in its ranks could ever feel the sense of responsibility which they, our professed "leaders," lack, for the actions they are made to perform.
Calling self-immolation "vogue" is moronic, but OP knows that. Aaron Bushnell is a hero and what he did was justified, that is all. The fire he ignited still burns and will never go out so long as there is injustice against the people of Palestine and callousness among our criminal political class. OP is a cretin & bad faith jackass for trying to make a comparison to mass shootings.