Matt Nelson latest American self-immolation protesting US backed Gaza Genocide

[pooya87]

My name is Matt Nelson and I'm about to engage in an extreme act of protest. We are all culpable in the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

We are slaves to capitalism and the military-industrial complex. Most of us are too apathetic to care. The protest I'm about to engage in is a call to our government to stop supplying Israel with the money and weapons it uses to imprison and murder innocent Palestinians, to pressure Israel to end the genocide in Gaza, and to support the [International Criminal Court] indictment of [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu and other members of the Israeli government.

A democracy is supposed to serve the will of the people, not the interests of the wealthy. Take the power back. Free Palestine.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/aaron-bushnell-2669203055

The article claims this is the third case but some other sources are claiming this is the fifth! Considering how such news is being completely censored in the US, we don't know the actual number.
The first case that enraged the world was of course the US airman Aaron Bushnell on February 25, 2024 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5486688.0

The worst thing that the censorship sector in the US regime is doing in this case is reporting the location of this protest as "outside the Four Seasons Hotel" instead of telling the truth which is "in front of the Boston branch of the terrorist organization aka the Israeli Consulate".
#NeoDictatorship

[NotFuzzyWarm]

Meh. So another loony is toast, big deal.
I just hope they did it before they bred so their DNA is removed from the gene pool.

[Hispo]

It is quite concerning to me there continues to be a percentage of people within the United States who are willing go to through such an extreme act of protest against what Israel and the United States are doing in the Gaza Strip. I have seen people calling it mental illness, instead of acknowledge it as an actual form of protest, as if the objective of such narrative was to down play the significance of the sacrifice those people are willing to suffer, for fifteen minutes on the news, so their voices can be heard.
You know something very wrong is going on in one's country when people literally need to immolate themselves for their voices to be heard at least during the next quarter of hour...

I have only heard about two cases, this one and the one from February earlier this year. Truly disheartening how young people are willing to end their own existence like this.

[Fiatless]

This is the highest form of selflessness and heroism. Dying for people you have no relationship with because you want them to survive. The top American media is mainly controlled by supporters of the war in Gaza, so you wouldn't hear any report about this extraordinary act. Matt Nelson's heroic act will be suppressed because it could arouse public sympathy and support for Gaza. Even in some newspapers, they will come up with reports of his struggles with several psychological problems just to misinform the people.

But the truth cannot be hidden forever. Posterity will always remember Matt Nelson, Aaron Bushnell and others as people who decided to stand for the helpless. He will always be remembered by Palestinians for his love and compassion for them.

[NotFuzzyWarm]

No, he will be remembered by Hamas as just another dupe they conned into being part of their meat-shield defense plan.

They will continue to toss more innocent people onto the pyre trying to convince the world that they are the victims even though they started this latest round of war against Israel and Fatah. Interesting that there is little mention that the other half of Palestine - Fatah who is in control of the West Bank (which yes, is illegally occupied by Israel) - are NOT purposely poking the bear causing their people to be slaughtered.

[alani123]

Such heroism isn't common. We must honor and remember these heroes that refuse to serve a genocidal war machine and protest it with their own life.
Matt Nelson and Aaron Bushnell are on the right side of history. Let those that refuse to believe the truth as its laid right before their eyes, that genocide shouldn't be the new norm. Years later when you try to change your statements, I hope you will remember.

[pooya87]

Meh.

With the way US regime is applying full censorship on this news and all the protests that are currently taking places across USA, it is obvious that this is far more than just being "meh"...

They will continue to toss more innocent people onto the pyre trying to convince the world that they are the victims even though they started this latest round of war against Israel and Fata. Interesting that there is little mention that the other half of Palestine - Fata who is in control of the West Bank - are NOT purposely poking the bear causing their people to be slaughtered.

If you want to support the Israeli terrorists at least get your basic facts straight.
Fatah is pretty much an Israeli organization being paid by the Zionists to oppress the Palestinian people in the West Bank helping the illegal settlements grow by taking over more of Palestinian lands.

10700 of the Palestinian hostages are from the West Bank being raped by the Israeli terrorists in their dungeons that are far worse Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo combined. These 10700 hostages and lots more are the reason for October 7.

The Israeli terrorists have also murdered over 703 innocent civilians in West Bank so far.
That includes the 26 year old American woman the Israeli terrorists shot in the head a week ago in West Bank. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5508599.0

[NotFuzzyWarm]

For those who probably were not even born when Palestine was split by the 2 factions you should ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict. At one time there was hope for Palestine & Israel to co-exist but Hamas has adamantly refused that option even to the point of splitting Palestine in twain.

[covfefe_]

Israel might be the only government that's proud to be a terrorist. They project their power by inciting terror on others and its working.
Look how most of its neighbour pussies out even though they are killing unarmed civilians with headshots.
It's like they are following the bully so they won't be bullied upon. I'm both fascinated and disgusted by the way Israel handles everyone.

[alani123]

For those who probably were not even born when Palestine was split by the 2 factions you should ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah%E2%80%93Hamas_conflict. At one time there was hope for Palestine & Israel to co-exist but Hamas has adamantly refused that option even to the point of splitting Palestine in twain.

You should really watch this video before commenting on the issue:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt_1k7nSv1M

You clearly lack knowledge on Palestine's history and I'd recommend to hold off promoting such strong opinions before educating yourself on the matter at hand.