• happybadger [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    https://old.reddit.com/r/Military/comments/1b00h4p/man_in_air_force_uniform_set_himself_on_fire_in/

    I didn’t see any support whatsoever. Most of them are open zionists, complain that it makes the military look bad, doubt that he’s the one committing the genocide, or complain that they’re going to get extra safety briefings.

    https://old.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1b0kgwh/us_airman_dies_after_setting_himself_ablaze/

    The only allowed thread on the topic, 25 minutes ago (one day after it happened), heavily moderated to avoid politics. There’s suicide awareness pandering and recommendations that you talk to the chaplain if you ever feel like self-immolating to atone for committing genocide. One says that “This doesn’t change anything. Israel will remain our closest ally and rightfully so.” (+14) which is allowed under the no politics rule. A couple people call out Israel in sub-comments and they’re downvoted. Another said “Kind of sad it had to come to this. If this Airman was willing to die for a cause then he should have volunteered to go to Gaza and work as an aid worker.”, not mentioning that the aid workers are being bombed by the weapons that the USAF is delivering to Israel. Also allowed under the “no making fun of suicide” rule.