'We Are All Culpable': Third American Self-Immolates to Protest Israel's Gaza Onslaught | Common Dreams
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In a video, Matt Nelson said he would set himself ablaze "to stop supplying Israel with the money and weapons it uses to imprison and murder innocent Palestinians" and "to pressure Israel to end the genocide in Gaza."
  • @dank@lemmy.today
    8•4 months ago

    Your confused. Self-immolation isn’t about self-punishment anymore than any other protest method.

      • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7•4 months ago

        He said “we are all culpable” not “I alone am culpable.”

        I think most if not all of the “he’s nuts” talk is from people who would rather not consider themselves culpable.

        • @futatorius@lemm.ee
          2•4 months ago

          He said “we are all culpable” not “I alone am culpable.”

          And that’s stupid binary thinking and he was wrong.

          • @Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
            -1•4 months ago

            I think most if not all of the “he’s nuts” talk is from people who would rather not consider themselves culpable.

            Thus.