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Holy shit. (CW: Self immolation but it's a US troop) (hexbear.net)

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[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 118 points 5 months ago

Just heard NPR report this as "His reason for doing so is still unknown." How? He said why he was doing it!

[-] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 107 points 5 months ago

He literally screamed his reasons while he was burning, filthy lying libs, not an ounce of shame in them

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 64 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/25/1233810136/fire-man-israeli-embassy-washington

A man set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in D.C.

A man is in critical condition after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday afternoon, according to multiple law enforcement agencies.

The Air Force said the man was an active duty airman.

The U.S. Secret Service said it was responding to reports of an individual experiencing a possible medical or mental health emergency. Local police arrived around 1 p.m. ET.

The fire has since been extinguished. The Israeli Embassy in D.C. said none of its staff were injured.

Vito Maggiolo, a spokesperson for D.C. Fire and EMS, said the man has been transported to the hospital, where he has "critical life threatening injuries."

As of Sunday evening, NPR was not able to independently verify the man's identity or motives.

Andrew Leyden, a freelance journalist based in D.C., told NPR he saw burn marks near the Israeli Embassy's lawn, where the embassy had placed flags to represent the hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7.

Lynn Sweet, the Washington bureau chief at the Chicago Sun-Times, wrote on X that there was a growing police presence outside the Israeli Embassy earlier in the afternoon, including local law enforcement searching a vehicle out of "precaution."

Posted at 6:53 PM, well after the details were available

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 70 points 5 months ago

As of Sunday evening, NPR was not able to independently verify the man's identity or motives.

look we need atleast 12 different independent sources to prove to us that what he was saying was actually what he meant to say

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

And half of those sources need to be isreali

[-] ComradePupIvy@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Half, I think you mean all

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 69 points 5 months ago

They are going to weaponize the traumatic footage of being burned alive to pull some bullshit, "the footage is extremely disturbing, so for the viewers' mental wellbeing, we've faithfully transcribed this mentally disturbed man's final words." The White House transcripts cover up Biden's brain turning into soup all the fucking time, and they'll probably do it here too if they can't get away with simply ignoring it.

[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 33 points 5 months ago

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[-] Facky@hexbear.net 31 points 5 months ago

"We believe he's saying 'tree felled is stan'"

[-] theposterformerlyknownasgood@hexbear.net 52 points 5 months ago

Who do you believe, your lying eyes and ears or the neutral reporters of NPR?

[-] Zodiark@hexbear.net 39 points 5 months ago

The concept of compassion, solidarity, and humanity are lost on liberals as genuine beliefs instead of decorative and performative slogans. They are not so much as being misleading the public as to Bushnell's motivations; they are alien to the concepts of outrage and moral conviction.