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 @L1ber4lRatPatriotfrom Missouri  commented…2yrs2Y

We have come to the point where progressives are pro committing suicide in brutal and horrifying manner…

This video was horrible. There are many ways to advocate and fight for causes you believe in. Suicide was not the answer and you should have the courage to say that. What is going on

 @PassionateCaribouGreen from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

You are willfully missing the point. Aaron Bushnell sacrificed himself as a message, a message that is now heard all over the world.

#FreePalestine

 @L1ber4lRatPatriotfrom Missouri  commented…2yrs2Y

Kids killing themselves is bad.

This is not a sacrifice that should have been made. Suicide should not be encouraged and that is what is happening.

It’s insane to me that so many people are trying to paint this as heroic martyrdom. It was pointless death and pain of a 25 year old kid. It’s just heartbreaking.

It should be an action that is not encouraged. How is that controversial? How is that not a consensus?

If another kid kills himself in the name of a cause they believe in is that good? How many until it’s bad? Does it depend on the cause? I genuinely dont get it.

 @PassionateCaribouGreen from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

The beauty of his sacrifice is that it was his choice, not yours. It was tremendously courageous. I'm sure Zionists will attempt to smear him, but they are powerless in this case. Another reason why his act is so effective.

 @EnragedParliamentNo Labels from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Who sees “beauty” in the painful suicide of a 25 yo?

So many more constructive ways to make a difference

This is the problem -You value suicide more than life.

He was never in Gaza. How can you believe in a cause that you joined on Twitter?

Shame on you for advocating this

 @PassionateCaribouGreen from Texas  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Do you have any idea how much money the USA has given to Israel? Every American is intimately complicit in what Israel is doing in Gaza. And Israel literally murders Americans that go to Palestine to try to see what's going on for themselves. Google "Rachel Corrie."

I agree with you that we shouldn't romanticize and advocate for suicide. But we should respect that the reasons he did this were totally moral and logical. He was murdered by the moral cowardice of the USA in not having the strength to say what Israel is doing is wrong.

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