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~~Here's a song to honor his bravery~~

edit: You know what, I posted this late at night, I was tired and hadn't really processed this event entirely. This comment came off as callous, very dismissive and heartless. What this guy did was not just something that I want to make an offhand joke about. This was fucking intense, honestly the ultimate gesture a person can make as a protest. I watched the video today and heard his blood-curdling screams of "free Palestine" and I'm ready to do a 180 and say that this whole event was a punch in the gut. I initially did not take it seriously thinking it was a dumbass soldier doing a dumbass thing, but this is something else entirely. Despite him having been a cog in the imperialist war machine, I have no words to describe the power of his protest. I would never have expected this from a person in his position. I have spent the entire day thinking about the meaning of self-immolation, and I find it intensely humbling, hard to even think about.