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Ignoring Immolators Lulls the Society to Sleep: Aaron Bushnell at the Israeli Embassy: "FREE PALESTINE!" (husseini.substack.com)

submitted 1 year ago by gitgud@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That was extremely difficult to watch.

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

no doubt. the censored version is all I can stomach, but effect for me was still visceral. decade after decade and nothing changes becase "This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

his protest will, hopefully, be devastating to the insular little bubbles we have been encased in for most of our lives.

[–] gitgud@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

his protest will, hopefully, be devastating to the insular little bubbles we have been encased in for most of our lives

Don't worry, it won't be. Never underestimate peoples' abilities to lie to themselves to make their lives less uncomfortable, nor the ruling classes' abilities and desires to lean into that tendency to manipulate them for personal gain.