'We Are All Culpable': Matt Nelson Self-Immolates to Protest Israel's Gaza Onslaught | Common Dreams
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In a video, 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
    102·
    2 months ago

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

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldM
      37·
      2 months ago

      It’s the “we are all culpable” leading to the immolation that’s indicative of mental illness.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        81·
        2 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·
          2 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
            12·
            2 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.

      • antmzo220@lemmy.mlEnglish
        73·
        2 months ago

        If you refuse to speak up and take a principled stand against genocide, you are culpable.

        Tacit support for genocide is indicative of mental illness.