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[–] [email protected] 53 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Maybe people are understandably uncomfortable with self immolation? Nobody has ever liked an effective activist in their time. The civil rights protesters in USA had a <25% approval rate in the 60s.

I think this person did what he thought was right, and I will remember him for that. And peace can't come soon enough.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

We should ask the question: is it really effective? Is anybody even talking about the guy who self-immolated in Colorado for the cause of climate change? Hell, even this event is being suppressed and swept under the rug. And those media orgs who do cover it are choosing to take up a "mental illness" angle to dismiss it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago

I fully agree. I have mad respect for him, which is why I expressed my admiration and support.