Born in the USA

This reminded me that the Rascal Flatts cover of this song exists and I must share my pain

If we're sharing relevant political commentary music, check out Bruce Springsteen "Death to my Hometown" and "Shackled and Drawn"

No, they read that aloud as well

Yeah, when I read the CrimethInc article I saw the footnote that the e-mail they received specified he/him pronouns, and I thought, "That's a bit unusual for a military man, but obviously it's quite welcome." -- and then I kept reading and I saw "LillyAnarKitty" and I thought, "💔"

And so I feel kind of torn. Ultimately he did ask to be referred to with he/him pronouns and by the name Aaron Bushnell, and so I've respected that, but a part of me thinks that that was only because he didn't want to be remembered as a trans girl for the sake of other trans girls. To not have to hear news about one of our own dying, to not have media coverage distract from the potent image of a member of the armed forces self-immolating by focusing on that person being a trans girl. It's pretty fucked but... Sigh.

probable trans person based on their username.

That's what I noticed too when I saw the username.

recently I heard on a podcast that someone who was planning to participate in "the shoe bomb" was stopped by his dad. who said something along the lines of "I heard people are talking about suicide bombing. if you commit suicide I will fucking kill you." and he was sufficiently scared of this he changed his mind.

I didn't even know they were likely trans and that makes it even worse.

While I do hope Bushnell's sacrifice spurs the world into action there's this line to walk when honoring it where you don't tell comrades, many of whom are struggling right now, to jump into a fucking meat grinder in the hopes it will somehow kickstart a revolution.

He probably didn't see any particular imagery we didn't, but knowing the work you're required to do is contributing directly to the bloodshed would get to you

Please understand manufacturing consent. The media won’t necessarily bury the truth by failing to report it. They will just have one report about it and 99 other reports about how mentally ill he was, or “is Gaza a genocide”, or remind you about the “Gaza Rapes”.

because he streamed the video and the video went viral on telegram and social media, so it couldn't be hushed or ignored. they needed to mention it to tamp it down and get a narrative going.

I really think the biggest part of it is that he was in the military- not only does mainstream society see them as more credible, they're more involved in the genocide. They can't sell it as some weird hippy guy doing something crazy. And I think it has the potential to hit Biden so much differently if the momentum of this story keeps up.

Shocking things get views which probably outweighs the negatives of promoting anti-Israel propoganda. CNN also has the ability to spread the mental health crisis line far wider than any internet personality, which is probably a more effective tactic to undercut Aaron's words than just trying to ignore something so shocking, especially when other competing channels will be showing it.

The same age as Ned Kelly, and although Bushnell is famous for far less than Kelly, I can only hope that Bushnell's last words will ring as famously as the Jerilderie Letter.

You can’t change the system from inside the system.

Edit: the only good slaver is a dead slaver ban me you bootlickers

He wasn't even just a comrade, he was a chapo

Looks like they joined the military because they were flat broke and lost their job during COVID, if this is the right user account and I have the timeline right.

It is. His insta's the same. Turns out he was involved in organizing in my area

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