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Aaron Bushnell, from the people of loyalty and sincerity, to your pure soul. Your devotion and loyalty to the Palestinian people will remain a [trust in?] our necks for eternity.

from https://xcancel.com/roqchams/status/1822608289277858168

little known fact, roqchams is a former Chapo guest (Episode 15) who turned on them for iirc being "bros" (maybe because of Hillary but I can't remember)

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[-] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 51 points 3 months ago

Insane; the people of Beirut are more touched by Bushnell's sacrifice than libs who as sheep just regurgitate 'thank you for your service' to just any random soldier.

I recall (an Iranian cleric? The ayatollah?) who also gave his respect for Bushnell's sacrifice and to his family.

When we have soldiers who have some shred of goodness in them, it's the people in the global South who appreciate them more than we do. With the pathological army worship we have, you would think it would have absolutely ended Ben Shaprio's career when he mocked Aaron's sacrifice; instead what do we have? After Hugh Thompson stopped the massacre at My Lai, he got harassed by everyone in his town (for the rest of his life?) and didn't get recognition for what he did until thirty years later; Chelsea Manning was sent to prison and tortured; one of the guys who revealed the tortures being committed by the military (in Iraq? Afghanistan?) had his name revealed by Donald Rumsfeld supposedly to publicly thank him for his efforts (except he wasn't supposed to reveal his identity), except he lived in a military town and got harassed along with death threats; and Bushnell now is having his death mocked by hateful bigots like Ben Shaprio without any repercussions.

Pathological army worship until they do the right thing, and then it's like they don't even know them; and it's people in the global South who have the deepest respect for them.

[-] pooh@hexbear.net 30 points 3 months ago

It’s because military members are only useful as political props and no one who preaches “support the troops” really cares about them as people. This is especially true when they actually reject their assigned role and attempt to do something positive.

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