The day he killed himself we had some comments on here along the lines of “good, another kkkracka down,” “he should have shot up his workplace otherwise this is meaningless” and the like. These were shut down early, but they show the limits of memeing about topics like anti-imperialism: it’s really easy to fall into ultra territory, where you get out of step with the more practice-based approaches of the people you’re trying to support.

Memes are all about building on and one-upping each other. That can get pretty far afield from a principled approach that’s trying to improve the real world.

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.

There were quite a few posts and tributes on Chinese internet as well.

I think the phrase “trust in our necks” is one of endearment or honor - a guiding principle … at least what I could find on the net.

Palestine and Jerusalem are trust in the necks of the Arab leaders and peoples

Proverbs 3:3

“Let not mercy and truth forsake you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.” This passage uses the metaphor of binding mercy and truth around one’s neck, symbolizing the importance of these values being deeply ingrained and guiding one’s actions.

His soul travels across the world to inspire and empower.

—@Aldanmarki

Doomer thought:

ooh, that’s neat