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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)

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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

literally the entire point behind this act is it being explicitly graphic, sharing the uncensored version quite literally goes against that. It's almost as bad as censoring the message from the get go, except now we're actively disrespecting his intention.

[–] absentbird@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think the graphic nature can be shared while also censoring the gore. It's not like it changes the events in any way.

[–] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 8 months ago

you can also do what this post and basically every article did, and then post a single frame of the video. No blurring needed, no graphic content explicitly posted.