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2024-03-01 Home Front: WoT
Greenfield: Aaron Bushnell, Who Burned Himself Alive, Cheered Murder of U.S. Soldiers
by Daniel Greenfield
[FrontPage] When Aaron Bushnell, an Antifa member and Air Force Airman, set himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., Hamas supporters in this country made him into a martyr.

Cornel West praised Bushnell’s “extraordinary courage and commitment”, Roger Waters celebrated him as an “All-American Hero” and the media emphasized his military role.

In reality, Aaron Bushnell was a member of radical anarchist groups on social media, he wanted to leave the Air Force and cheered the killings of members of the U.S. military.

When three black Army soldiers were murdered in an Iranian-backed Islamic terror attack back in January, Aaron Bushnell posted it to the Antifa ACAB (All Cops are Bastards) Reddit group with a mocking “OhNoAnyway.jpg” meme.

“The cops are the domestic military and the military is the international police. They are bad for the exact same reasons,” Aaron Bushnell posted in the ensuing debate.

Bushnell believed that Islamic terrorists killing U.S. military personnel was justified, arguing that, “I work for the air force and would also have no right to complain about violent resistance against my actions.”

In a previous exchange he warned another user against joining the military and argued again that the murder of Americans was justified. “The US DoD is one of the most powerfully evil institutions to ever disgrace the face of this planet. You will have blood on your hands that you will never be able to wash off. There are many people who suffer under the imperial boot who would have every reason to wish you dead, and they would be justified. Don’t do it.”

When asked by another anarchist as to whether joining the military would provide him with the skills to conduct domestic terrorism, Bushnell appeared skeptical. “

It’s very unlikely that you get any kind of ‘proper training’ that would be useful in a revolutionary context,” he suggested. The military was “a neo-feudal institution plugged into the broader neoliberal system. It runs on nothing but coercion, toxic masculinity, and brainwashing.”

Aaron Bushnell’s comments reveal that he wanted out of the Air Force and believed it was evil.

“I joined thinking I was doing my part to make the world a better place. Then I realized we’re the baddies, and the only way to make the world a better place is to get out,”
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Posted by badanov 2024-03-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top
 File under: Antifa/BLM 

#1 
Posted by Beldar Uneter3543 2024-03-01 00:57||   2024-03-01 00:57|| Front Page Top

#2 In a previous exchange he warned another user against joining the military and argued again that the murder of Americans was justified.

Exhume what remains of the worthless SOB and burn him again.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-01 04:44||   2024-03-01 04:44|| Front Page Top

#3 ^The problem with "Be all you can be" is then expectations turn out to be exaggerated - just like with college education (not by accident IMO).
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-01 05:03||   2024-03-01 05:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Well, since he killed himself, I guess he can't be labelled as a hypocrite.

The good news is: more oxygen for the rest of us now.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-03-01 07:06||   2024-03-01 07:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ He did use more than his regular share for a few minutes there at the end...
Posted by M. Murcek 2024-03-01 07:19||   2024-03-01 07:19|| Front Page Top

#6 West Point graduated a registered communist recently. How is this guy any different?
Posted by ed in texas 2024-03-01 07:37||   2024-03-01 07:37|| Front Page Top

#7 ^Betcha registered communist will kill/cause death of other people.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-01 07:49||   2024-03-01 07:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Nobody brought marshmallows?
Posted by Too Old To Work 2024-03-01 09:17||   2024-03-01 09:17|| Front Page Top

#9 This guy cost us a lot less than the USMA grad. The security clearance system is more broken than the Maricopa County election infrastructure.
Posted by Super Hose 2024-03-01 10:17||   2024-03-01 10:17|| Front Page Top

#10 I wonder what his evals looked like, especially any comment by his CO
Posted by lord garth 2024-03-01 11:40||   2024-03-01 11:40|| Front Page Top

#11 He got in — and stayed — because again only rightwing radicalism is considered a concern, those on the left being thought caring and conscientious good citizens despite Antifa/BLM/etc’s long record of violence.
Posted by trailing wife 2024-03-01 11:50||   2024-03-01 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Good riddance and I'm glad he self deleted
Posted by DarthVader 2024-03-01 12:30||   2024-03-01 12:30|| Front Page Top

#13 For those of a similar ilk who wish to follow his example; if you do not hear from me in the next 30 minutes, assume concurrence.
Posted by Besoeker 2024-03-01 12:36||   2024-03-01 12:36|| Front Page Top

#14 Isn't it funny how social media was swept up for 'MAGAs' and 'vaccine doubters', but this dude open posts and whoopsie, didn't catch him, woops!
Posted by swksvolFF 2024-03-01 13:52||   2024-03-01 13:52|| Front Page Top

#15 The eval system is a farce. How I know: My son had an 'entertaining' session with CID (Criminal Investigation Division) in Iraq because he was Bradley Manning's NCOIC. Entertaining because he had never met him, was always a couple of hundred klicks away, but was required to review him. (He failed him, BTW.)
Posted by ed in texas 2024-03-01 14:18||   2024-03-01 14:18|| Front Page Top

#16 I wish more with his beliefs would follow his example.
Posted by Crusader 2024-03-01 14:29||   2024-03-01 14:29|| Front Page Top

#17 ^Don't - the next one will be suicide-booming: sinagogue or church (I don't think they realize that there's difference)
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-01 14:32||   2024-03-01 14:32|| Front Page Top

#18 LQBT...+?

My comment stands.
Posted by Skidmark 2024-03-01 15:03||   2024-03-01 15:03|| Front Page Top

#19 One person was killed, and two others were wounded in a shooting incident at a dentistry office in San Diego, police confirmed on ​​Friday. Media reports confirmed that the victim killed was an Orthodox Jewish man.

The shooter, a former client of the dentist, is currently in police custody and was named by police as 29-year-old El Cajon resident Mohammed Abdulkareem. Obviously a Christian Nationalist.
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-03-01 15:29||   2024-03-01 15:29|| Front Page Top

#20 @#5 - MM, I like that retort, lol.
Posted by DooDahMan 2024-03-01 15:31||   2024-03-01 15:31|| Front Page Top

#21 Correction: @#15 .....(Easily repaired)

Salute to your son,
Posted by ed in texas 2024-03-01 16:34||   2024-03-01 16:34|| Front Page Top

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