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minoanmissThis is a post about grim, explicit current events.
I want to resist the human mind's pull towards narrative and my culturally ingrained pull towards snap judgement. But/and I feel I should put in my diary that a man has given his life, painfully, to highlight the killing of the Palestinians.
I can't at a first glance find his rank. I have seen rumors he was an officer, to counter rumors that he was seeking a way out of service. But again, that gets into narrative. I am trying to fight against "figuring out how to feel". I just know I need to note this and to look where he was pointing.
After a lot of self debate I decided to close comments. I may privatize this later. I don't know. I have used 'I' way too many times in an entry that is meant to be about this US servicemember who self-immolated in protest. This entry is about him and what he was saying with his death.
I want to resist the human mind's pull towards narrative and my culturally ingrained pull towards snap judgement. But/and I feel I should put in my diary that a man has given his life, painfully, to highlight the killing of the Palestinians.
I can't at a first glance find his rank. I have seen rumors he was an officer, to counter rumors that he was seeking a way out of service. But again, that gets into narrative. I am trying to fight against "figuring out how to feel". I just know I need to note this and to look where he was pointing.
After a lot of self debate I decided to close comments. I may privatize this later. I don't know. I have used 'I' way too many times in an entry that is meant to be about this US servicemember who self-immolated in protest. This entry is about him and what he was saying with his death.
