So it appears the Reddit account of the guy who lit himself on fire has been located.
I've looked at it.
It's a deluge of anti-American hatred, gloating over dead soldiers, rampant antisemitism.
This was not a serviceman. This was a plant.
I've looked at it.
It's a deluge of anti-American hatred, gloating over dead soldiers, rampant antisemitism.
This was not a serviceman. This was a plant.
He was an anti-West anarchist who regularly imbibed extremist manure on a daily basis.
If you mentally profiled him, your profile was most likely almost entirely correct.
If you mentally profiled him, your profile was most likely almost entirely correct.
He was a tankie who regularly supported foreign dictatorships, cheered terrorist acts, and made sickening, dark comments.
USAF needs to dishonorably discharge whoever screened him.
This was a colossal failure of vetting.
This was a colossal failure of vetting.
It appears Bushnell would seek out KIA reports of American soldiers to mock them.
I did not want to give this out, because he was extremely disturbed and is best left forgotten or used as a psych case study:
His username on Reddit is acebush1
His username on Reddit is acebush1
A user from the Destiny reddit community originally identified Bushnell's handle after seeing similarities between his Twitch account and the Reddit account in question.
Bushnell did not light himself on fire because he "had no choice".
He did it to inspire others to violence, as you will see by his postings.
He was not an activist, he was a radicalized hardcore ideologue and a bigot.
He did it to inspire others to violence, as you will see by his postings.
He was not an activist, he was a radicalized hardcore ideologue and a bigot.
Aaron Bushnell posted his video before he killed himself to the Patreon he had set up for people to subscribe to his extremist views.
In other words, he commercialized his suicide.
He also hand-picked various anarchist "news" outlets to give it to beforehand.
In other words, he commercialized his suicide.
He also hand-picked various anarchist "news" outlets to give it to beforehand.
Aaron not only knew that committing public suicide, especially in the way he did it, would encourage more suicides:
He frequently talked about the concept of "contagion", hoping more would emulate him into committing violent, anarchist acts and self-harm.
He frequently talked about the concept of "contagion", hoping more would emulate him into committing violent, anarchist acts and self-harm.
This was not a "noble act" by a guiltless person.
This was a premeditated and carefully choreographed attempt to radicalize and encourage people to hurt themselves in service of a deadly ideology and movement.
This was a premeditated and carefully choreographed attempt to radicalize and encourage people to hurt themselves in service of a deadly ideology and movement.
As someone who has multiple members of my family who have served, what Bushnell did was a disgrace to the uniform of the highest order.
He did not join the USAF to serve his country or his people.
He did not join the USAF to serve his country or his people.
No, what Aaron Bushnell did was abuse the authority and prestige given to him by USAF as a recruit, to try and mainstream violent, domestic terrorist views.
It is no different than a pedophile grooming a child, or a rapist who threatens the job of his secretary.
It is no different than a pedophile grooming a child, or a rapist who threatens the job of his secretary.
On the day three American soldiers were killed in Jordan by Iranian-backed groups, Bushnell posted to the "All Cops Are Bastards" or "ACAB" subreddit, several mocking responses celebrating their deaths.
Bushnell's antisemitism was grotesque.
On an almost hourly basis, he would praise Hamas and similarly aligned terrorist groups.
He repeatedly said there were no Israeli civilians because they were all "colonizers", and that they "deserved" Oct 7, 2023.
On an almost hourly basis, he would praise Hamas and similarly aligned terrorist groups.
He repeatedly said there were no Israeli civilians because they were all "colonizers", and that they "deserved" Oct 7, 2023.
He repeatedly excused or endorsed the atrocities committed by Hamas, calling them "acts of resistance" against a "colonial power".
Standard cookie cutter "progressive" zealot stuff you can find taught in universities these days.
Standard cookie cutter "progressive" zealot stuff you can find taught in universities these days.
The Washington Post already has their expose out on Bushnell.
More will follow.
As more and more of his internet presence is uncovered, I'm sure we will find worse and worse things.
So many red flags that should have been acted upon.
More will follow.
As more and more of his internet presence is uncovered, I'm sure we will find worse and worse things.
So many red flags that should have been acted upon.
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