Readers—I’m sorry to have to do it, but comments are turned off to prevent ugly conversations that inevitably arise when the subject is Israel or Gaza. Thank you for understanding. Let me tell you a story about my babysitter when I was eight. Theresa was a woman in her mid-60s who took in neighborhood latchkey kids after school. There were usually at least five of us at her house after school. Though she liked children, Theresa was extremely disturbed.
I once read an interview with Frances Cobain in which she summarily rejected the idea of her father’s suicide as something somehow related to his genius. She said people forgot what it meant to her: She didn’t get to have a father, and there was nothing cool or artistic or poetic or inspiring about it.
You call to mind the distinction GK Chesterton drew between martyrdom and suicide
— that martyrs care so much for humanity that they forfeit their lives, whereas one who commits suicide cares so little. And he said so being a profoundly humane man who wouldn’t have glossed over the suffering inherent in the act.
Hitchens warned of the danger of the eastern religions, which render people susceptible to the whims of others. The Shinto-inspired, god-emperor worshipping death cult of the kamikaze, the acceptance and encouragement of abject poverty and suffering fostered by Mother Teresa (who gladly accepted money from Baby Doc Duvalier), and self-immolating monks. [*Edit* - acknowledging Mother Teresa was Catholic, but the denial of the self has an earlier origin.]
Thank you Josh for your clarity and candor. He showed solidarity with Hamas by martyring himself and now he's a hero. Another symptom of a Cluster B world.
You are wrong about this, Josh. This wasn't a suicide motivated by a desire to end one's life. He wasn't suffering due to the horror of his personal existence. He was suffering as a member of a polity who clearly sees the horror of the polity's existence. Not only that, he was a member of the entity helping the evil, evil, evil Zionist Jews commit their unfathomable evil.
And as a member of that evil entity, he made the only statement many of us cattle can--
If he had left a note denouncing the genocide in Gaza, then intentionally overdosed on fentanyl, you would be more justified in disparaging him. But he chose a way of doing it that does not allow us to question his sincerity.
I'm seeing a lot of people glorifying this behaviour online, mainly because they think it benefits 'their team' politically, which is ghoulish in the extreme.
Valorising, "affirming" and promoting mental illness has profound and terrible consequences, and we should not be doing it.
It is the ultimate example of a temper tantrum. It is made all the more ugly when a person who ought to be an adult does it.
Your courage and moral clarity are a beacon in the night of the utterly deranged world we are living in. Thank you.
I once read an interview with Frances Cobain in which she summarily rejected the idea of her father’s suicide as something somehow related to his genius. She said people forgot what it meant to her: She didn’t get to have a father, and there was nothing cool or artistic or poetic or inspiring about it.
Outrage at existence because it refused to conform to his desires.
According to Andy Ngo, Aaron also went by Lilly. Shocker.
Good. Self correcting problem. Had he not done it maybe the next acting out event would have been murder. Fuck that asshole.
Also Josh ditto Holly. I very much enjoy your candor. Too few like you brother.
You call to mind the distinction GK Chesterton drew between martyrdom and suicide
— that martyrs care so much for humanity that they forfeit their lives, whereas one who commits suicide cares so little. And he said so being a profoundly humane man who wouldn’t have glossed over the suffering inherent in the act.
I agree this is an assault. It is meant to shock, scare, and hurt others.
Hitchens warned of the danger of the eastern religions, which render people susceptible to the whims of others. The Shinto-inspired, god-emperor worshipping death cult of the kamikaze, the acceptance and encouragement of abject poverty and suffering fostered by Mother Teresa (who gladly accepted money from Baby Doc Duvalier), and self-immolating monks. [*Edit* - acknowledging Mother Teresa was Catholic, but the denial of the self has an earlier origin.]
When a lot of these empty head wokies finally realize they’ve been played as useful idiots this is where some of them will end up.
Thank you Josh for your clarity and candor. He showed solidarity with Hamas by martyring himself and now he's a hero. Another symptom of a Cluster B world.
"Do what I want or I'll hurt/kill myself" is just abusive and evil behavior. The fact the far left is already lionizing this guy is horrifying.
You are wrong about this, Josh. This wasn't a suicide motivated by a desire to end one's life. He wasn't suffering due to the horror of his personal existence. He was suffering as a member of a polity who clearly sees the horror of the polity's existence. Not only that, he was a member of the entity helping the evil, evil, evil Zionist Jews commit their unfathomable evil.
And as a member of that evil entity, he made the only statement many of us cattle can--
If he had left a note denouncing the genocide in Gaza, then intentionally overdosed on fentanyl, you would be more justified in disparaging him. But he chose a way of doing it that does not allow us to question his sincerity.
Thanks for saying this.
I'm seeing a lot of people glorifying this behaviour online, mainly because they think it benefits 'their team' politically, which is ghoulish in the extreme.
Valorising, "affirming" and promoting mental illness has profound and terrible consequences, and we should not be doing it.
Ya got it. Period.