People Twitter @sh.itjust.works jimmydoreisalefty @lemmy.world 8mo ago

TRIGGER WARNING: We have people self immolating because of genocides happening and because people are losing housing.

@Jaybefaunt

TRIGGER WARNING: We have people self immolating because of genocides happening and because people are losing housing. This nation is going down and it's the greed of the capitalists that's the cause.

I'm basically in that elderly gentleman's shoes as far as housing goes. I'm sorry to his family and to him for being pushed into this situation.

@weareronin47

Elderly man self-immolates while being evicted.

Housing is a human right.

Direct link to video: https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1775547959775502338/pu/vid/avc1/640x360/8Bhf9UQdY6pfh4gx.mp4

Source: https://twitter.com/Jaybefaunt/status/1775639781868720573

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I shudder to think the pain he went through to resort to that as a better option.
- Obviously society needs to have a good look at itself and how people are getting holed into despair.
  
  That aside, this fad of crisping oneself makes no sense to me. There are far less painful ways to go about it.
  
  The pain is part of the whole deal. Just offing yourself isn't enough to get attention anymore.
  
  society
  
  the US*
  
  plenty of people in society are plenty aware.
- He didn’t give a fuck about his dog or wife FYI
  
  https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13268935/horrifying-moment-oklahoma-man-anthony-goulding-covers-gasoline-sets-fire.html
  
  Desperate people are more likely to be beyond caring for others, fear blinds you.
  
  The right out here working overtime
Shit sucks when people think this is the only solution.

I guess on the upside, the cop didn't shoot him or draw on him while on fire. Baby steps
- At that point he'd have been better off tbh
- If I ever light myself on fire, I give anyone permission to shoot me. It would be a mercy.
How long till they start setting other people on fire over it?
- Idk what the GOP has outlined in Project 2025, they aren't going to stone people because the peasants might realize they're exactly the same as the IS. I'm thinking they're going to go for burning.
  
  You think the gop are the ones self immolating because of genocide and homelessness? That’s wild!
Which nation is this?
- U-S-A
  
  U-S-A
  
  U-S-A
  
  (because of course it is)
Um, here’s a bit more context than this tweet. The dudes wife with Parkinson’s was in the house as well in the other room. He also killed his dog with him. Clearly some mental health issues also at play here.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13268935/horrifying-moment-oklahoma-man-anthony-goulding-covers-gasoline-sets-fire.html
- I mean, obviously, mental health issues were at play, but being forcefully evicted most definitely exacerbated, or just straight up caused said mental issues. The guy probably felt as if himself, wife, and dog were better off dead than being homeless. I'm not saying that's right at all, but we can't expect people forced into desperate situations to always make rational decisions.
  
  The US is the richest nation on Earth. We should have no reason to ever kick elderly people(or anyone for that matter) out of their homes, and put them into desperate situations, even if they can't afford rent anymore. Cuba, for instance, has a near zero homeless population, and they have nowhere near the amount of resources the US has. This country lacks empathy.
  
  Housing is a human right and should be treated as such.
  
  The guy probably felt as if himself, wife, and dog were better off dead than being homeless.
  
  Fun fact, this is the thought process of most family annihilators. They, for example, lose their job and feel like it's better their family be dead than suffer the embarrassment of losing standing in the community, or get caught cheating and feel it's better for them to be dead than suffer the embarrassment of divorce.
  
  There's nothing really useful you can do with that knowledge, but it's been floating around in my brain since I learned it and now I gift it to you.
  
  Hey I agree with you. I mostly just don’t like the way this tweet is framed without the context of him also killing his dog and putting his wife at risk. I think that’s a very important distinction that should’ve been included.
  
  The officer on site had worked with these people for a month and had found them long term housing. They were not getting evicted and left out on the streets, just moved to a more appropriate location.
This really burns me up
- I fell into a burning ring of fire I went down, down, down And the flames went higher And it burns, burns, burns The ring of fire The ring of fire
Anyone that uses trigger warning should be set on fire at the stake
- Triggered by a trigger warning. What a twist!
- Why? Does it harm anybody? Did it set you on fire? What's the problem with trigger warnings?
- L take.
Let's be honest, we have people self-immolating because of mental health issues.
- surely the housing crisis is unrelated to mental health
  
  What percentage of Americans burn themselves to death because of housing insecurity? The problems can cross paths at some point, but be two different problems.
- I imagine getting kicked out of your home to live on the street at 80+ would do wonders for your mental health.
  
  So you agree, the self-immolation was a reflection of a mental health crisis, and the eviction was a trigger?
- Mental health issues don’t exist in a vacuum
  
  … motherfucker I do not think I can fit inside my vacuum.
  
  Why would you given me this knowledge?
- I wonder what effects mental health. Possibly material conditions of people? Maybe capitalism prioritizing profit over every thing else causes mental illness in people who are exploited for the greed of few?
  
  No shit dumbass. That doesn't change anything.
- That's typically how cause and effect work. How astute of you.
- And since mental health is healthcare, we don't have to do anything about it at all. Because as we know, the free market healthcare system is self solving and bulletproof so we should never do anything to try to fix it. Murica.
- Luckily, the US ALSO brushes mental health under the table making MH care equally inaccessibly expensive and unattainable!
  
  U S A!
  
  U S A!

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