Missing in Action: Aaron Bushnell

March 1, 2024

I searched the ABC news website for “Aaron Bushnell” and found nothing. So I left feedback asking why this important story has not been covered. But immediately realised it’s very obvious why the ABC hasn’t covered this story. It’s the same reason why Ms Latouf was summarily dismissed. The ABC is nothing but propaganda and no doubt feeling a little bit “once burnt, twice shy”.

Thank you to Caitlin for publicising Mr Bushnell’s protest. A protest act like self-immolation requires it to be seen. Thch Qung c’s self-immolation in 1963 was widely publicised, the photo of it is now iconic, it even made it on an album cover. It may not have had an impact on the people running the war but it had an impact on individuals who saw it, thought about it and digested it and I have little doubt that it fueled some of the anti-war protest movement that followed.

But if no one sees it, no one will think about it. And I think that’s the entire point of why this particular death is being ignored so hard by so many.

RIP Aaron Bushnell. We saw.

--Steve