Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. A police officer tried to extinguish the flames before the man was taken away in an ambulance.
it’s not like he’s wrong about most of what he said, but the days when seeing yourself on fire to call attention to what’s going on is more than a blip on the radar are long gone.
https://theponzipapers.substack.com/p/i-have-set-myself-on-fire-outside
That is his justification.
That’s sad. He’s not wrong about many things but his brain’s pattern association has gone off kilter.
It’s like this other lady just said:
Mental illness is a hell of a drug