I'm sorry but setting yourself on fire as a protest is monumentally stupid

 Some guy decided to set himself on fire outside of the Israeli embassy protest the Gaza and died as a result....

.....and the protests get dumber and dumber. 

Look, idk who people think they're kidding with this stuff, but these kinds of protests are monumentally dumb. I know some people think it's "so brave" and that its sending a statement, but to a lot of people, no it's just dumb. 

Seriously, dont kill yourself for a cause like this. Especially a cause that you have no skin in the game in in the first place. It's such an unfathomably terrible idea idk why people do it. For attention? Do they care so much they'll just randomly commit suicide in a highly visible way just to prove a point? 

Again, it doesn't resonate, it doesnt make me feel sympathetic, it's just dumb. I dont really like how Israel is behaving in the gaza situation either at this point, but these protests they're doing to make a point, like inconveniencing others by standing in the middle of roads, and screaming people down, and harassing public figures at conferences, and now setting themselves on fire, it's dumb. It doesn't make me sympathetic to you. What makes me sympathetic to you is the logical arguments that netanyahu is going too far. This stuff is counterproductive and just makes you look deranged. Anyone can kill themselves over a cause, and most people will think you're brainwashed or stupid for doing it. 

Really, this is a serious problem with the progressive left lately. It makes us look bad. Like we're a bunch of deranged psychos. Seriously, no one cares. Learn better ways to get your point across. These weirdo protest methods are just mental illness. Stop it. Seriously, this stuff turns off the ex conservative side of me so hard. No one is listening, no one cares. Find better ways to get your point across than this.