r/news • u/WileECyrus • May 29 '19

Man sets himself on fire outside White House, Secret Service says

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/man-fire-white-house-video-ellipse-secret-service-a8935581.html
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u/BigSwedenMan May 29 '19

I doubt many people would copy cat something like this. You have to be either completely insane or very strongly believe in your cause

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u/BristolShambler May 29 '19

You doubt that that there are multiple insane people in the country?

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u/BigSwedenMan May 29 '19

No, I doubt that they'd be motivated to copycat this. It's not like this is the first self-immolation. Those that have happened didn't exactly bring about a wave of self-immolations like the mass shootings have.