Martyr or American dickhead?
December 6, 2018 5:58 AM   Subscribe

John Allen Chau, a nonprofit director and avid explorer who lived in Vancouver, Washington, was fatally shot with a bow and arrow this month on the shore of a remote island off the coast of Myanmar. The people who inhabit North Sentinel Island—the Sentinelese—are one of the last remaining groups to reject contact from the outside world. India has no plans to recover body of US missionary killed by tribe.

American dickhead?

Chau's death struck a nerve online, where social media users described him as a "martyr" or alternatively as a "colonizer" selfishly invading a new land.

There's conflict around whether Chau was right or wrong in trying to bring Christianity into the lives - and home - of people who have specifically been asked to be left alone.

His friends were appalled by the response.

"I can't believe that the world we live in is a world where a man dies trying to tell people about Jesus, and then people go leave hate comments on his Instagram. You should all be ashamed of yourselves," wrote a friend of Chau in an Instagram post.
posted by bendy (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: There's a recent, still-open thread on this. -- goodnewsfortheinsane



 
I wonder what the 'Why not both?' ratio is? Because you don't have to be a dickhead to be a martyr but I can't imagine it hurting.
posted by wotsac at 6:06 AM on December 6, 2018 [3 favorites]


A martyr for dickheads?
posted by Artw at 6:10 AM on December 6, 2018 [1 favorite]


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