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Pictured: Climate activist, 50, who died after lighting himself ablaze in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day wrote '4/22/2022' and a fire emoji in a Facebook post from 2020
Daily Mail ^ | 04/24/2022 | Adam Manno and Matt McNulty

Posted on 04/24/2022 12:39:17 PM PDT by Bonemaker

A climate activist who died after setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day is a buddhist who hinted at his future self-immolation with a fire emoji under a Facebook post from 2020.

Wynn Bruce, 50, of Boulder, Colorado, lit himself on fire on the court's plaza at around 6.30pm Friday.

He suffered critical burns and was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Saturday.

On October 30, 2020, he shared a link to an online class on climate change offered by edX, a free online course platform created by Harvard and MIT.

Last April, he went back and commented: '4-1-1 4/22/2022,' along with a fire emoji.

Surveillance footage of the immediate aftermath of the fire show police officers as they attempt to calm Bruce, who can be heard screaming in the background.

Police are still investigating a motive, but a Buddhist priest from Boulder took to Twitter to clarify that Bruce's death was not a suicide, but a 'deeply fearless act of compassion.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Humor; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: boulder; bruce; buddhism; climatechange; climatechangehoax; colorado; democrat; earthday; envirowackos; fire; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; greennewdeal; immolation; leninsbirthday; panicporn; scoldilocks; selfimmolation; suicide; wynnbruce
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How deliciously ironic...a global warmer dies by warming! Bonus..from Boulder, CO!šŸ˜Ž
1 posted on 04/24/2022 12:39:17 PM PDT by Bonemaker
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To: Bonemaker

I like a feel good story of the day


2 posted on 04/24/2022 12:40:02 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Bonemaker

Yeah! That’ll fix it!


3 posted on 04/24/2022 12:40:56 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: Bonemaker

Too bad he died - I would have preferred he live in great pain for years first.


4 posted on 04/24/2022 12:42:10 PM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Bonemaker

My wife works with a lot of Leftist and observes “how childish they are”.


5 posted on 04/24/2022 12:42:12 PM PDT by JJBookman (Temper tantrums on fire )
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To: JJBookman

to find out the extent of their childishness- al one has to do is tell them “My Goodness but you are childish”- that will set them off big time- another good tactic is to show ample proof that what they spew is lies- they get enraged then=-


6 posted on 04/24/2022 12:44:20 PM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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To: Bonemaker

“This act is not suicide”

OK, It’s BBQ.


7 posted on 04/24/2022 12:44:32 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (The best things in life aren't things.)
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To: Bonemaker

To say that it wasn’t a suicide is about as loony as saying that someone with a nut sack is a girl.


8 posted on 04/24/2022 12:44:50 PM PDT by No Party Affiliation
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To: Bonemaker

If he was really serious, he would have lit himself on fire on Oct 30, 2020 ...


9 posted on 04/24/2022 12:44:50 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Bonemaker

A little Blue Oyster Cult should help this thread. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipqqEFoJPL4


10 posted on 04/24/2022 12:45:14 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I pledge allegiance to Hedy Lamarr)
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To: Bonemaker
Didn't this idiot know he was contributing to greenhouse gasses and carbon emissions?

11 posted on 04/24/2022 12:45:37 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Bonemaker

Maybe if all the left-wing nuts who believe in climate change were to burn themselves alive, we would have global warming.


12 posted on 04/24/2022 12:45:41 PM PDT by adorno
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To: Bonemaker

ā€œCompassionā€ - is that how Buddhists spell ā€˜stupidā€™?

Just asking for a friendā€¦


13 posted on 04/24/2022 12:45:56 PM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: Bonemaker

Fire
Iā€™ll take you to burn
Fire
I’ll take you to learn
You gonna burn, burn, burn
Fire
I’ll take you to burn


14 posted on 04/24/2022 12:48:06 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (#LeaveTheGOP. Pass it on Liberty Valance Time. The point of a gun is the only law they understan)
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To: TribalPrincess2U

All the global warming alarmists should commit to reducing their carbon footprint in such spectacular fashion.

Look at all the resources he will not be consuming for the estimated 20 years more he had to live.

Sarc/off.

Seriously, though, it is disheartening to see people so afraid of what may happen that they commit suicide.

Prayers for his family.


15 posted on 04/24/2022 12:49:28 PM PDT by TheWriterTX (Trust not in earthly princes....!)
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To: Bonemaker

If heā€™d buried himself alive, his personal carbon footprint would have returned to the Earth. Instead, he chose, as his last living action, to contaminate the atmosphere with unnecessary additional carbon. What a selfish final act.


16 posted on 04/24/2022 12:50:48 PM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves)
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To: Bonemaker
Climate sacrifice.. I expect JFKerry to take to the airwaves..
17 posted on 04/24/2022 12:51:28 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: Bonemaker

Clearly not carbon neutral.


18 posted on 04/24/2022 12:51:30 PM PDT by G Larry (Anybody notice that Satan is hard at work?)
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>> Buddhist priest

Isn’t that some kind of rock band?


19 posted on 04/24/2022 12:51:41 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Bonemaker

How much CO2 did this guy release during this little stunt?...Selfish bastard.


20 posted on 04/24/2022 12:52:33 PM PDT by Husker24 (Pp)
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