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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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To: Bonemaker

Lefties, don’t die on the sword, they self immobulate themselves for a political reason.


21 posted on 04/24/2022 12:53:10 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Lautenberg The Forefather of "The Nanny State!")
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To: Bonemaker

Leftism is death.


22 posted on 04/24/2022 12:53:49 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: Bonemaker

Sad story. He obviously had mental health issues.

Very typical of the most strident liberals.


23 posted on 04/24/2022 12:54:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

My story is I did not snicker!


24 posted on 04/24/2022 12:54:55 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: Bonemaker

A million more like this and they could put a dent in climate change.


25 posted on 04/24/2022 12:55:23 PM PDT by the_daug ( )
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To: Bonemaker

Yup. That is almost a +2 for the good guys. Full plus 2 status if he was from DC.


26 posted on 04/24/2022 12:55:31 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: A_Former_Democrat
Fire
I’ll take you to burn
Fire
I’ll take you to learn
You gonna burn, burn, burn
Fire
I’ll take you to burn

It's a crazy world...

27 posted on 04/24/2022 12:55:50 PM PDT by null and void (Replace No Bail with Mo' Jail. The certainty, not the possibility, of punishment keeps 'em in line.)
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To: Bonemaker

Propagandized to death


28 posted on 04/24/2022 12:56:16 PM PDT by Pollard (Who stole my tagline?)
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To: Bonemaker

It’s kind of sad that someone is so mentally off they allow all the climate change rhetoric to drive them insane.

In his mind, he figured he was going to burn up one way or the other might as well go out in a blaze of glory and try to make a political point.

He’s almost like a Al Qaeda suicide bomber, convinced in the righteous cause to point of killing themselves.


29 posted on 04/24/2022 12:56:41 PM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Used to play that with my band… and “Don’t Fear The Reaper” too,


30 posted on 04/24/2022 12:57:07 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.She was, indeed, a hottie… Rest in peace, Joanne.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

LOL, you could follow it up with Don’t Fear the Reaper...


31 posted on 04/24/2022 12:58:16 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Bonemaker

I wish more leftists would realize that suicide is the only honorable way to express themselves.


32 posted on 04/24/2022 12:58:45 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: A_Former_Democrat

The crazy world of…


33 posted on 04/24/2022 12:59:21 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: decal
Too bad he died - I would have preferred he live in great pain for years first.

By my understanding, burning to death is one of the most painful ways to die.

But don't cry for him. He'll be voting (by mail) for Democrats in Colorado for the rest of the century.

34 posted on 04/24/2022 1:00:12 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Rust" may be the first movie where the blooper reel gets more viewings than the actual film.)
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To: Bonemaker

Did he burn himself up with petroleum products?

How ironic.

5.56mm


35 posted on 04/24/2022 1:01:24 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho need to go.)
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To: Husker24
Hopefully he stipulated that the $327 left in his checking account go toward purchasing carbon credits to offset his charring. < /sarc >

36 posted on 04/24/2022 1:02:27 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: TheWriterTX
All the global warming alarmists should commit to reducing their carbon footprint in such spectacular fashion.

...along with the alarmists who think the planet is overpopulated. My advice to them, "Lead by example. Off yourself now." Nooooooo, it's always someone else who should be killed to save the planet.

37 posted on 04/24/2022 1:03:19 PM PDT by OrangeHoof ("Rust" may be the first movie where the blooper reel gets more viewings than the actual film.)
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To: Bonemaker

Did he care nothing about the emissions he generated?


38 posted on 04/24/2022 1:05:37 PM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: Bonemaker

Ow! That must have hurt like the dickens!


39 posted on 04/24/2022 1:05:47 PM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Bonemaker

He should have talked all his friends into doing it.


40 posted on 04/24/2022 1:06:32 PM PDT by Bloodandgravy (Become passers-by.)
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