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

[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.'

[VTenigma]

A lot of stuff happened fur sure.

[higgmeister]

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.

And So What!?!?!

[jonascord]

They want to kill you, and you think you deserve it?

They aren't human.

[Delta 21]

Judging from some of the videos I think he underestimated how much it was gonna hurt.

At least in some instances being stupid does hurt but it was a short lived epiphany.

[from occupied ga]

One Less “climate activist.” What’s not to like?

[muir_redwoods]

He was clearly mentally ill.

[Bonemaker]

👍

[DCBryan1]

I actually LOL’d at his wailing. All the pain and suffering he endured on Earth Day is incomparable to what he has in store for him for all eternity. Good riddance.

[isthisnickcool]

“He was clearly mentally ill”.

Not anymore.....

[RetiredTexasVet]

To Global warming incendiaries.. I have a couple gallons of that nasty “hydrocarbon fuel” (aka Fossil Fuel) that I will give you in a pinch to ensure your immolation.