Climate activists have hailed Wynn Bruce as a martyr for burning himself alive before the U.S. Supreme Court steps in protest of climate change.
As Breitbart News previously reported, 50-year-old Wynn Bruce died from injuries he sustained after lighting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court to raise awareness about climate change [bold, links added]:
In an incident report, the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) stated that 50-year-old Wynn Bruce of Boulder, Colorado, carried out the act at about 6:05 p.m. Friday, the Hill noted. The MPD, Supreme Court Police, and Capitol Police responded to the scene. After being conveyed to a local hospital via helicopter, Bruce died of his injuries.
According to Bruce’s Facebook page, he was a practicing Buddhist performing an act of self-immolation.
In the hours following his untimely death, climate activists have taken to social media to hail him as a hero who performed a compassionate act of self-sacrifice.
“Climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce set himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court on Earth Day. He died from this act of self-immolation. Heed his warning. Take climate crisis seriously. End fossil fuels,” tweeted Washington Congressional candidate Rebecca Parson.
“This guy was my friend. He meditated with our sangha. This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for at least one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved,” tweeted Dr. Kritee K, a Zen Buddhist priest and senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).
This guy was my friend. He meditated with our sangha. This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for atleast one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved. https://t.co/bHoRaLK6Fr
— Dr. K. Kritee (@KriteeKanko) April 24, 2022
May the self immolation of Wynn Bruce on April 22, 2022, Earth Day , at the steps of the Supreme Court be an awakening to the American people. He was pleading with the world in a final act of activism to stop our very own annihilation . May we listen. #ClimateActionNow https://t.co/J3qzha5Str
— FemmeFatale (@TheFemBossB) April 24, 2022
Read rest and more tweets at Breitbart
Apparently he didn’t care about the “carbon footprint” he had to end his life. Could have done himself in any number of ways without adding to the CO2 in the atmosphere!
@ Steve Bunten… Exactly!…. He could have used solar until he dried like a prune. No CO2 expended.
Really though… This is sad because of the people that duped this man into thinking that there actually is a man made climate change crisis. Shame on them!
Its becoming a like radical Cult these Climate Activists a cult that demands a Sacrifice like the Pagans did with Children and Virgins as a sacrifice to their false gods they worshiped and the Aztecs are perfect example but there are many others as well
Sad commentary on the misguided ideology of the climate “zealots.” I hardly interpret this as a “deeply fearless act of compassion.” Promoting a CLEAN, scalable & sustainable energy alternative moving forward is a LOT more constructive endeavor for mankind. This misinformed individual solves NOTHING by lighting himself on fire, period…
Do feel sorry for people in his family, but he has shown that the result is tragic when things get “hot”. ( OUCH !)
There is a episode of Hawaii 5-0 about a Eco-Fanatic who shoots down a Crop Duster Plane Killing the Pilot and at the end sets themself ablaze in a Sugarcane Field