Activist set himself on fire – died for it?

Essay by Eric Worrall

h / t Breitbart; Climate activist Boulder Wynn Bruce died of self-injury, after setting himself on fire outside the US Supreme Court in Washington DC.

Boulder climate activist dies after apparent protest action outside US Supreme Court on Earth Day

Wynn Bruce’s friend says his move in Washington, DC, was planned to “bring attention to the climate crisis”

Via SHELLY BRADBURY | [email protected] and NEW YORK TIME TIME | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2022 at 6:05 p.m. | UPDATE: April 24, 2022 at 6:36 pm

The Boulder man who set himself on fire in front of the US Supreme Court on Earth Day appears to have acted to protest inaction on climate change.

Wynn Bruce, 50, a climate activist, died Saturday, a day later his actions before the nation’s highest court in Washington, D.C. He was airlifted for treatment but did not survive.

Kritee Kanko, who describes herself as a friend of Bruce’s and a Buddhist monk in Boulder, say on Twitter that Bruce’s actions were a planned protest.

“This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to draw attention to the climate crisis,” she said in a tweet.

She declined to comment further when contacted by The Denver Post on Sunday, saying she needed time to grieve.

However, she told The New York Times that she wasn’t entirely sure of Bruce’s motives, The newspaper reported itsays “people are being pushed to levels of climate grief and despair” and “what I don’t want to happen is young people start thinking about setting themselves on fire.”

There are indications that Bruce has been contemplating this move for some time.

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Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2022/04/24/wynn-bruce-climate-change-self-immolation/

We at WUWT are saddened by the loss that Wynn Bruce’s family and friends have suffered.

We urge anyone feeling extreme distress about climate change or anything else to reach out to friends and family and seek professional advice.