R.I.P. Scout26
On the scene at the Supreme Court where a man reportedly tried to set himself on fire. He was airlifted according to @CapitolPolice @NewsNation pic.twitter.com/vaH2AEXLxz — Kellie Meyer (@KellieMeyerNews) April 22, 2022
Sean Langille@SeanLangilleDEVELOPING: @ChadPergram reports a man has set himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court.6:39 PM · Apr 22, 2022·TweetDeck
The man — who was 50 and from Boulder, Colorado — went to the plaza in front of the court building at about 6:30 p.m. and set himself on fire, D.C. Metropolitan Police said. He was air lifted to a hospital before he died from his injuries
According to a story on Not the Bee, the man was a climate activist. He might have been planning his self-immolation for about a year.https://notthebee.com/article/climate-activist-dies-after-setting-himself-on-fire-outside-supreme-court/
And he took virtue signaling to a whole new level.
So his last act on this earth was polluting the atmosphere with burned and unburned particulate matter which may have included hydrocarbons (most likely). I guess we can say he left a personal carbon footprint which cannot be offset by anything he can do. There is a word I am searching for here... ummm.. ummm... irony, yea that could be it.bob
Not really a new form of protest. It's been done.
If he wanted to do something for the planet he should have thrown himself into an eclectic wood chipper next to one of the trees near the SC.
Typo, or a pun that's over my head?
If only he had been wearing some tires.....
That's been done, too.
Bruce is not the first climate activist to kill himself via self-immolation. In 2018, a prominent LGBT attorney named Bruce Buckell lit himself on fire in New York in the name of environmentalism.
The important question remains unanswered:Does Greta Thunberg approve or disapprove of his action?
