I used the words hostility Sidney and I have nothing but admiration for the girl. I still think she is too young to be in the firing line though which she most certainly is.
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I was thinking of other posters a lot more than you
But these posters are only a manifestation of a wider phenomenon in mass media
The modus operandi is to try and delegitimise and mock the entire environmental movement
Faux concern trolling for a girl they actually desperately want to vilify is an integral part of that
Greta is an outstanding leader - she isnât putting across a complicated message - she is drawing attention to it and embarrassing a lot of people just by being straight up
You cannot fake or influence the sort of passion she showed yesterday
Itâs precisely because the climate crisis deniers are so powerless to combat her activism that they so fear her - she is genuinely driving a change in attitude worldwide
Lads like @Tassotti boast about wanting to assault her and then talk about child abuse
You couldnât make it up
That sort of ideology is now front and centre in mainstream worldwide right wing politics - that a child should be vilified and threatened
And then the target of that abuse is blamed, not those who are aiming that abuse and threats
Classic victim blaming - the international mainstream right-wing is silent on this abuse and threats, precisely because they agree with it, because they feel itâs the only way to silence her
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Donât teenagers always make claims like that over trivial matters.
She must have a very tough life. My grandpappa was working full time for a stonemason when he was 14 years old. He never cribbed about his dreams and childhood being stolen. He just got up and on with it.
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This sounds like a Dolmio ad.
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Nice story but whatâs that got to do with anything.Its 2019 m8,get with the times.
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Fully agree.
I was at a work-related thing recently when the conversation ended up going down the route of a bunch of people in their 30s-50s basically taking about how privileged and self-absorbed teens are, and their phones this and their phones that, and selfies this and selfies that.
I bit my lip, but for absolute fuck sake - what a bunch of old farts. Weâre not supposed to understand teenagers. All we can do is show some empathy and encouragement.
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And these 30/50 year old knobs had their tvâs and radio cassette players that their parents used to whine about.
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2019 has lost its shit.
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Fuck off.
Iâve no idea. Probably not. Why do we bother sending kids to school at all?
To educate them and give them the tools theyâll need to get forward in life.
Her educators should be very proud of her.
And itâs the children who are the problem??
To allow teachers fund their 4 month holidays.
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Deflection ahoy
No, itâs guys like you defending and enabling that type of hysteria.
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Doireann Garrihy
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Do you think you would do a better job of addressing the UN?
Oh I would, yeah.
Write us a sample speech there please
âGood evening ladies and gentlemen, heads of state, ambassadors, Secretary General, just back from the LIT Gaelic GroundsâŚâ
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