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Balrog0
09/23/19 2:00:11 PM
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I understand that she wants to do something to combat climate change and I've seen a lot of people talking about her on social media, but why is she well-known?

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emblem boy
09/23/19 2:01:47 PM
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She sailed on a no emission boat to get to the US or something like that.
Before that, not sure
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averagejoel
09/23/19 2:02:30 PM
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she's well-known because she's a good public speaker and is well-informed about the issues she talks about despite being young
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XXmiznatorXX
09/23/19 2:04:36 PM
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I saw her video just now on Yahoo talking just now. She is NOT a good speaker at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-un-climate-speech-how-dare-you-151148559.html
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Balrog0
09/23/19 2:05:09 PM
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oh yeah they had a climate strike at the schools here, didn't know she was behind that


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ThePrinceFish
09/23/19 2:05:29 PM
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Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.
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RebelElite791
09/23/19 2:06:05 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

The assfluster is real
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Balrog0
09/23/19 2:06:16 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
I saw her video just now on Yahoo talking just now. She is NOT a good speaker at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-un-climate-speech-how-dare-you-151148559.html


yeah I mean I was going to say something like this but I also find that 'good speaker' is very subjective and varies from person to person and lots of people do seem to find her compelling!

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RebelElite791
09/23/19 2:09:39 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

The assfluster is real

Stay impotent, Rebel. It's what you and Greta are good at.

What a retort!
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ThePrinceFish
09/23/19 2:11:26 PM
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RebelElite791 posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
RebelElite791 posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

The assfluster is real

Stay impotent, Rebel. It's what you and Greta are good at.

What a retort!

Almost as good as dropping the ol "u mad"

Oh wait I mean "the assfluster is real"
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MedeaLysistrata
09/23/19 2:14:05 PM
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Can you imagine being a UN official and having to listen to some teenager's lecture on the environment

I think that is where the criticism comes from
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Balrog0
09/23/19 2:16:08 PM
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Is it really that different from having to listen to any one else in the general public as an elected official? adults really think they know stuff and really dont like 99% of the time, she seems at least as informed as the average public comment to me

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ArchiePeck
09/23/19 2:18:17 PM
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She's an activist in climate change. She also has aspergers, which at least in part explains why she comes across so blunt and without social cue awareness in her speeches.

Good on her for achieving what she has so far in awareness with world leaders and inspiring a movement while having a challenging disability.
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Hanky_Bannister
09/23/19 2:21:34 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

This is trolling on a whole new pathetic level
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AlCalavicci
09/23/19 2:23:07 PM
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The one video I saw has the dude from Congress asking her why should we listen to the science?

like umm.. what? Are you an idiot ? Its fucking science

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FF_Redux
09/23/19 2:29:08 PM
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She started this in Sweden like a year ago. With the fridays for future thing where Swedish school kids would go on strike on Fridays, which imo is just a dumb excuse for kids to skip school.

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Hanky_Bannister
09/23/19 2:30:06 PM
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AlCalavicci posted...
The one video I saw has the dude from Congress asking her why should we listen to the science?

like umm.. what? Are you an idiot ? Its fucking science

in the stupid trump era of alternative facts its what they think they can do.

its quite insane we live in this advanced society yet every republican thinks facts are fake
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pls
09/23/19 2:30:20 PM
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Aeriis posted...
XXmiznatorXX posted...
I saw her video just now on Yahoo talking just now. She is NOT a good speaker at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-un-climate-speech-how-dare-you-151148559.html

I think climate change is very important but I'm cringing watching this video

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Balrog0
09/23/19 2:34:47 PM
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yeah I mean idk, I hate to sound ableist but the reason I made this topic was that she it was obvious to me she was neuro-atypical from watching her speak and that usually precludes one from being seen as a good speaker but like I said obviously thats not the case here

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Hicks233
09/23/19 2:39:29 PM
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Token for her mother to virtue signal via.
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FF_Redux
09/23/19 2:41:34 PM
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Hicks233 posted...
Token for her mother to virtue signal via.


Her mother is a famous opera singer in Sweden.

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runuts27
09/23/19 2:47:08 PM
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I think most people believe in climate change, but don't really get it. That's why people think Greta and others are being alarmist. They think "well we'll switch to solar and wind eventually and it'll be ok", that's not how it works.

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Sir Will
09/23/19 2:47:28 PM
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AlCalavicci posted...
The one video I saw has the dude from Congress asking her why should we listen to the science?

like umm.. what? Are you an idiot ? Its fucking science

Republican congressman, so yes.
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Sir Will
09/23/19 2:49:13 PM
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http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/attacks-on-greta-thunberg-come-from-a-coordinated-network-of-climate-change-deniers/ar-AAHJcXE?ocid=ientp
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Hanky_Bannister
09/23/19 2:49:44 PM
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Smashingpmkns
09/23/19 2:52:21 PM
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I listened to her interview on NPR and I thought she was a good speaker tbh. She knows her stuff.
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Sir Will
09/23/19 2:52:52 PM
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Yup. Koch brothers helped kick this whole thing off. 1 down, 1 to go, but their evil has grown far beyond them at this point.
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XXmiznatorXX
09/23/19 2:52:55 PM
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Aeriis posted...
XXmiznatorXX posted...
I saw her video just now on Yahoo talking just now. She is NOT a good speaker at all.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/greta-thunberg-un-climate-speech-how-dare-you-151148559.html

I think climate change is very important but I'm cringing watching this video

Same. I'm all for climate change but this comes off as wayy too forced and scripted. It's like if a 16 yr old is trying to cut a WWE promo.
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gamer167
09/23/19 2:54:49 PM
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The media loves it when a sassy well spoken teenager gets behind a podium. She isnt saying anything ground breaking that other people arent also saying.

Good ratings though.
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The Great Muta 22
09/23/19 3:00:51 PM
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There's also the fact that high profile right wing pundits are comparing her talking about climate change as literal Nazi esqe propaganda, or that the biggest Trump supporting page on the internet doing the same while at the same time making fun of her.

Because they are all pieces of shit, obviously
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Balrog0
09/23/19 3:01:48 PM
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The Great Muta 22 posted...
There's also the fact that high profile right wing pundits are comparing her talking about climate change as literal Nazi esqe propaganda, or that the biggest Trump supporting page on the internet doing the same while at the same time making fun of her.

Because they are all pieces of shit, obviously


lmao damn really? everything I've seen about her has been overwhelmingly positive, but my social media space is all liberals with a smattering of leftists and libertarians (I just checked and a few of those did attack her but I missed it)

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MedeaLysistrata
09/23/19 3:04:00 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
Is it really that different from having to listen to any one else in the general public as an elected official? adults really think they know stuff and really dont like 99% of the time, she seems at least as informed as the average public comment to me

It's not at all about knowledge

It's about having the resources to maintain the life of principled change in the face of a crisis. The UN can't because it doesn't have legislative power.... because you need a border for that
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Solar_Crimson
09/23/19 3:07:48 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

So like with David, the Right is going to constantly have meltdowns over an outspoken child having left-wing opinions.
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ThePrinceFish
09/23/19 3:12:24 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

So like with David, the Right is going to constantly have meltdowns over an outspoken child having left-wing opinions.

"Meltdowns" rofl

Any criticism of children in politics is called a meltdown. Which is why the leftists are always peddling the children forward. They are supposed to be invulnerable to any form of criticism whatsoever.
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pinky0926
09/23/19 3:14:24 PM
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I'll sum it up for you.

Everyone over the age of 30: Kids these days are lazy and don't care about nothing!

*kid cares about something and does something about it*

Those same people: Wait...not like that
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DeadBankerDream
09/23/19 3:14:39 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
"Meltdowns" rofl

Any criticism of children in politics is called a meltdown.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1175848457191510016
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Solar_Crimson
09/23/19 3:17:52 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

So like with David, the Right is going to constantly have meltdowns over an outspoken child having left-wing opinions.

"Meltdowns" rofl

Any criticism of children in politics is called a meltdown. Which is why the leftists are always peddling the children forward. They are supposed to be invulnerable to any form of criticism whatsoever.

There were people threatening to kill and/or even rape David Hogg every time he opened his mouth. All because he took a stance against the Right's favorite toy, guns.
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Smashingpmkns
09/23/19 3:17:52 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Solar_Crimson posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah. Also much like David Hogg, she will spend a month as the hot new thing that everyone pretends matters before fading away because adults only pay lip service to teenagers' worthless political opinions.

So like with David, the Right is going to constantly have meltdowns over an outspoken child having left-wing opinions.

"Meltdowns" rofl

Any criticism of children in politics is called a meltdown. Which is why the leftists are always peddling the children forward. They are supposed to be invulnerable to any form of criticism whatsoever.


Conservatives gender swapped David Hogg's photos and did really weird and creepy shit. They definitely had a few meltdowns over him.
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Antifar
09/23/19 3:18:28 PM
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The conservative reaction to David Hogg was a bit much.
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SocialistGamer
09/23/19 3:19:33 PM
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Antifar posted...
The conservative reaction to David Hogg was a bit much.

I remember when people were trying to label him as a crisis actor.
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XXmiznatorXX
09/23/19 3:20:41 PM
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SocialistGamer posted...
Antifar posted...
The conservative reaction to David Hogg was a bit much.

I remember when people were trying to label him as a crisis actor.

Wasn't he not even at the school when it happened, though? It's been proven quite a few times.
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ROBANN_88
09/23/19 3:21:09 PM
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ThePrinceFish posted...
Much like David Hogg, she is a media appointed child messiah.


the 1st of December last year, a Swedish church parish got a bit of media attention for Tweeting this translated):
"Announcement! Jesus of Nazareth has now appointed one of his successors, namely Greta Thunberg."

some loved it.
others absolutely hated it.

by 6th of December they stopped tweeting altogether because of it
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ElatedVenusaur
09/23/19 3:22:20 PM
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A little over a year ago, she was sitting in front of the Swedish Parliament with a sign by herself. She got more classmates involved, got to talking with foreigners via social media, and this thing has grown from one girl in Sweden to a global phenomenon. Pretty fantastic story.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a357wp/isra-hirsi-ilhan-omar-daughter-climate-strike-profile

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Phantom_Nook
09/23/19 3:25:55 PM
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XXmiznatorXX posted...
SocialistGamer posted...
Antifar posted...
The conservative reaction to David Hogg was a bit much.

I remember when people were trying to label him as a crisis actor.

Wasn't he not even at the school when it happened, though? It's been proven quite a few times.

lol, they're still doing it.
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Freddie_Mercury
09/23/19 3:26:04 PM
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DeadBankerDream posted...
ThePrinceFish posted...
"Meltdowns" rofl

Any criticism of children in politics is called a meltdown.

https://mobile.twitter.com/DineshDSouza/status/1175848457191510016


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