Greta Thunberg - brave campaigner or deeply disturbed?

[Matthew Best]

I don't read the Daily Fail, naturally. And I doubt anything it says about Thunberg.

 

[Dave Rogers]

She reduced the number of trips her father and her had to take by 4 (trips that were not necessary to make in the first place), and increased the number of trips the crew had to make by 4.

The statement was that 2 people had to fly out, wasn't it, not that 2 had to fly out and 2 fly back?

Dave

 

[Dr. Keith]

If you understand that propaganda doesn't have to be based on lies, the answer is rather obvious. Pope, Princes, Parliaments.

You're not making any sense. Did the Pope abuse her? Do you think talking to the Pope is some form of abuse?

Can you be less cryptic for those of us clearly not understanding how you are comparing her treatment to the other examples of abuse you used?

 

[Matthew Best]

""This voyage symbolises two things: that it's not easy to replace fossil fuels, and that overcoming this challenge can be a great adventure."

Boris Herrmann.

 

[Checkmite]

The statement was that 2 people had to fly out, wasn't it, not that 2 had to fly out and 2 fly back?

Dave

Right, because they'll be taking the boat back.

 

[theprestige]

Right, because they'll be taking the boat back.

According to the report two of the passengers outbound will be flying back instead of returning with the boat.

 

[uke2se]

Right, because they'll be taking the boat back.

Yes, I think that was the idea.

 

[Checkmite]

According to the report two of the passengers outbound will be flying back instead of returning with the boat.

Again, nothing to do with Thunberg.

 

[theprestige]

Again, nothing to do with Thunberg.

Enh. Sort of.

 

[lionking]

Well then, that's perfect. There's the excuse you need to ignore her.

Problem is, right wingers can't ignore her, because she's still a massive problem for them.

Well said.

The contortions that conservatives in this thread are going through to discredit Greta are a sight to behold.

 

[Checkmite]

Enh. Sort of.

Not in the least.

 

[arthwollipot]

So it's a publicity stunt.

It's working.

 

[Wayward son]

The statement was that 2 people had to fly out, wasn't it, not that 2 had to fly out and 2 fly back?

Dave

The next line said that according to the same spokesperson two crew members may be flying back.

Also, of course Greta and her father are not taking the boat back, so best case scenario this trip was a wash (2 for 2 - although as I have said this trip was not a necessity in the first place) and possibly it was 2 for 4 (or worse, as other stories have put the crew flights as being higher than 4)

 

[Wayward son]

Well then, that's perfect. There's the excuse you need to ignore her.

Problem is, right wingers can't ignore her, because she's still a massive problem for them.

She's not. Climate change deniers love her, just as they loved Naomi Klein and all of their similar clones. They make an easy target to write about and mock. And they will never accomplish a thing.

It's really just two cults going after their caricature of the other side. They need each other.

 

[BrooklynBaby]

It's hilarious to watch Bernie the Socialist promising to spend 16 trillion dollars on the climate change hoax while 60,000 people in L.A. are taking dumps on the street and eating garbage.

 

[lionking]

She's not. Climate change deniers love her, just as they loved Naomi Klein and all of their similar clones. They make an easy target to write about and mock. And they will never accomplish a thing.

It's really just two cults going after their caricature of the other side. They need each other.

The difference, of course, is that millennials and younger generations are taking notice of her. Possibly the last generation with any chance of undoing the crap older generations have inflicted on the world.

 

[Checkmite]

So it's a publicity stunt.

It's working.

That's essentially what activism is; attracting publicity to a cause.

 

[arthwollipot]

That's essentially what activism is; attracting publicity to a cause.

Agreed. She's doing great.

 

[uke2se]

She's not. Climate change deniers love her, just as they loved Naomi Klein and all of their similar clones. They make an easy target to write about and mock. And they will never accomplish a thing.

It's really just two cults going after their caricature of the other side. They need each other.

Two cults? Those who accept the science are one cult and those who deny the science is the other. Then where does that leave you?

 

[Dave Rogers]

Also, of course Greta and her father are not taking the boat back, [...]

Your source for this?

Dave