3 ms·

Greta Thunberg became the new front in the Brexit culture war

4 points by ciconia 7y ago

preommr 7y ago
> Back in the 1990s, posing for men’s magazines in your knickers was a rite of passage for young actors and pop stars not so much older than Greta, but that feels a very long time ago now. ??? This threw me for a loop because of how random it felt.
- DanBC 7y ago
  It's saying that this young woman, who faces discriminatory comments on at least 3 fronts (sex, age, and neuro-diversity) is appearing on the front cover of a magazine purely because of her ideas and her work, not because of her tits.
mytailorisrich 7y ago
She is targeted because she is the embodiment of many things wrong in our society. She was created by her mother's PR campaign (credit where credit's due, she built a prosperous business). She is nothing but hot wind and yet she has been elevated to a status of idol, a sort of cultish priestess. It all started with her campaign to have pupils "strike" from school. Thinking of the importance of education and of how many children in the world don't have proper access to it that was really an appalling display of "spoiled rich kid tantrum". But the really bad thing is that this caught up to the point that she is now invited to give speeches in front of national parliaments. If politicians wonder why many people despise them they should look no further, and I think this is what populist, and fake news experts, like those mentioned in the article has seized upon (it takes one to know one). Now, she is sailing across the Atlantic to send a message against air travel... accompanied by a Prince who owns a helicopter taxi company that does trips between Monaco and Nice Airport, and who will fly back to Europe while a new crew will fly to the US to sail the boat back. It's a bit like Google organising a "Camp" for the rich and famous to attend by private jets and yachts... supposedly to discuss the environment. Environmental issues are not a circus. She is a godsend for climate change deniers.

4 points by ciconia 7y ago

> Back in the 1990s, posing for men’s magazines in your knickers was a rite of passage for young actors and pop stars not so much older than Greta, but that feels a very long time ago now. ??? This threw me for a loop because of how random it felt.

DanBC 7y ago
It's saying that this young woman, who faces discriminatory comments on at least 3 fronts (sex, age, and neuro-diversity) is appearing on the front cover of a magazine purely because of her ideas and her work, not because of her tits.

mytailorisrich 7y ago

She is targeted because she is the embodiment of many things wrong in our society. She was created by her mother's PR campaign (credit where credit's due, she built a prosperous business). She is nothing but hot wind and yet she has been elevated to a status of idol, a sort of cultish priestess. It all started with her campaign to have pupils "strike" from school. Thinking of the importance of education and of how many children in the world don't have proper access to it that was really an appalling display of "spoiled rich kid tantrum". But the really bad thing is that this caught up to the point that she is now invited to give speeches in front of national parliaments. If politicians wonder why many people despise them they should look no further, and I think this is what populist, and fake news experts, like those mentioned in the article has seized upon (it takes one to know one). Now, she is sailing across the Atlantic to send a message against air travel... accompanied by a Prince who owns a helicopter taxi company that does trips between Monaco and Nice Airport, and who will fly back to Europe while a new crew will fly to the US to sail the boat back. It's a bit like Google organising a "Camp" for the rich and famous to attend by private jets and yachts... supposedly to discuss the environment. Environmental issues are not a circus. She is a godsend for climate change deniers.