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She's a 16 year old who's chosen to make this her life cause I'd hardly say she's being used

by Torok 7y ago

lazyguy2 7y ago
It's a safe assumption nowadays. People using children for propaganda is extremely common. If she was a 45 year old accountant trying to take a stand on climate change I don't think she would be trotted out like this.
- vvanders 7y ago
  A 45 year old accountant may not have to face the same impact of climate change as someone who's ~30 years younger. I'm not shocked that someone from a younger generation is worried about the long term impacts of climate change and how it may change their future.
- atoav 7y ago
  > If she was a 45 year old accountant trying to take a stand on climate change I don't think she would be trotted out like this. Because she inspired many other kids her age to start speaking up and do something. I can clearly remember when I was 16 and started to realize how bad the grown ups were actually at implementing all these things they thought me I should value. Starts with democracy and goes to environmentalism. On a symbolic level she represents the generations who will get the blunt of it. The generations that will have to battle all of that mess the generations before them created. I don't really see, why her decision to use that publicity should be any kind of valid critizism really, unless it is meant to be an ad hominem attack to avoid talking about the topic.
- andrepd 7y ago
  No, it's particularly striking that a high-school age girl has taken the initiative to start such large protests and raise awareness about the issue and about the fact that something needs to be done yesterday. More generally, we find young people protesting and taking action against irresponsible, greedy, amoral "45-year olds" (as you put it) that yield the power and use it to enrich themselves at the cost of a trashed planet for the next generation. I think it's pretty obvious what the message here is: the (older) politicians and business men are incompetent or corrupt, the powerless youngsters are showing themselves to be infinitely more responsible. It's a striking image.
gnusty_gnurc 7y ago
"chosen" as though she probably doesn't come from a position of privilege and left-leaning parents

She's a 16 year old who's chosen to make this her life cause I'd hardly say she's being used

by Torok 7y ago

She's a 16 year old who's chosen to make this her life cause I'd hardly say she's being used

It's a safe assumption nowadays. People using children for propaganda is extremely common. If she was a 45 year old accountant trying to take a stand on climate change I don't think she would be trotted out like this.

vvanders 7y ago
A 45 year old accountant may not have to face the same impact of climate change as someone who's ~30 years younger. I'm not shocked that someone from a younger generation is worried about the long term impacts of climate change and how it may change their future.
atoav 7y ago
> If she was a 45 year old accountant trying to take a stand on climate change I don't think she would be trotted out like this. Because she inspired many other kids her age to start speaking up and do something. I can clearly remember when I was 16 and started to realize how bad the grown ups were actually at implementing all these things they thought me I should value. Starts with democracy and goes to environmentalism. On a symbolic level she represents the generations who will get the blunt of it. The generations that will have to battle all of that mess the generations before them created. I don't really see, why her decision to use that publicity should be any kind of valid critizism really, unless it is meant to be an ad hominem attack to avoid talking about the topic.
andrepd 7y ago
No, it's particularly striking that a high-school age girl has taken the initiative to start such large protests and raise awareness about the issue and about the fact that something needs to be done yesterday. More generally, we find young people protesting and taking action against irresponsible, greedy, amoral "45-year olds" (as you put it) that yield the power and use it to enrich themselves at the cost of a trashed planet for the next generation. I think it's pretty obvious what the message here is: the (older) politicians and business men are incompetent or corrupt, the powerless youngsters are showing themselves to be infinitely more responsible. It's a striking image.

gnusty_gnurc 7y ago

"chosen" as though she probably doesn't come from a position of privilege and left-leaning parents