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I do not dislike Greta the person, I dislike the rethoric around her; At face value she is a young, smart and motivated person who asks us to just ‘listen to sc
by fvdessen 7y ago
I do not dislike Greta the person, I dislike the rethoric around her; At face value she is a young, smart and motivated person who asks us to just ‘listen to science’, and I have no problem with that.
The problem I have is that there is a plethora of very powerful people hiding behind her[1] when she says ‘listen to science’ it means ‘listen to those people’. But you cannot debate with what those people propose because you are only presented with Greta, and any critique is countered with ‘how dare you criticise a child’
[1] For example she is working with greenpeace who’s agenda on climate is IMHO completely removed from science
- yongjik 7y agoThat's an odd complaint to make regarding a "controversy" where one side kept being fueled by advocates in the pocket of the fossil fuel industry...