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I find using kids for political reasons to be problematic. I find using emotions instead of facts to sway the political discourse to be problematic. There are
by srbby 7y ago
I find using kids for political reasons to be problematic.
I find using emotions instead of facts to sway the political discourse to be problematic.
There are legitimate reasons to be concerned or even angry at this. Maybe not good enough reasons to create an account on Twitter and scream into the void, though.
- morgancmartin 7y agoAgreed. The line ought to be drawn at personal attacks against her. She's 16, a child, personally attacking her is disgusting behavior. By that same token, I also don't care what a 16 y.o. has to say about the state of the world. I just turned 25 a few months ago. Over the past 9 years, since I was 16, I've watched my cognitive abilities continually expand and now have a good feeling for just how ignorant I was when I was 16. I have no idea why this girl was let on stage to begin with and even less of an idea why it's news. Almost as disgusting as the personal attacks are the people whose decision it was to prop up a child on the global stage, for all the world to attack and criticize her, all to advance their political agenda. Gross.
- mieseratte 7y agoThis girl had no choice in her life of forced luxury travel, celebrity meetups, and endless media adoration. She takes on all these burdens instead of going to school. Her life is a nightmare scenario for any teenager. We need to respect that and listen. And how dare you criticize a 16 year old, that's not allowed!
- morgancmartin 7y agoUgh, you're right, compassion gets the better of me yet again. To be honest, her brave stance has really made me feel so lucky for the way I was able to live my 16th year. Hard manual labor for low pay during the summers, social anxiety about my social status and the mind-numbing tedium of school were the absolute best. I can't imagine where she finds the strength to give all of that up.
- mariushn 7y agoKids have much more to lose from climate change than today's decision makers (most over 40-50 years old)
- JeanMarcS 7y agoSo what about Severn Cullis (12 yo then) ? What about Malala Yousafzai (16) ? Is being young disqualifying for having strong opinions ?
- djsumdog 7y agoWhat about the Nayirah testimony? (Which proved later to be entirely false, and led the United States into the first Iraq war)
- c0nducktr 7y agoYou're saying that the nayirah testimony is reason to disqualify all young people from voicing their opinion?
- whamlastxmas 7y agoSomewhat, yeah. You're overwhelmingly a product of your parents opinions and you're largely doing what they tell you to do or allow you to do. Because of this, it just comes across as shallow. Greta complained about how she should be at school and was blaming the politicians. In reality it's her parents' fault she's not in school.
- theK 7y agoSorry mate but that point about complaints is completely wrong. A demonstration, whatever the type, is exactly that by definition. People interrupting their jobs because officials are not doing theirs well enough.