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I cant help but think that those girls were selected specifically because they re underage. That they would attract trolls is an inevitability.
by buboard 7y ago
I cant help but think that those girls were selected specifically because they re underage. That they would attract trolls is an inevitability.
- neogodless 7y agoIs the solution to suppress their voices, rather than protect them from trolls and suppress the voices of the trolls?
- crazynick4 7y agoWe shouldn't suppress any voices, unless they're outright calling for violence. We also shouldn't elevate our children to become spokespeople for the world. Let kids be kids.
- simplyinfinity 7y agoIf the kids WANT to participate, why not let them? This girl started protesting by herself.She took initiative, raised her voice and dis something. Should we stop her from doing that?
- crazynick4 7y agoBecause they're kids and they don't have a clue. If I was her parent, I would have stopped her. She should be getting an education, so she doesn't end up as a homeless activist one day.
- buboard 7y agoNo just dont amplify them so incredibly much. They are children in the end, they deserve protection Trolling is a fundamental right , not being trolled is not
- iron0013 7y agoThey would be protected by meaningful government action on climate change. A comfortable childhood will mean nothing to these kids if their adulthoods are ruined by the consequences of the inaction of older generations, and the kids know it and want to do something about it.
- buboard 7y agothis rhetoric is going a bit too far. The UN children's convention protects children . When (and if) climate change will affect these people they will be adults.
- iron0013 7y agoWhat rhetoric? And of course, by the time they are adults it will be far too late to act.
- buboard 7y agothe rhetoric that "inaction is violating children's rights". It's a slippery slope: What about financial debt?
- iron0013 7y agoDon’t put words in my mouth. And what about financial debt? Is the only argument you have non sequitur? Or do you just feel like it’s important you keep talking even when you have nothing left to say?
- buboard 7y agoi m referring to this https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/09/23/Greta-Thunberg-15-young-activists-sue-five-countries-over-climate-change/3501569265271/ https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2019/09/23/Greta-Thunberg-1...
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- weberc2 7y agoThe solution is not picking children from the crowd to use as your political shield.
- throwaway5752 7y ago"Selected" by who? George Soros? Young people are going to start speaking out disproportionately about gun violence in school and how it relates to pathological communities like 8chan and Gab, and climate change because it's their future. Half of them will be female. "Young girls not being able to express an opinion because of trolls" is a totally ass-backwards way of looking at the situation. Society in the age of social media just needs a way of shoving trolls back under the rocks they've historically sleazed around under.
- buboard 7y agoBy the media
- rdtwo 7y agoWhat you are describing is a common leftist trolling tactic that is highly effective. Here is a video on woke brands that describes the process. https://youtu.be/06yy88tLWlg https://youtu.be/06yy88tLWlg essentially they take a person that Is in some protected class or group, make them say something thats slightly left but not super controversial, then invite right wing trolls to the party and give the trolls a bunch of publicity while playing victim. It’s a super popular viral market strategy right now.