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> We need something akin to civil rights movement. On the global scale. We also need someone other than Greta as the face of it. While she does a great job, sh
by hanniabu 7y ago
> We need something akin to civil rights movement. On the global scale.
We also need someone other than Greta as the face of it. While she does a great job, she's often dismissed due to her age and the US president has even publicly called her retarded in the literal sense.
- docdeek 7y ago"...publicly called her retarded" I didn't catch that one - is there a source? All I am Googling up is Trump telling her to chill, watch a movie, and a reference to anger management.
- arrrg 7y agoAnyone who becomes the face of this will be relentlessly smeared, with no regard for reality. People in the streets is probably what you need.
- hanniabu 7y agoThere's a difference between smeared and dismissed. I've even heard from people that think we need to make a change say "what does she know she's only a kid".
- roenxi 7y agoGreta is 16. A 16 year old brain is literally not fully developed. A global movement should be able to muster a better spokesperson than a child. No matter how earnest and scared a child may be, it is still a mistake to make major policy decisions on their say-so.
- pjc50 7y agoGreta was effectively chosen by the press. Yours is a standard attack line, because it allows you to pretend that it's only her saying this, and ignore all the thousands of others who've been saying similar things, from the IPCC to the Green Parties of the world.
- roenxi 7y agoThen they should find a spokeswoman among all those thousands who is both charismatic and also competent. A line of attack being standard doesn't make it bad. Putting forward a child to speak to world leaders and get worked up on behalf of other children isn't going to do the movement any favours. Greta is a puppet chosen because someone cynically thinks that putting a child on stage is going to tug on people's heartstrings. They might be right, but she doesn't have anything going for her that should command respect.
- flukus 7y agoIt doesn't matter who they pick, deniers are great diverting attention to smearing the person to take focus away from the issue, just take a look at how many still "herp derp al gore".
- roenxi 7y agoIt goes without saying that someone proposing we roll back our living standards and give up on the material comforts of the late modern era is going to have their character examined. It is reminiscent of the hazing process for candidates in major democratic roles. That does not make the flaws are irrelevant. She is being suggested as a leader but she is in no position to actually provide leadership. Al Gore also had a long list of problems, but he was much more respectable than Greta.