Another actor activist.
Posted on 12/15/2019 10:18:46 PM PST by conservative98
It’s just a bunch of hot air.
A German railway company has taken back an apology they made to Greta Thunberg after they realized the climate activist wasn’t schlepping it on the train’s floor but instead was treated “friendly” in first class.
The rail company was responding to an image Thunberg tweeted of herself sitting amid bags and suitcases on the floor of what she called “overcrowded trains through Germany.”
The company, Deutsche Bahn, initially released a statement that said they “continue working hard on getting more trains, connections and seats.”
They also thanked Thunberg for supporting the company’s battle against climate change and pointed out that the train she used had been running 100 percent on eco-friendly electricity.
But upon reflection, Deutsche Bahn said that Thunberg’s “overcrowded” claims were just hot air.
The rail company claimed that the teenager had a seat in first class between Kassel and Hamburg and that other members of her team were already sitting in first class from Frankfurt onwards.
“It would have been even nicer if you had also reported how friendly and competently our team served you at your seat in first class,” the company added.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
[Think back to when you were 16. There were plenty of brats, creeps, and know-it-alls in their mid teens. She is not above reproach because of her age.]
My point is that she is of the age at which her parents ought to be encouraging her to be joyful, open minded, and happy - rather than becoming a dogmatic figurehead at 16 years of age.
Having ridden on German rail, I will offer this observation. You don’t just show up at some station and buy a ticket for tomorrow, even for first-class, and expect seats to be available. You pay the extra 5 to 10 Euro, and thus you get the reserved seat.
In this case, this kid’s handlers rigged up a 30 to 38 hour railway trip (all first class), without any reserved seats. I can tell you on weekends...even in first class, particularly from Munich to Frankfurt or Berlin to Hamburg, you will be challenged to find a regular seat or a first class seat...so reservations matter.
Also, on the cost factor...a round-trip airline ticket (tourist ticket) from Madrid to Oslo....would have been 170 Euro. But for one-way on the railway, at first-class? She probably paid near 700 Euro for this Madrid to Oslo ticket.
The last thing on Earth that I’d do...is ride 30-odd hours on rail, avoiding a 3-hour airline flight.
I have travelled extensively by train in Europe for years. I can’t recall seeing a set belt.
The one time I did see people sitting in the aisles of an overcrowded train was out of Fankfurt. Spring break had just started and kids were headed to Britain. The train was so crowded that my wife and I could not get to our first class seats. I sat in the aisle on our luggage.
During that trip we never saw anyone to check our tickets and border customs did not bother to check passports on the borders.
Well, you sure don’t hold back, now do you? Lol!
Sometimes, I agree with your view, other times, I just wait for this flavor of the week, this Empty Vessel to fade away
from the headlines. At least we’re not seeing people like
David Hogg (the so called gun activist) very much during the school year.
You will know when Gretamania is on the wane.
One clue will be when her handlers begin to get close and sometimes negative publicity. That includes her parents.
Greta claimed there were 250,000 at the NYC Climate Week protest; MSM reported it, mostly unquestioningly.
authorities later said it was around 60,000, but most MSM didn’t correct:
give credit to NYT for once!
Protesting Climate Change, Young People Take to Streets in a Global Strike
NYT - 20 Sept 2019
In New York City, the mayor’s office estimated that 60,000 people marched through the narrow streets of Lower Manhattan, while organizers put the total at 250,000...
Global climate change strike today
CBS - 20 Sept 2019
Thunberg tweeted there were an estimated 250,000 people at the New York City march…
Greta was even worse in Madrid, claming 500,000 when authorities said there were 15,000:
6 Dec: Common Dreams: Even as 500,000 March in Madrid, Greta Thunberg Warns Climate Movement Has ‘Achieved Nothing’ Until Emissions Fall
by Andrea Germanos
In a tweet from the march and rally, Thunberg said the marchers may have numbered as many as half a million — a figure echoed by Greenpeace Germany...
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/06/even-500000-march-madrid-greta-thunberg-warns-climate-movement-has-achieved-nothing
6 Dec: AP: Activists cheer for “Greta!”, urge climate action in Madrid
By ARITZ PARRA and FRANK JORDANS
Organizers claimed 500,000 people turned out for the march, but authorities in Madrid put the number at 15,000 without an immediate explanation for the disparity in the count.
The Swedish teen was followed on her first day in Madrid by a swarm of cameras an reporters…
https://apnews.com/f2ad508ad81d98408357b2fa536bbcd9
btw Greenpeace were one of the organisers of the Madrid protest, so they would inflate the numbers, just as Greta would. it’s all fake PR for a fake gloBULL warming hoax.
That’s a long trip to make via train just for appearances.
I’m sure she has the resources to fly whenever her group thinks they can get away with it.
She made a big propaganda deal about this (staged ) supposed lack of a seat for poor little Greta.
Gretta will be 17 years old January 3, 2020.
You’re right, but I’m thinking her parents are worse than she is. Just as bad as the maniacs we have that think a 4 yr old should choose their gender, then we find out that it’s the parents pushing that on them.
Yup. But of course, the Left doesn’t care about that as long as its agenda is pushed.
Then in another year she’ll be an adult. If this kids got any brains she’ll keep her mouth shut or she’ll find out what a libel suit can do or a punch in the mouth.
So far, the Greta-adventure team has not opted a single time for flights. Whether she can sustain this adventure-attitude or not...is a question mark.
She now returns to Sweden....five months into the school year. I have my doubts that she did any tutor business while on this save-the-Earth tour.
Over the past six months, I would suggest that a fair number of Swedes have opted-out of the pro-Greta theme, and now question the whole discussion.
I would venture to say, Greta Thunderberg is receiving substantial backing, and is not who everyone thinks she is.
We have a 16 year female from Europe, drive across the U.S. in a Tesla, trashing the interior of the car, and using plastic everything, and no one asking any questions!
Parents from another continent, letting a mentally challenged 16 year girl drive all over North America in a Tesla?
Hmmm...
They used her age would garner sympathy and shield her...
She’s an actress...or rather, a sock puppet...
Another actor activist.
Does a leftist ever tell the truth?
All of those bags filled with stuff represents a large carbon footprint. How many resources and energy goes into making one shirt - and she has SO many. Of course all that extra weight makes the train, vehicle, or airplane use more energy as well.
I truly believe that in the next few years, after her role in climate change is done, she will attempt to reclaim the limelight by announcing she is a transgender boy. She already has Asbergers, which is an existing mental illness that is present in many girls that have recently and suddenly decided that they are “boys”.
Not and unusual occurrence when posting out of my posterior.
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