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Greta Thunberg ends year with one of the greatest tweets in history
The Guardian ^ | 12/31/22 | Rebecca Solnit

Posted on 01/01/2023 7:19:41 AM PST by rod5591

There’s a direct association between machismo and the refusal to recognize and respond appropriately to the climate catastrophe. It’s a result of versions of masculinity in which selfishness and indifference – individualism taken to its extremes – are defining characteristics, and therefore caring and acting for the collective good is their antithesis.

Thunberg’s takedown clearly stung Tate, who 10 hours later tweeted out a pompous video in which he tried to reassert his masculinity and status by blathering on in a dressing gown, with a cigar and a pizza box as props. Not long after that, he and his brother Tristan Tate were arrested by Romanian authorities in connection with appalling allegations of sex trafficking. Tate is a troll and a creep; he’s also alleged to be a pimp and rapist. Tate denies all wrongdoing.

Tate is part of a huge network of far-right men online and he’d been banned from most social media platforms. Elon Musk’s Twitter let him back on not long before the tweet that was heard around the world.

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It appears that some are saying there is a direct connection to toxic masculinity and climate change denial. What hogwash.
1 posted on 01/01/2023 7:19:41 AM PST by rod5591
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To: rod5591

Never listen to a retard


2 posted on 01/01/2023 7:22:14 AM PST by Ouderkirk (The modern world demands that we approve what it should not even dare ask us to tolerate.)
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To: rod5591

According to the article: “Beyond the entertainment value of what transpired over the past few days is a serious reminder of the intersection between machismo, misogyny, hostility to climate action and climate science, and the dank underworld of rightwing characters like Tate recruiting white boys and young men to their views.”


3 posted on 01/01/2023 7:23:33 AM PST by rod5591
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To: rod5591

Guilt by association is always the first refuge of the dirtbag.

As to “climate change”:

https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-of-failed-eco-pocalyptic-predictions/

The “climate change” crowd are a cult of con artists.


4 posted on 01/01/2023 7:23:54 AM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: rod5591

It’s obvious by her method of “arguing”, that her position is baseless.

Same as calling a person ‘Hitler’.

She grows more and more unhinged. Is the loony bin far off?


5 posted on 01/01/2023 7:24:18 AM PST by simpson96
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To: rod5591

People falling all over themselves touting Greta’s greatness are just hacks trying to ride the coattails of an addled malignant narcissist.

Seriously, the fame and adoration Greta gets for being a brainwashed kid just blows me away.


6 posted on 01/01/2023 7:24:56 AM PST by jurroppi1 (The Left doesn't have ideas, it has cliches. H/T Flick Lives)
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7 posted on 01/01/2023 7:27:55 AM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: rod5591

Sounds like Miss Mawdawi is allowing her own personal emotions and bias influence her “journalism.”

“I am proud to write for the Guardian. But ethics can be expensive. Not having a paywall means that the Guardian has to regularly ask our readers to chip in. If you are able, please do consider supporting us. Only with your help can we continue to get on Elon Musk’s nerves.”

I won’t be “chipping in” to the Guardian . . .


8 posted on 01/01/2023 7:30:13 AM PST by MCSETots
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According to the article: “Beyond the entertainment value of what transpired over the past few days is a serious reminder of the intersection between machismo, misogyny, hostility to climate action and climate science, and the dank underworld of rightwing characters like Tate recruiting white boys and young men to their views.”

Misogyny? That's a left-wing hobby.

9 posted on 01/01/2023 7:30:17 AM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: rod5591

In case anyone needed to know The Guardian is not a legitimate news outlet...


10 posted on 01/01/2023 7:32:44 AM PST by Vision (Woke is communism and it has no place in America. Election Reform Now! Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: rod5591

The little retard didn’t tweet anything. Her media handlers did.


11 posted on 01/01/2023 7:34:34 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Chode

👍👍👍


12 posted on 01/01/2023 7:34:52 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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She also wrote:

“An 86-year-old Donald Trump is still threatening to run for president.”

If she can’t get her facts right on something that simple, how can people believe her on anything complicated?


13 posted on 01/01/2023 7:35:06 AM PST by KittyKares
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To: MCSETots

I’m surprised The Guardian had time to “print” an article that wasn’t Ukrainian propaganda.


14 posted on 01/01/2023 7:35:13 AM PST by EEGator
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To: rod5591

Yeah, she got Tate so good, the marxists had to have him and his brother arrested on trumped up charges.


15 posted on 01/01/2023 7:35:24 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: rod5591

Her parents have grifted off this mentally disordered thing, got their $$$$$, now turned her over to the hard Left, WEF, etc. What parent does that?


16 posted on 01/01/2023 7:35:47 AM PST by Pigsley (I)
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To: rod5591

I think it’s only appropriate that “the greatest tweet” in the history of tweets was twittered by an autistic Swedish Meatball who is providing income for herself and her worthless parents by exploiting a phony liberal political issue. Technically, she’s nothing more than a trained chimpanzee.


17 posted on 01/01/2023 7:37:32 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Amerika! The whole world is watching and laughing their asses off. )
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To: Vision

It looks like a newspaper, but it’s not.


18 posted on 01/01/2023 7:39:52 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is ████ █ ██████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ████████.)
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To: rod5591

This story takes a dump on Elon Musk too.


19 posted on 01/01/2023 7:40:51 AM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: rod5591

Then, again, us smart masculine men know BS when it is shoveled our way.


20 posted on 01/01/2023 7:47:32 AM PST by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nationThat of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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