Posted on 09/20/2019 5:46:18 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Hundreds of thousands of young people worldwide on Friday are participating in the Global Climate Strike as organizers say it is expected to be the biggest day of protests ever surrounding the issue of climate change.
The protests kicked off in Australia, where organizers said more than 300,000 people gathered in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and other cities. Melbourne hosted the largest demonstration, with more than 100,000 climate activists attending, CNN reported the organizers as saying.
The strike has been largely organized and shared by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, who started #FridaysForFuture climate strikes on her own in August 2018 by sitting in front of the Swedish parliament in protest of her home country’s inaction on climate change.
Thunberg retweeted footage from protests around the world Friday, all calling for world leaders to act on climate change because "our window for effective climate action is closing fast," the strike's website says.
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We now follow youth and naïveté instead of respecting age and wisdom.
This is the new Childrens' Crusade.
Many of the most visible protesters will have been compensated for participation.
As for the kids, heck, any excuse to get out of the classroom.
Will anyone in the media ask who paid for the busses, the meals and (plastic) water bottles, and the signs?
I suspect most of these people contributed very little to their respective societies on Fridays anyhow. No great loss so consequently no great impact.
So it really isn’t a “strike” so much as yet another of a long long line of tiresome Leftist demonstrations/whinefests.
For some reason I read that headline “strike” as in Air Assault STRIKE!
It sounded better that way.
Thousands out of billions is a rounding error.
MAss Hysteria and Craziness.
Demonstrating against the Westher? Screaming at the sky?
Soon they will morph towards offering virgins to volcanoes.
So, a bunch of kids decide to skip school.... who cares?
Your kids, you know nothing... go back and get educated, if you can....
Sorry if I don’t take my council from people who I have T shirts that are older than them.
Isaiah 3:12...
The MSM is showing all the Climate Strike protests around the world....but none in China or India....the two largest polluters.
Following a fraudulent climate claim is one thing....ignoring the largest polluters is another.
The MSM is showing all the Climate Strike protests around the world....but none in China or India....the two largest polluters.
Following a fraudulent climate claim is one thing....ignoring the largest polluters is another.
Yo, Greta, have you noticed that the way politicians propose “solving” climate change is by spending massive amounts of money? Guess who is going to pay for all these solutions? You, my dear. And your children should you choose to have any.
hey cnn, 6.97 billion sat the protest out...
just saying.
the consensus looks to be settled.
The numbers will have to be 'adjusted' just like climate data.
Maybe they're give us a computer model projection of how large the crowds would be if x-number of people cared.
Using a 16-year old with Asperger syndrome to push a political agenda is sick and disgusting. Her parents and handlers are pathetic.
“Thousands worldwide”? Out of 7.5 billion? Some strike.
I just turned off my kitchen light. TV is still on, but I’ll turn it off at 530 pm when I leave for dinner. I’m using my laptop, but it’s not plugged in (haha).
Exactly.
This is a fly speck on an elephant. A lot of talk but no do.
This won't amount to anything more than a day playing hooky from school.
Hale, NYC is letting all of their kids out of school to protest, like it's some sort of national holiday or something.
So, Greta...have you sailed to China yet to give them a piece of your mind? India? Russia?
Now it's spreading to the kids, but they are all insane.
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