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Greta Thunberg apologizes after saying politicians should be put 'against the wall'
The Hill ^ | 12 14 2019 | Marina Pitofsky

Posted on 12/14/2019 6:59:34 PM PST by yesthatjallen

Greta Thunberg apologized Saturday after saying that politicians should be put "against the wall” after some critics alleged that the teen climate activist was advocating for violence against officials.

“Yesterday I said we must hold our leaders accountable and unfortunately said “put them against the wall”. That’s Swenglish: “att ställa någon mot väggen” (to put someone against the wall) means to hold someone accountable,” Thunberg tweeted.

“That’s what happens when you improvise speeches in a second language. But of course I apologise if anyone misunderstood this. I can not enough express the fact that I - as well as the entire school strike movement- are against any possible form of violence. It goes without saying but I say it anyway,” she continued.

Thunberg joined thousands of students in the Italian city of Turin Friday for a protest to push the country’s government to take greater action to curb carbon emissions. She traveled to the city from Madrid after attending a United Nations climate summit in Spain.

Thunberg told the crowd in Turin that world leaders are running away from their responsibilities to address carbon emissions and fight climate change, the Associated Press reported.

“We have to make sure that they cannot do that," she said. "We will make sure they, that we put them against the wall, and that they will have to do their job and to protect our futures."

In Swedish, the phrase “putting someone against the wall” means someone is forced to address difficult questions of a difficult situation.”

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To: yesthatjallen

101 posted on 12/14/2019 9:13:49 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: rlmorel

ROTFL


102 posted on 12/14/2019 9:14:39 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: yesthatjallen

As far as I can tell the idiom does not imply a firing squad in Swedish and she did not realize it did in English. And actually making a big deal about if she meant in that way or not seems distraction from the serious issue that she has been brainwashed by extreme Climate Alarmists to scream “How dare you?” at those who resist their scam, while using the fact that she is still just a teenager as a shield against criticism of her shrill antics.


103 posted on 12/14/2019 9:17:41 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: Yardstick

For the third time, stop being a coward and answer my question.


104 posted on 12/14/2019 9:18:49 PM PST by profit_guy
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To: profit_guy

Have a nice evening.


105 posted on 12/14/2019 9:19:47 PM PST by Yardstick
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To: yesthatjallen

Hell, that was about the only thing I agreed with that she ever said.


106 posted on 12/14/2019 9:19:58 PM PST by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: Fiddlstix
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"HOW DARE YOU!"

There fixed it.

107 posted on 12/14/2019 9:22:00 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: yesthatjallen

The best way to apologize is to go home and give the world some relief from your 15 minutes of angry infamy


108 posted on 12/14/2019 9:22:19 PM PST by chuckee
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To: Yardstick

LOL, now you’re running away while avoiding answering my question for the THIRD time.

We both know why you won’t answer it. It’s because it will expose you as a naive hypocrite.

CHECKMATE!


109 posted on 12/14/2019 9:22:28 PM PST by profit_guy
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To: profit_guy

Exactly.


110 posted on 12/14/2019 9:23:45 PM PST by Shady (One More Time: CO2 is PLANT FOOD! Without it we die. Any questions?)
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To: yesthatjallen

In addition to her health issue, she’s a little monster.

Every time I’ve seen her she’s seething, just furious at anyone she incorrectly perceives as some sort of criminal against Mother Nature.

She strikes me as a person that might do something over the line, she’s so convinced it would be justified.

Hope they are watching her and her close fellow travelers.


111 posted on 12/14/2019 9:26:41 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Pledge: "...and to the Democracy for which it stands..." I give up. Use the democRat meme...)
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To: yesthatjallen

Time for her to go back to school.


112 posted on 12/14/2019 9:26:45 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: yesthatjallen

Nobody cares what the malinformed and ignorant prostitute says.


113 posted on 12/14/2019 9:33:52 PM PST by Gargantua (.357 Magnum... reach out and touch someone... ;^)
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To: yesthatjallen

**Thunberg joined thousands of students in the Italian city of Turin Friday for a protest to push the country’s government to take greater action to curb carbon emissions**

And then she is heading for Beijing to march with thousands for a protest to push the country’s dictator, I mean, government to take greater action to curb carbon emissions.......

..... right?? Tell me she will.


114 posted on 12/14/2019 9:47:57 PM PST by Zuriel (Acts 2:38,39....Do you believe it?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Huge gaffe. And she said it in Turin. A hotbed of the Italian resistance against Mussolini, when the fascists did a lot of summary executions of rebels “against the wall”.


115 posted on 12/14/2019 9:59:14 PM PST by rfp1234 (All hail President Fartwell.)
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To: yesthatjallen

116 posted on 12/14/2019 10:01:57 PM PST by MacNaughton
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To: Yardstick

Agree you’re naive.

“my back was against the wall” implies fighting for your life.


117 posted on 12/14/2019 10:02:33 PM PST by A strike ( Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Salamander

That is a good question. She’s got his instability.


118 posted on 12/14/2019 10:02:51 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Jamestown1630
....."Whoever is feeding this kid all of this stuff is guilty of child abuse".....

Her parents Malena Ernman and Svante Thunberg are 'Antifa supporters' and are 'heavy' into weird "the planets on fire" eco. stuff....they relate and believe their own suffering is directly tied with the planet suffering........Her father, mother, and sister are all involved in 'theatre acting/singing' in some way or another. Even her grandfather was a director and actor. So she's grown learning how to act....and fearful of a dying planet..

Greta's facial features are influenced by Aspergers and/or also Soft Mongoloid. She also has OCD..her sister also has Asbergers and selective mutisim.


119 posted on 12/14/2019 10:06:27 PM PST by caww
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To: Secret Agent Man

The climate change movement is just a vehicle to justify a massive “redistribution of wealth,” a misleading phrase that means theft, i.e. socialism.

Greta Thunberg summed it up when she addressed an ‘Extinction Rebellion’ event in November 2018:

“…Rich countries need to get down to zero emissions within 6–12 years, so that people in poorer countries can heighten their standard of living by building some of the infrastructures that we have already built.”


120 posted on 12/14/2019 10:18:47 PM PST by caww
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