When these Gretas physically start clearing the waters of garbage, I might start listening to them. First start in those turd world countries before they lecture those of us who leave the smallest carbon footprints.
Posted on 12/15/2019 5:53:05 AM PST by Kaslin
Once again, TIME has chosen a reliably liberal recipient to be “Person of the Year.” The winner is 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who has spent the past year appearing at rallies and giving speeches railing about the dangers of fossil fuels. At a 2018 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Poland, Thunberg claimed not to “care about being popular. I care about climate justice and the living planet."
In September, she spent two weeks sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in a zero-emissions yacht. Her destination was New York City for the United Nations Climate Action Summit. In a speech that made international headlines, Thunberg fulminated that world leaders “have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.” She challenged world leaders to stop destroying the future for young people and to address a problem that they were ignoring. She said, “We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!"
In response to this well-publicized speech, President Trump sarcastically tweeted, “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!” In his comment, the President perfectly highlighted the hysterical nature of Thunberg’s remarks. In contrast, liberals loved that Thunberg was so passionate about climate change. It set the stage for her to receive even more speaking engagements and publicity. Thus, it was not a complete surprise that TIME would have bestowed this award on her.
TIME Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal called her the “biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet.” Possibly, TIME believes that Thunberg is the “biggest voice,” but others including Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro think that she is a “brat” because of her regular lectures directed at adults in leadership positions. Recently, Thunberg condemned the murder of two indigenous people in areas of the Amazon rainforest known for illegal logging. She tweeted, “Indigenous people are literally being murdered for trying to protect the forest from illegal deforestation.” Bolsonaro claimed that the illegal logging is being done by foreign governments and questioned why the media gives so “much space” to “this kind of 'pirralha,'" which is a Portuguese word for “brat.”
As far as climate change being the “biggest issue,” surely this is the mantra of the left, as it is viewed as almost a religion. However, in a recent Yale survey, climate change was not listed as a top concern to most Americans. The study showed that global warming ranked as the 15th most important issue out of a list of 28 possibilities. Hard-working Americans are more concerned about healthcare, the economy, education and crime. Climate change is not an immediate problem for Americans who are taking care of their families and careers.
Instead of addressing concerns of average Americans, TIME has shown its elitism once again by this selection. The choice might not register with most Americans, but liberal professors, journalists and Hollywood stars surely celebrated Thunberg’s selection. These activists can afford to obsess about climate change, but most Americans are too busy working.
Others who were considered for the award include House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), the CIA Ukraine whistleblower, the Hong Kong protesters and President Donald Trump. If TIME had been truly honest, Trump would have won the award this year. He has dominated the news unlike any other U.S. President in history.
Thunberg has had a fraction of the impact that Trump has had on the world. Unfortunately, TIME consistently refuses to bestow this award on conservatives. While Trump won it in 2016, he also should have won it in 2017 and 2018.
Donald Trump, Jr. blasted the award as a “marketing gimmick” and noted that TIME overlooked “the Hong Kong Protesters fighting for their lives and freedoms.” Trump, Jr. is right that the courageous people of Hong Kong have been true heroes this year. They displayed remarkable courage for standing up to the tyrannical regime in China to advocate for more autonomy for their region.
Not surprisingly, Thunberg has said absolutely nothing about China, a country that is known for massive pollution, abusing human rights, limiting freedoms, inhumane working conditions and doing very little to combat climate change. TIME should have given the award to President Trump or those Hong Kong protesters fighting real threats, such as Chinese communism. Instead, the award was given to a youngster who is promoting an elitist agenda which involves the transfer of massive amounts of wealth and is fighting a threat that many people, including renowned scientists, believe is not even real.
Selfengrandizing idiots, they are now idolizing an angry child with no experience in the real world, how stupid
So, I’ve been seeing these stories about college kids developing ways to get rid of plastic. Looked one up the other day and according to Google, she is a real person. And I think there’s a young kid, in the UK, that has done the same thing but I didn’t look him up.
You have the people Hong Kong, quite literally, fighting for their lives and their freedom. To the point that they’re waving Old Glory and singing our National Anthem.
Yet, that mean, nasty, arrogant puppet gets the nod. Amazing. Then again, some clown got the Nobel Peace Prize for waking up one morning and then went on to murder innocent people in Libya and elsewhere. Amazing.
I noticed her Nazi-esque statement the other day, saying world leaders will be lined up against the wall if they do not heed her edicts. What is she going to do, use Hillarys hit squad?
Why "unfortunately?" I consider it a badge of honor for prominent conservatives to be ignored by any of the Left's phony system of "honors." It's a system that pats themselves on the back for nothing.
I think both Hitler and Stalin have been on Time’s cover as persons of the year. No surprises here.
>>Not surprisingly, Thunberg has said absolutely nothing about China, a country that is known for massive pollution, abusing human rights, limiting freedoms, inhumane working conditions and doing very little to combat climate change.
They are already Communist, why would she?
What they propose is the actual extinction of all life. Animals thru starvation and genocide, plants thru suffocation.
there. fixed it.
I would like to know who writes her material....
Socialists and communists are not liberals.
Wait. What? Now we’re honoring silly high school girls?
Did she pull some people out of a burning building? Oh, I know, she pushed a baby stroller out of the path of a speeding train. That was it, right?
Or, she jumped into icy water to rescue a drowning toddler, I’m sure that had to have been it. Right? Right?
Or India.
overhyped and underdeveloped.
I’ll bet the editorial staff at Time Up are smokin dope.
When these Gretas physically start clearing the waters of garbage, I might start listening to them. First start in those turd world countries before they lecture those of us who leave the smallest carbon footprints.
TIME has been on its last leg for decades. Someone other than subscribers is keeping it alive for some reason.
I think she should go here first, where they have feces running down the street.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRuSS0iiFyo
Maybe she can convince Germany to take a few thousand of these folks in. I’m sure they’ll do wonders for Germany. I bet a lot of them want to be doctors and scientists.
Selfengrandizing idiots, they are now idolizing an angry child with no experience in the real world, how stupid “””
This is the epitome of what happens when you keep giving out “Participation Trophies”.
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