Posted on 09/27/2019 12:46:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom
Sixteen-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg is rejecting the criticism she's receiving from "grown-ups" who she says should instead spend their time "acting on the science" that shows the environment is in serious danger.
Thunberg, a Swedish native, addressed the flak while visiting Canada on Friday as part of her multination tour to draw attention to the climate crisis.
“That we should take as compliment that we are having so much impact that people want to silence us,” Thunberg said at a Montreal rally, as reported by The Associated Press. “We’ve become too loud for people to handle, so people want to silence us.”
Following her appearance at the United Nations General Assembly earlier in the week, Thunberg was the subject of aggressive criticism online and in conservative media, with Fox News personalities comparing her to the "Children of the Corn" and calling her "mentally ill."
President Trump poked fun at her on Twitter on Tuesday, posting a video of one of her more dire warnings with the message "She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!"
Thunberg replied Friday, saying that she didn't get "why grown-ups would choose to mock children and teenagers for just communicating and acting on the science when they could do something good instead.”
In addition to the Canadian event Thunberg attended Friday, countless other climate rallies were held around the world. These rallies come a week after the Global Climate Strike that saw more than 4 million people around the world protest.
As part of her trip to Montreal, Thunberg sat down with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who was also present at the city's demonstration.
“She is the voice of a generation, of young people who are calling on their leaders to do more and do better,” Trudeau said. “And I am listening.”
As with other world leaders with whom she has met, Thunberg said Trudeau isn't going far enough to address the rapidly warming planet.
“He is of course obviously not doing enough, but this is just a huge problem, this is a system that is wrong,” Thunberg said. “My message to all the politicians is the same: Just listen and act on the science.”
Oh, I think she knows.
This leftist game is ridiculously stupid. Create a straw man or girl in this case, designed to be difficult to mock. Use the straw to beat the crap out of their opponents. Then get all enraged if we withstand the beating. And always claim we are mocking them by withstanding their beating. They are stupidly evil beyond believe. No one in the galaxy wants em.
hand he a gift wrapped box of Tide Pods and see what she does.
Kudos, I hadn’t thought of that.
Rosemary’s Baby seems to be catching some flack.
Maybe she should google “Scientific Method”
There is no “Listen to brat kids and do what they say” in it.
When it starts twisting involuntarily it’s clear she needs a good exorcist.
Send her back where she came from.
Canada doesn’t emit that much, The United States, India, and China emit more. Part of it is because we moved our pollution over to them to make our own products cheaply.
She needs to !earn that science is no longer science. It is a bought and sold propaganda tool. The money put in equals how much of the donaters desires are.
On the contrary... I do NOT want to silence her.
I want her to go total Exorcist, with spinning head and vomiting pea soup...
This is great political drama that makes democrats look extreme.
How dare you preach to me you self-important, self-centered little git demanding I give up those freedoms and material comforts my country's system of representative government and free market capitalism provides and disrespect my president with your malevolent looks.
This is a display of toxic femininity at the core of social justice. If you love me, you’ll do everything I want. If you don’t, I will shame, nag and shun you until you do. Continue to disobey me, and I will hate you and hurt you to protect those who do love me.
This is weaponization of the mentally ill by liberals. (She was diagnosed with OCD, severe anxiety and autism spectrum by age 10.) Another example is the Down’s Syndrome drag queen show.
Liberals are intentionally using the mentally ill and retarded as the face of the movement to hide themselves from criticism.
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