Trump responds to climate activist Greta Thunberg in sarcastic tweet
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When did she do that? All I saw was her being all outraged and weepy, and then sort of threatening.
Done.
I haven't had anybody on ignore all year. Today, I've started picking off the scum.
That's because that is all Fox News showed you. Did you know she rang the opening bell at the stock market too or is that too apolitical to make your radar?
Watch Fox again tonight if you want to see more poutrage, whining and "sort of threatening" when they replay Trumps speech to the UN.
Crazy shit is that he craves adulation but is blind to the otherworldly opportunity right in front of him.
And yet clearly knows more about this existential issue than you do.
I wonder who belongs in school more?
Dumb! Who is trying to destroy the planet? It is hard to take this person or some of you seriously who think this tweet is brilliant. No one is “trying” to destroy the planet. How effing stupid can one be?
You are getting very close to the right wing talking points with the first and last parts of this comment.
In an ideal world she could do both. And there's a good chance she will do both. But this is the one than makes sense to do now, while she can.
Should she sacrifice her momentum, her opportunity to prompt change, for school now - in the weak hope that she can return to campaigning for the salvation of the world later? That would be dumb.
Or should she seize the day and do what she can now - knowing that school will still be there after the fight has been won (or lost)?
I think she made both the right and the courageous decision.
You should be. You could be spending time learning rather than spewing nonsense here. You are smart enough that if you did so, you'd be on my side (on this issue, at least).
I hardly think that saying that she needs the education to clean up the mess the grown ups made is a right wing talking point because right wingers don't think there is any mess to clean up.
I would argue that her campaigning and skipping school isn't making any movement what so ever. She can still take days off to go talk to the UN or for other events. She can campaign in her off hours.
But here is the thing, either education is important or it's not. If it's important, that is what you should be doing at that age. If it's not then it makes sense to quit school to go campaign about climate change.
IMO she devalues education by doing what she's doing. Explain to me why we should make sure teachers are paid more and we should invest in education if it's ok for a 16 year old to quit her education and she becomes a hero for it.
It's good that she wants to campaign against climate change, it really is. But we all still have responsibilities in this life, and we don't get to quit them for our political views. Her responsibility right now is to get an education. That's a responsibility to both herself and the people around her. (As education is a public good for all.) If I quit my job and left my family to go campaign for universal healthcare and an end to elective abortions people would with good reason look down on me for that.
Speaking in front of the UN is a unique opportunity so I'm fine if she takes a day off for that. But she should go back to school as soon as she gets home. And she should only take days off for unique opportunities, not the day to day stuff like leading a street protest.
And also if you want me to believe in the sincerity of your convictions, don't quit doing stuff you probably didn't want to do in the first place for it. Quit doing stuff you like to do for it in order to start doing stuff you don't like to do. Quitting on your responsibilities is not a self sacrifice.
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she has a right to be angry about adults affecting her future. However, she has picked the wrong target. Rather than being upset with those people who are using carbon to make their lives better, she needs to be m.j ad at those who are misinforming and even lying about what a bleak future she has. She needs to be upset with her parents and educators who are needlessly scaring her with lies
Your posting history suggests you thought you were going to jump in with a giant burn about how she had flown in on a private jet with Oprah and other phony eco conscious Libs.
It’s been all over the news about how she got to the US.
No. Saying she needs to stop what she's doing and go back to school is the right wing talking point.
Like collegiate athletes, she can come back and finish her formal education after the current window of opportunity passes. If she wants or needs to.
I doubt this will prove to be a sacrifice for her, but even if it is, it's a worthy and noble sacrifice. I would never want to take that away from her.
How delusional or brainwashed do you have to be to not know which side is lying?
The vast preponderance of evidence is on one side. Some would go as far as to say all the real evidence is on one side. And that's the side she's on.
I have on Republican friend who still freaks out about people being mean to Barron on inauguration night. Probably something I should mention to him.
If you weren't leaving your family without its breadwinner, that's probably what you should be doing - given your comments on abortion over the years. Greta is not leaving her family in a lurch.
Not the same.
False. I was asking because I didn't know if she lived what she preaches or if she is like most on this board that scream loud but don't do anything to help.
Did her handlers dock the carbon-neutral super yacht at Barack’s new fifteen million dollar mansion?
Cuz that would be an awesome place to sit and conspire on how to save the world.
Totally not hypocrites.
Cuz that would be an awesome place to sit and conspire on how to save the world.
Totally not hypocrites.
She doesn't need to stop what she's doing. She need to mix it with her responsibilities.
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