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Greta Thunberg: I don't understand why 'grown-ups' mock 'acting on the science'
The Hill ^ | 27 September 2019 | Marty Johnson

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.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aspbergers; climate; fakescience; greta; rentfree
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We can’t act on fairy tales ..


21 posted on 09/27/2019 12:53:41 PM PDT by rayincolorado ("Those who forget the past, are condemned to repeat it ...")
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To: Steely Tom

“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.”


She’s saying this about Justin Trudeau, who is on her side? He’s on her side, and her dismissive one liner that “obviously he’s not doing enough” , is her way of winning friends and influencing people to her cause?


22 posted on 09/27/2019 12:53:43 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Steely Tom
Why don't you listen and act on the science?

https://wattsupwiththat.com/
23 posted on 09/27/2019 12:54:41 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper.)
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To: Steely Tom

Please Greta, as a child actor, you can explain the actual theories to me right?


24 posted on 09/27/2019 12:55:17 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: abbastanza

She is as intelligent and mentally sound as she is beautiful.

25 posted on 09/27/2019 12:55:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Who will think of the gerbils ? Just say no to Buttgiggity !)
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To: wiseprince

She’ll carry these delusions until the day they completey overwhelm her and she hangs herself in the closet


26 posted on 09/27/2019 12:56:08 PM PDT by digger48
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To: Steely Tom

I am impressed she swam all the way back to Sweden in just a few days, since she refuses to fly in a plane.


27 posted on 09/27/2019 12:56:42 PM PDT by lonerepubinma
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To: Steely Tom
Greta Thunberg: I don't understand why 'grown-ups' mock 'acting on the science'

Greta Thunberg: I don't understand why 'grown-ups' mock 'BAD acting on the science'

28 posted on 09/27/2019 12:59:44 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: aquila48

She is a cross between Veruca Salt and Lavrenty Beria.


29 posted on 09/27/2019 1:02:29 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Jane Long
The Student Thespian
30 posted on 09/27/2019 1:04:05 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true..)
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To: Steely Tom

want her to shut up?

why?

when I am having such a good time making fun of her stupidity !

ROFL


31 posted on 09/27/2019 1:06:07 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Steely Tom

“choose to mock children”

Children should be seen and not heard.


32 posted on 09/27/2019 1:11:15 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Steely Tom

Well, a few back I heard on the radio a young activist from the Girl Scouts who claimed that using gasoline lawn mowers for one grass-cutting season puts out as much carbon emissions as all the cars running for a whole year. She presented that as science too, but I have a hard time believing that.


33 posted on 09/27/2019 1:13:13 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: Boomer

“Quit the cult girl and go back to being a little girl in school.”

Someone get her a t-shirt that reads “Everything I need to know about climate science, I learned in kindergarten!”


34 posted on 09/27/2019 1:14:24 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EEGator

You don’t understand, no school for Greta, her childhood has been stolen!


35 posted on 09/27/2019 1:17:47 PM PDT by erkelly
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To: Steely Tom

We could fill the universe with what SHE doesn’t understand!!


36 posted on 09/27/2019 1:18:10 PM PDT by SMARTY ("Nobility is defined by the demands it makes on us - by obligations, not by rights".)
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To: Steely Tom

And I thought those kids rambling on about guns were attention hogs.


37 posted on 09/27/2019 1:20:34 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Does she fly in an airplane? Those things use combustion, you know!


38 posted on 09/27/2019 1:21:52 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: Morpheus2009

When she came to America, she and her minions made a big deal of how she traveled in an allegedly carbon neutral yacht/sailboat vehicle.

Of course that’s just a publicity stunt, but she supposedly refuses to fly on a plane because of her enviro nazi beliefs.

She has traveled around Europe by train. A train uses evil fossil fuels, so not sure how she can justify that.


39 posted on 09/27/2019 1:28:34 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Steely Tom

Key word being “acting.”


40 posted on 09/27/2019 1:29:26 PM PDT by madison10
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