Greta Thunberg

[Highflier]

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An irritating virtue signalling twit. To top it all off she ends up creating evil carbons flying back to where ever she comes from, you can't make this stuff up . Get a job and maybe another hobby Greta

 

[Brookie1973]

An irritating virtue signalling twit. To top it all off she ends up creating evil carbons flying back to where ever she comes from, you can't make this stuff up . Get a job and maybe another hobby Greta

A well paid puppet.

 

[lsz]

This is a tricky one. Greta, like many who take an extreme stance, often pushes the boundaries of what’s considered acceptable. She can come across as overly outspoken, but that’s often a deliberate tactic to get her message across.

There’s a whole generation experiencing significant climate anxiety. This stress comes from the reality that, despite all the talk, there’s still very little being done to address climate change in a meaningful way especially on a global scale. Sure, countries like ours are making efforts, but when developing nations aren’t part of real systemic change, it’s hard not to question what impact we’re truly having.

My niece, who’s in her early twenties, is a good example. She’s smart and well-informed, and she sees the gap between the urgency of the issue and the lack of global action. That’s why figures like Greta resonate they represent the frustration of a generation who feel like they’re shouting into the void.

I have no idea on how to manage this (or have any solutions) but I do think it’s important that we acknowledge the mental and emotional toll this uncertainty is having on a generation of people

 

[Uk eagle]

This is a tricky one. Greta, like many who take an extreme stance, often pushes the boundaries of what’s considered acceptable. She can come across as overly outspoken, but that’s often a deliberate tactic to get her message across.

There’s a whole generation experiencing significant climate anxiety. This stress comes from the reality that, despite all the talk, there’s still very little being done to address climate change in a meaningful way especially on a global scale. Sure, countries like ours are making efforts, but when developing nations aren’t part of real systemic change, it’s hard not to question what impact we’re truly having.

My niece, who’s in her early twenties, is a good example. She’s smart and well-informed, and she sees the gap between the urgency of the issue and the lack of global action. That’s why figures like Greta resonate they represent the frustration of a generation who feel like they’re shouting into the void.

I have no idea on how to manage this (or have any solutions) but I do think it’s important that we acknowledge the mental and emotional toll this uncertainty is having on a generation of people

Of course there's a whole generation experiencing climate anxiety. It's the same generation who get "stressed" and "anxious" because the WiFi is down and they can't check their Facebook or Instagram. God help them if they were around 100 or so years ago sat in a trench full of mud with their best mate lying dead beside them.

 

[Brookie1973]

This is a tricky one. Greta, like many who take an extreme stance, often pushes the boundaries of what’s considered acceptable. She can come across as overly outspoken, but that’s often a deliberate tactic to get her message across.

There’s a whole generation experiencing significant climate anxiety. This stress comes from the reality that, despite all the talk, there’s still very little being done to address climate change in a meaningful way especially on a global scale. Sure, countries like ours are making efforts, but when developing nations aren’t part of real systemic change, it’s hard not to question what impact we’re truly having.

My niece, who’s in her early twenties, is a good example. She’s smart and well-informed, and she sees the gap between the urgency of the issue and the lack of global action. That’s why figures like Greta resonate they represent the frustration of a generation who feel like they’re shouting into the void.

I have no idea on how to manage this (or have any solutions) but I do think it’s important that we acknowledge the mental and emotional toll this uncertainty is having on a generation of people

Greta can’t string an unscripted sentence together. She is being used. And yes, there is significant climate anxiety amongst youth, driven by climate hysteria of which Greta is a part.

 

[Woodsie]

This is a tricky one. Greta, like many who take an extreme stance, often pushes the boundaries of what’s considered acceptable. She can come across as overly outspoken, but that’s often a deliberate tactic to get her message across.

There’s a whole generation experiencing significant climate anxiety. This stress comes from the reality that, despite all the talk, there’s still very little being done to address climate change in a meaningful way especially on a global scale. Sure, countries like ours are making efforts, but when developing nations aren’t part of real systemic change, it’s hard not to question what impact we’re truly having.

My niece, who’s in her early twenties, is a good example. She’s smart and well-informed, and she sees the gap between the urgency of the issue and the lack of global action. That’s why figures like Greta resonate they represent the frustration of a generation who feel like they’re shouting into the void.

I have no idea on how to manage this (or have any solutions) but I do think it’s important that we acknowledge the mental and emotional toll this uncertainty is having on a generation of people

Keep up to speed lsz ... she is an expert on middle Eastern conflicts now ...

 

[lsz]

Keep up to speed lsz ... she is an expert on middle Eastern conflicts now ...

Again something that should be talked about...

 

[lsz]

Greta can’t string an unscripted sentence together. She is being used. And yes, there is significant climate anxiety amongst youth, driven by climate hysteria of which Greta is a part.

Like I said lets go past her comments which, like a right wing shock jock, are designed to get headlines rather than be a reflection of what most people from the "side" may think.

Again I use my niece as an example. She is highly educated as are most (but not all!) of her friends. They have legitimate anxiety which seems to be unaddressable

 

[lsz]

Of course there's a whole generation experiencing climate anxiety. It's the same generation who get "stressed" and "anxious" because the WiFi is down and they can't check their Facebook or Instagram. God help them if they were around 100 or so years ago sat in a trench full of mud with their best mate lying dead beside them.

I hear what you're saying about some in that generation getting worked up over things like WiFi, but I think it's a bit unfair to use that as a comparison when talking about climate anxiety. That kind of comparison really downplays what are, for many, very real and valid concerns.

Look, I suspect most of us here are on the older side (with the occasional bright spark among us). For the most part, we won’t have to live through the worst effects of climate change. They will.

Sorry to labour the point, but my niece gets up with me every year for the dawn service, and we've watched many ANZAC parades together. I don’t think that connection to history or respect for sacrifice somehow means she, or others like her, can’t also feel overwhelmed by a future that looks pretty uncertain right now.

 

[Brookie1973]

Like I said lets go past her comments which, like a right wing shock jock, are designed to get headlines rather than be a reflection of what most people from the "side" may think.

Again I use my niece as an example. She is highly educated as are most (but not all!) of her friends. They have legitimate anxiety which seems to be unaddressable

I feel legitimately sorry for all younger people, including your niece, for what they are being put through. They have been relentlessly forced fed Armageddon scenarios for many years, including via our so-called education system. Being highly educated used to involve developing critical thinking skills. Sadly, highly educated these days is more akin to relentless indoctrination in group think. It really is a tragedy and as you point out, seems unaddressable.

As for Greta, one could perhaps take her a little more seriously if she took her climate Armageddon crusade to China and India, where most of the worlds carbon emissions are generated, rather than in the safe zone of lower emitting western democracies.

 

[BOZO]

I feel legitimately sorry for all younger people, including your niece, for what they are being put through. They have been relentlessly forced fed Armageddon scenarios for many years, including via our so-called education system. Being highly educated used to involve developing critical thinking skills. Sadly, highly educated these days is more akin to relentless indoctrination in group think. It really is a tragedy and as you point out, seems unaddressable.

As for Greta, one could perhaps take her a little more seriously if she took her climate Armageddon crusade to China and India, where most of the worlds carbon emissions are generated, rather than in the safe zone of lower emitting western democracies.

I feel so sorry for all the Ignorant youth
I have a graduated niece who thinks she knows everything and she is smarter than every one
But the decisions she makes in her life are unexplainable

The Moral of the story ...
Education does not give any one a degree in common sense
A lack of common sense is common now days

 

[BOZO]

If Mestrov and Penn had any Common Sense
They would get rid of Seibold

 

[The '47ers]

Should've left her in Israel, Iran would've sorted her out.

 

[lsz]

I feel legitimately sorry for all younger people, including your niece, for what they are being put through. They have been relentlessly forced fed Armageddon scenarios for many years, including via our so-called education system. Being highly educated used to involve developing critical thinking skills. Sadly, highly educated these days is more akin to relentless indoctrination in group think. It really is a tragedy and as you point out, seems unaddressable.

As for Greta, one could perhaps take her a little more seriously if she took her climate Armageddon crusade to China and India, where most of the worlds carbon emissions are generated, rather than in the safe zone of lower emitting western democracies.

This is where we will agree to disagree I think.

I hear what you're saying, but I have a different view when it comes to climate change and the science behind it.


For me, it ultimately comes down to a belief that humans fundamentally impact the environment in many ways, some positive, but mostly negative. It stands to reason that this has consequences for the world we live in, and I believe in the science I’ve read.

As for Greta I would take as much value in what she says as you could for a shock jock like Paul Murray on Sky. Sure there might be some decent points in there but they are clearly trying to be an outlier to get a reaction.