Why We Strike Again - Greta

[Boiler 45,979]

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/climate-strikes-un-conference-madrid-by-greta-thunberg-et-al-2019-11

 

On the next two Fridays, we will again take to the streets: worldwide on November 29, and in Madrid, Santiago, and many other places on December 6 during the UN climate conference. Schoolchildren, young people, and adults all over the world will stand together, demanding that our leaders take action – not because we want them to, but because the science demands it.

That action must be powerful and wide-ranging. After all, the climate crisis is not just about the environment. It is a crisis of human rights, of justice, and of political will. Colonial, racist, and patriarchal systems of oppression have created and fueled it. We need to dismantle them all. Our political leaders can no longer shirk their responsibilities.

 

Down with the Patriarchy!

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,378]

Dear God. So now its racism. Her handlers sre working it

[Boiler 45,979]

And the skipper of the boat she took to Spain flew to the US...

 

You could not make this stuff up.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

I know at least one poster here who will be giddy when (s)he reads this.

 

2 hours ago, Boiler said:

 

Down with the Patriarchy!

 

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Dear God. So now its racism. Her handlers sre working it

It's all about the intellectually lazy pulling levers they think will get them their way with the least effort possible. 

 

Using terms like "racist", "misogynist", etc. had meaning only a handful of years ago, but people gave those that used this their way, the aforementioned lazy eventually developed such an extreme entitlement complex, they started using it reflexively against everyone, to the point where now it's meaning is entirely watered down and useless. You can basically assume that anyone that whips these terms out so casually is likely one of those people who can't handle dissenting views, has been trained by cancer cancel culture that employing this tactic bypasses directly addressing arguments, facilitating them to shut down the opinions of others. Of course, it winds up strengthening them instead, helping others understand that these are actually authoritarians that don't deserve their way.

Edited December 2, 2019 by Burnt Reynolds

[TBoneTX 45,990]

The dickens that she herself wrote the paragraph in the opening post.

[Dashinka 24,747]

4 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

The dickens that she herself wrote the paragraph in the opening post.

Considering there are two other authors listed, I am assuming Ms. Thunberg was only lending her name to it.  Regardless, it seems really clear now, this is another Marxist/Leninist/Communist movement with a different shade of lipstick.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Pigs wearing lipstick?  Now WHERE have I heard that term before?

[TBoneTX 45,990]

"Throw a Communist out the window and he'll return through the front door as an environmentalist." -- Somebody

[laylalex 7,300]

18 hours ago, ALFKAD said:

I know at least one poster here who will be giddy when (s)he reads this.

 

 

I yawned, sorry. (Bad night of sleep last night, I admit.)