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Kazuaki Shimazaki - Here is a question. Do you support the right to strike or to advocate others to strike?

If you do, then you cannot complain because fundamentally they are the same mechanism.

I understand that to be your opinion. Do you understand that your opinion is not universally shared, or mandatory?

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@arrestpaulJan. 14 07:37 am JST

She should be in school. It's a time honored tradition. But Greta Thunberg isn't just ditching school, she encouraging other children NOT TO GO TO SCHOOL. I find it strange when adults advocate for Greta Thunberg's DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL diatribe.

Here is a question. Do you support the right to strike or to advocate others to strike?

If you do, then you cannot complain because fundamentally they are the same mechanism. To not "work" as a form of advocacy and also a form of coercion to push for the desired change.

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BigYen - Given that Thunberg is 17, neither does she require your permission, or otherwise, not to go to school.

I don't care if Thunberg goes to school. I'm concerned about Thunberg's repeatedly telling other children NOT TO GO TO SCHOOL.

Why then don't you combine your GO TO SCHOOL message with a logical and analytical rebuttal of Thunberg's views on climate change? Then everyone would be happy.

I'm happy. As I mentioned earlier, "DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL" is still not a positive message. Thunberg's views on climate change consist of telling others to "listen to the scientists". Not exactly as deep, or profound, as the CO2-is-evil zealots are trying to make it out to be.

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...and now, a Facebook glitch revealed that Gretas father, Svante Thunberg, and a climate activist in India who serves as a delegate at the UN’s Climate Change organization, Adarsh Prathap, wrote a lot of "her" posts. Yeah, sure, no manipulation there.

For one, I am not surprised.

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BigYen - I beg to differ. Firstly, she's 17, not 12. You can't just dismiss her like that. Secondly, she's a public figure.

Yes, she is a public figure. Public figures can be dismissed at any time, and for any reason. Your permission is not required. Begging isn't going to convince anyone to change their mind. DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL is still not a positive message.

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BigYen - Telling her she's too young to understand, telling her to go back to school, saying she's just a pawn of her parents, all the rest of it, is not constructive criticism.

Yes, it is constructive criticism.

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browny1 - Some posters, rather than directly addressing the articles point of - are successful / limelight kids fair game for public attack and condescension by adults - have wheeled out the worn-out "she should be in school" cart.

She should be in school. It's a time honored tradition. But Greta Thunberg isn't just ditching school, she encouraging other children NOT TO GO TO SCHOOL. I find it strange when adults advocate for Greta Thunberg's DO NOT GO TO SCHOOL diatribe.

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saying she's just a pawn of her parents, all the rest of it,

Looks to me like she's a pawn. And not just of her father since he's connected to the UN

Facebook Glitch Reveals Greta Thunburg's Father Posting As Teenage Climate Activist

A Thursday evening software update at Facebook accidentally allowed anyone to view exactly who is posting under the accounts of public figures, businesses and other entities, according to Wired.

The result? For starters, some 3 million followers of teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg have been reading posts written by her father, Svante Thunberg, and a climate activist in India who serves as a delegate at the UN's Climate Change organization, Adarsh Prathap. Thunberg, Inc. claims Greta is still the one writing the content.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/youve-scripted-my-childhood-facebook-glitch-reveals-greta-thunburgs-father-posting

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girl in tokyo:

People who argue against climate change

Who exactly is "arguing against climate change"??

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Are child crusaders, heroes fair game for adults who snipe?

They are certainly fair game for the adults who manipulate them, and those adults are absolutely fair game for criticism.

Gotta love these propaganda headlines in the "mainstream" media.

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Some posters, rather than directly addressing the articles point of - are successful / limelight kids fair game for public attack and condescension by adults - have wheeled out the worn-out "she should be in school" cart.

ATM she isn't in a school - she's way above legal age to leave school - and she may well decide to return to formal education in the future. Now she's doing it "her way" and I'm fine with that. The bottom line is not one of her global armchair critics - incl the chosen one trump - knows her or her world intimately enough to justify the garbled put downs and heckles they utter.

And the article is not just about Greta, but highly successful kids in general.

Some adults just can't come to terms with acknowledging such success without reverting to "Yeah, but....".

A kind of sub-conscious projection of their disappointment in their own self worth and the need to rank themselves higher by disparagement.

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Are child crusaders, heroes fair game for adults who snipe?

If someone, or their parents, makes the decision to live in the public eye, they should not be surprised that some members of the public will not like them.

If a group choses to use underage children to make their case (whatever that case may be), they will not be allowed to hide behind the age of that underage child. They will not be given a free pass to make whatever statements they deem necessary to sell their cause to the public, and then try to hide behind their very own underage spokesmodel.

My personal problem with Greta Thunberg is has been repeatedly telling other children NOT TO GO TO SCHOOL. Thunberg's parents should be ashamed of themselves.

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Flubbed that. It should read,

People who argue against climate change are the ones who need to learn about science, since they seem to think they know more than 99% of the experts.

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We don't have the value as a country of attacking young people who might be activists.

This, exactly.

She knows very little of the science and economics behind climate change.

She doesn't have to understand the science behind it. All she, and everyone else who is not a climatologist needs to do is believe the climatologists.

People who argue against climate change are the ones learning about science, since they seem to think they know more than 99% of the experts. I encourage anyone who disagrees with the consensus to publish and show them they are wrong.

I'll be waiting.

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and the globalists.

OMG! You said globalists. I’m triggered by that even though I don’t understand what it means.

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I admire her guts and conviction to fight for what she believes and she should be credited for that. But she is obviously misguided by the adults in her life, phony science, fake news media and the globalists.

I think we can criticize her ideas, but we ought to treat her respectfully, as we ought to do with everyone.

If she were guided properly she could be a great advocate for genuinely needy causes such as child abuse. poverty, homelessness, drug abuse, etc.

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@Burning Bush - Get a degree, write a paper, earn your Ph'd and then change the world.

Agreed! Greta's education extends as far as what she reads in the media. She knows very little of the science and economics behind climate change. She also does not comprehend the drastic effect her dreams of cutting CO2 would have on her lifestyle. If her dream was to come reality, she would have no light, mobile phone, internet, heating and no international platform for her to make her rants from.

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