I started reading this but I didn’t read all of it. Is it productive to direct this level of hatred towards liberals, when there are many people further to the right on the political spectrum, many of whom hate Greta and hate Palestinians?
Fighting for ecology is one thing. Fighting against wars is another thing that politicians won’t let the people do.
After the gimmick of her being a child went away there was no reason for the general public to care. Just another activist to ignore
Who expected liberals to be progressive?
We got yo back, Greta.
She’s passionate but it’s becoming clear she’s not very articulate or intelligent. She’s not the spokesperson we want
Well she is someone who acts
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… Getting kidnapped is her job
It’s nonviolent. It’s effective. Anyone who disagrees with such gentle methods actually just hates the cause
The criticism “woke”, “politically correct”, and “bleeding heart” all mean essentially the same thing. That liberals only pretend to care about movements of emancipation to cynically gain political support. And the reason that criticism has lasted so long is because it’s apt.
Yeah, they rebranded “politically correct” to “woke” because the dumbass hillbilly rednecks that make up their voter base can’t remember anything longer than one syllable.
All that “politically correct” or “woke” or “liberal”, for that matter, means these days is “I’m mad I can’t be racist or an asshole to people I don’t like in public.”
It’s a blatantly obvious codeword or trigger that people can use in public while hiding their ignorance and racism behind a thin veneer. Bonus is they get to laugh about it with their equally idiot friends and pretend that no one else understands what’s going on. It’s the rallying cry of the “I’m a dumbass, uneducated,moron club”.
Bleeding heart just means that they’re too caring. As in, the type to give handouts and hug trees. But I haven’t heard that in forever. I think it’s been switched out for socialists.
Not sure if I agree on the other two. They are definitely coopted for political gain. But I don’t know that it changes the base term. When they say “woke mob”, I don’t hear an implication that it’s disingenuous.
Virtue signaling definitely applies though.
I do find it ironic that liberals (people who just want to live their lives and not impede on others, not the politicians) give the least amount of fucks. They don’t give a fuck if gays marry, but they also don’t give a fuck if they’re not allowed to (assuming it doesn’t impact them).
The Liberal abandonment of all their so-called “values”. As soon as it stops being profitable to hold them, they get tossed aside.
she’s had her 15 minutes of performative virtue signalling, sorry, protest
let’s get that animal abusing, narcissist, sack of shit hasan on the streets
Imagining being dumb enough to fall for that 😂
While I agree with her on pretty much every political opinion that she has i find it frustrating that the only reason she receives mass support and attention is she’s a white women. If she was any other race no one would pay her any attention. Im glad she uses her privilege for the right reasons but the fact she has this privilege is incredibly frustrating
Ah here it is. The tactic to divide people into smaller and smaller groups. Until we become powerless
Way to use culture war bullshit to detract from the real problems…
Yeah because real problems like black women being more likely to die from child birth, Latina women being more likely to be raped at work, aboriginal women being more likely to have their murders become cold cases, or white women out earning every other race of women is culture war bullshit.
Let’s be real, if your not a white women your race specific issues are often ignored and you’re left to fend for yourselves. Everyone likes the forget the sufferage movement was split down the middle because a large number of white women thought they should be the only women who should be able to vote. Or the fact 52% of white women voted for that orange asshole dictator in chief. Or 40% of slave owners were white women
So you aren’t allowed to protest Gaza genocide unless you are in a minority group? What is this garbage logic?? Do you really care or are you just trolling in order to distract? All the things you raised are problems, but focusing on one thing at a time doesn’t mean all other things don’t matter.
A person saying this out-of-pocket shit is definitely a controlled opposition of some type. Or the person you’re responding to might just be a really good bot
The rest of them arent focused on. THATS the issue.
You sound like controlled opposition and a Russian operative here to manufacture discord Against good people, jam it up your ass weirdo
huh, i never once considered her special because of her skin colour, it was more so her acts and the thoughts that she verbalised, simply by being human and going above and beyond to help out her fellow humans, and bring attention to their strife. not saying you are incorrect in assuming the core reason of her popularity was due to her skin tone. but id argue (without trying to sound like a dick) that maybe its more about her actions and willingness to use her privilege, while being an autistic person with severe justice sensitivity, that may be the bigger story here.
we dont need to reduce people to their skin colour and privilege in order to find them worthy of our support, and willingness to accept their support in return. and it shouldnt be frustrating that the person helping you or others doesnt look how you want them to.
its not her skin that makes her special, its her mind and how she uses it. perhaps this speaks more about my own views on race, the worlds, or perhaps its speaks more about yours.
when you are blind, wandering in the dark, a helping hand is a helping hand, afterall.
BUUUUUUT.
if you would like to drop a few names of some other activists with different backgrounds doing good work right now, to bring some light their names, im always down to be inspired. as im sure everyone else in the thread would be as well. :D
Considering climate change issues overwhelmingly affects ppls from the global south that have been complaining about issues such as cancer valley in Houston, rising sea levels in island nations, indigenous lands that are being seized for industrial farming and cattle, or large scale agriculture that poisons 3rd world countries with pesticides, activist from these areas have overwhelmingly been ignored.
“Thunberg never asked to be the messianic-like face for the climate movement. In fact, she told Congress, “I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean.” And by the media and public making her the center of youth-led climate activism, the work of many Indigenous, Black, and Brown youth activists is often erased or obscured.”
https://www.sandiego.edu/news/detail.php?_focus=74320
https://www.greenmatters.com/climate-action/climate-activists-of-color
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/climate/five-women-colour-fighting-climate-change-worldwide
Edit: honestly the fact that I have to prove that climate change overwhelmingly effects countries that arent even close to primarly white or even white countries that pollute areas that are primarily brown yet the spokesperson is a Nordic white teenager is problematic in itself. The fact that ppl more likely to feel the repercussions of climate change or genocide need a Swede to speak for them is problematic. It basically tells them your voice doesnt matter and you can’t speak for yourself
honestly the fact that I have to prove that climate change overwhelmingly effects countries that arent even close to primarly white
You don’t. What you need to prove is that Greta Thunberg is only valued because she is a white woman. That was your assertion with which people took issue.
No, she’s valued MORE because she’s white
They said, racistly with no evidence.
I’ll just leave this here
the only reason she receives mass support and attention is she’s a white women
