Re:Wildfires Are Raging Outside Every Major City in Australia
by roenxi on Thursday January 02, 2020 @11:13AM
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Then they should find a spokeswoman among all those thousands who is both charismatic and also competent.
A line of attack being standard doesn't make it bad. Putting forward a child to speak to world leaders and get worked up on behalf of other children isn't going to do the movement any favours. Greta is a puppet chosen because someone cynically thinks that putting a child on stage is going to tug on people's heartstrings. They might be right, but she doesn't have anything going for her that should command respect.
Re:Wildfires Are Raging Outside Every Major City in Australia
by flukus on Thursday January 02, 2020 @05:43PM
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It doesn't matter who they pick, deniers are great diverting attention to smearing the person to take focus away from the issue, just take a look at how many still "herp derp al gore".
Re:Wildfires Are Raging Outside Every Major City in Australia
by roenxi on Thursday January 02, 2020 @06:04PM
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It goes without saying that someone proposing we roll back our living standards and give up on the material comforts of the late modern era is going to have their character examined. It is reminiscent of the hazing process for candidates in major democratic roles.
That does not make the flaws are irrelevant. She is being suggested as a leader but she is in no position to actually provide leadership.
Al Gore also had a long list of problems, but he was much more respectable than Greta.
Yours is a standard attack line, because it allows you to pretend that it's only her saying this, and ignore all the thousands of others who've been saying similar things, from the IPCC to the Green Parties of the world.