Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:40 - Mar 2 with 1405 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:21 - Mar 2 by Highjack | Yeah me too. I think she’s utterly wrong when she blames ordinary older people who are just living their lives. I think she’s utterly correct when she directs her ire at the leaders, multi nationals and those who actually have the power to change things and say they will but ultimately don’t because of political/economic reasons. |
Yes, forty years ago the Amazon Rainforest was being cut down and the environmental impacts were clear and it's still going on, many global leaders and politicians are focussed on short term economic returns and personal power. Greta is right in much of what she says and we should be grateful that someone had found a way of getting into the politicians' faces. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:49 - Mar 2 with 1389 views | Highjack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:40 - Mar 2 by JACKMANANDBOY | Yes, forty years ago the Amazon Rainforest was being cut down and the environmental impacts were clear and it's still going on, many global leaders and politicians are focussed on short term economic returns and personal power. Greta is right in much of what she says and we should be grateful that someone had found a way of getting into the politicians' faces. |
They won’t do anything substantial though. They’ll use it as a convenient excuse to raise taxes. They’ll say they’re taking action whilst bending over for the big hydrocarbon lobby. Have we really seen any change in government policy over the last forty years? |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:06 - Mar 2 with 1373 views | JACKMANANDBOY |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:49 - Mar 2 by Highjack | They won’t do anything substantial though. They’ll use it as a convenient excuse to raise taxes. They’ll say they’re taking action whilst bending over for the big hydrocarbon lobby. Have we really seen any change in government policy over the last forty years? |
The recent growth of renewable energy has been a positive step, overall globally we have gone backwards at high speed. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:39 - Mar 2 with 1351 views | Highjack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:06 - Mar 2 by JACKMANANDBOY | The recent growth of renewable energy has been a positive step, overall globally we have gone backwards at high speed. |
It’s a start but it’s a drop in the ocean really. Bearing in mind our population has increased exponentially over that period and we move around a lot more for work etc we need a lot more energy and are still completely tethered to the teat of the oil lobby. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:57 - Mar 2 with 1338 views | hobo | Stop producing weapons and bombing random countries, that would be a start. Unfortunately it makes too much money for those at the top so the idea would never be entertained. Let's raise taxes though, that'll help |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:58 - Mar 2 with 1336 views | monmouth |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 13:39 - Mar 2 by JACKMANANDBOY | I'd guess that 95 per cent of the population agree with / support Greta, there are idiots for every topic on social media who get hugely disproportionate coverage which distort perceptions. |
Surprisingly, I have found quite an adverse and sometimes vitriolic reaction to her by a fair number of university students and staff. She seems to polarise. I personally admire her greatly. She is a remarkable young woman, and her ability to inspire her own generation is the best hope we have, I hope others can help her hold the baton and take some weight off her, even if the message currently lacks any real focus. It is creating the motivation For change amongst the young that is important, and hoping, rather forlornly I have to say, that their passion for a better way of doing things is not bought off, as mine was. To wish harm or ill eon a 17 year old autistic girl though, or to attack the messenger for pointing out the mess that my generation and the subsequent one have created.....wow |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 16:04 - Mar 2 with 1326 views | Highjack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:57 - Mar 2 by hobo | Stop producing weapons and bombing random countries, that would be a start. Unfortunately it makes too much money for those at the top so the idea would never be entertained. Let's raise taxes though, that'll help |
Yeah we swap weapons for oil. Then a few years later those weapons are often used to kill our own soldiers who have been sent to some other sandy shit hole to fight over more oil, or to overthrow some tinpot dictator who isn’t selling us oil at cheap enough prices. Who cares if it’s good for the markets though? It’s only human life. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 16:05 - Mar 2 with 1325 views | NotLoyal | Nothing wrong with what she is saying but the mass of detritus that turns up to see her with spoilt attitudes and personal agenda are pretty annoying. Daddy’s got a Porsche. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 16:05 - Mar 2 with 1324 views | Highjack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 15:58 - Mar 2 by monmouth | Surprisingly, I have found quite an adverse and sometimes vitriolic reaction to her by a fair number of university students and staff. She seems to polarise. I personally admire her greatly. She is a remarkable young woman, and her ability to inspire her own generation is the best hope we have, I hope others can help her hold the baton and take some weight off her, even if the message currently lacks any real focus. It is creating the motivation For change amongst the young that is important, and hoping, rather forlornly I have to say, that their passion for a better way of doing things is not bought off, as mine was. To wish harm or ill eon a 17 year old autistic girl though, or to attack the messenger for pointing out the mess that my generation and the subsequent one have created.....wow |
You and your generation haven’t created any mess any more than hers has. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:12 - Mar 2 with 1294 views | CountyJim | FFS! She's a child what is wrong with people |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:33 - Mar 2 with 1270 views | controversial_jack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:12 - Mar 2 by CountyJim | FFS! She's a child what is wrong with people |
If she's a child, why is she preaching to adults? Not everyone agrees with her views either. |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:46 - Mar 2 with 1262 views | hobo |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:12 - Mar 2 by CountyJim | FFS! She's a child what is wrong with people |
She's 17. Don't be so patronising |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:04 - Mar 2 with 1237 views | Darran |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 17:46 - Mar 2 by hobo | She's 17. Don't be so patronising |
You sound like a right ćunt fair play. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:25 - Mar 2 with 1209 views | hobo |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:04 - Mar 2 by Darran | You sound like a right ćunt fair play. |
Good thing your opinions are largely incorrect then isn't it |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:28 - Mar 2 with 1197 views | jojaca | She is just puppet being used by the puppet masters just hoping we have a soft spot for a kid. The exact Greta plot was preached to us in 1992 by another kid called Severn Cullis-Suzuki. Rinse and repeat boys. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:47 - Mar 2 with 1173 views | Neath_Jack | Nothing new, there have been plenty on here being vile about her in the past. Someone go dig some old threads up (not the most recent one). |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:56 - Mar 2 with 1159 views | Darran |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 18:25 - Mar 2 by hobo | Good thing your opinions are largely incorrect then isn't it |
Twát. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 19:12 - Mar 2 with 1148 views | exiledclaseboy |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 14:35 - Mar 2 by KGriz16 | David Icke says shes a plant for the new world order to control us. |
Not like him. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 19:43 - Mar 2 with 1109 views | Catullus |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 13:58 - Mar 2 by Flashberryjack | I doubt that 95% of the population agree with her, far, far less would be prepared to give up the things and change their lifestyles that she advocates. |
I reckon 95% would agree with her but fot he most part they think it's someone else's job to give up things and make the chnges to save our environment. People are funny like that, greedy and selfish. The intimation that Brexit caused this is laughable, ridiiculous. |  |
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Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 09:11 - Mar 3 with 922 views | Fireboy2 | I blame China and the good old US of fvcking A. Whilst these two tw@ts of countries dont do anything to cut down their carbon emissions and embrace renewable energy theres no point anyone else bothering The selfish tvvats. |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 09:42 - Mar 3 with 910 views | BarrySwan | Fair play she has the unique talent of being able to see CO2 according to her mother. Just out of interest has St Greta of Thunberg actually come up with any realistic practical solutions for saving the planet or does she just repeat over and over again the 'You've betrayed us all' mantra? ( this is a genuine question ) |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 10:28 - Mar 3 with 891 views | controversial_jack |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 09:42 - Mar 3 by BarrySwan | Fair play she has the unique talent of being able to see CO2 according to her mother. Just out of interest has St Greta of Thunberg actually come up with any realistic practical solutions for saving the planet or does she just repeat over and over again the 'You've betrayed us all' mantra? ( this is a genuine question ) |
Is that a plastic raincoat shes wearing, and is that an Iphone in her hand? |  | |  |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 11:00 - Mar 3 with 879 views | Catullus |
Abusing Greta Thunberg... on 10:28 - Mar 3 by controversial_jack | Is that a plastic raincoat shes wearing, and is that an Iphone in her hand? |
Which people (myself included) have poked fun at her. There is a big difference between some light hearted comments pointing out the irony or even hypocrisy in a persons stance and full on abuse. She uses the very things that are created by our abuse of the planet, she jets off around the world on aircraft that emit massive pollution. The problem is most of us, the vast majority are guilty of exactly the same things. We all (ok not ALL) agree with her message but very few of us are willing to make the necessary changes. The governments reaction is usually to introduce new taxes, or eaise existing taxes and that just fuels resentment as it becomes apparent that the people who pollute the most can carry on doing all the fun things, the fast cars, flying to exotic destinations etc whilst us rabble are priced out of it. Thunberg's message is right but we all need to pay more than just lip service to it. That won't stop me poking fun at her or others either. The list of things we are allowed to laugh at is shrinking fast so get it while its hot! |  |
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