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321b. My Problem with Greta Thunberg's Activism: Israel & Climate Change

heretics. | andrew gold

Andrew Gold

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4968 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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*This was from my YouTube livestream so is a little different in style, hope you guys like it though!* Greta Thunberg is in the news again after sharing her support for Gaza & Palestine - and not Israel. Somehow she is linking it to the climate, and I wanted to analyse the rise and rise of one of the most divisive figures on the planet. A lot of people considered Great the antisemite after her blue octopus, such as Viva Frei on his channel. But here are my thoughts. #gretathunberg #israel #gaza Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Greta Thunberg is in the news again after sharing her support for Gaza and

0:50.1

somehow linking it to the climate and also sharing an anti-Semitic octopus, but I'll get on to that.

0:58.0

I wanted to analyze the rise and rise of one of the most divisive figures on the planet, Greta Thunberg.

1:05.0

And I don't know if it's Tunberg or Thunberg, so I'm going somewhere between.

1:09.0

To some, Greta is a shining light who shines light on social inequalities and in particular climate change.

1:18.0

To others she's a symbol of everything that is wrong with a certain kind of virtue signaling, empty platitudes, and

1:28.6

narcissism.

1:30.5

When she first came to the fore at the age of just 15 I remember thinking that she was mildly And I didn't want to jump on the bandwagon of people attacking her because I didn't want to attack a 15 year old autistic girl, right?

1:47.4

It just didn't seem necessary.

1:48.5

Some people went full in on her.

1:50.6

I don't think that was necessary at all.

1:53.6

She's nearly 21 now, and while I don't want to be mean, I do want to take a look at some of her,

2:01.0

well, some of her views from a nuanced perspective, some of her behavior of course as well and more

2:09.8

importantly the behaviors of those around her who have pushed her to stardom in what I think is an irresponsible manner

2:17.5

culminating in a photo put out today in which she quite incredibly links

2:22.4

pro-Garsa support with climate change.

2:26.8

So I'll get into quite how that's come to be

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