She was basically also just speaking about her concerns and asking for help. Those are things that children of all ages should be encouraged to do and adults should listen to them, regardless of the maturity of the child.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 107 points 2 months ago

Teenage girl: "I'm very concerned that climate change is going to kill all of us.'

Conservatives: "Well, since we're all voicing opinions here, I think pedophelia should be acceptable."

There are people in the world who have these thoughts and somehow manage feel a sense of moral superiority when they do. Completely baffling to me.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 96 points 2 months ago

Greta Thunberg is the GOAT for pissing off armies of angry middle aged & old dudes

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Besides the fact she’s in her 20s now

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 63 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The original tweet (XCancel) is from 2019, when Greta Thunberg was 16.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Even then, it was comparing youth participation in climate policy to human trafficking and rape.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago

This is the "moving the goalpost" strategy /s

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

I see. Well….still abjectly wrong

[–] Irelephant@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago

This screenshot is really old, from when the talking point was "she should be in school!".

[–] Zozano@aussie.zone 10 points 2 months ago

This screenshot is about 5 years old.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 32 points 2 months ago

The amount of hate towards Great coming from the scum shows that she was dead-fucking-right and spot on

[–] sepi@piefed.social 25 points 2 months ago

No one:

Absolutely no one:

Conservatives: What is up with all this age of consent stuff?

[–] SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Hey.

Remember when these same creeps were keeping track of how long it would be before she turned 18?

Get them off the planet.