When it comes to causes, timing is everything. She truly believes in her cause and that there is already sufficient data but world leaders are not acting on it except with rhetoric. Why should she waste 4 years in school if the time to act is now?
How did a 16-year old girl get to speak at the UN?
What knowledge can she possibly possess in order to change world politics?
Do we want a 16-year old to guide the worlds deciosions?
Is this just a kid to target emotions in order to influence people for your agenda or is it a climate change expert who read through the literature?
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My opinion is terrible.
Someone is using this girl for his interest.
I agree, and while I think it's important that we bring awareness to the issue of climate change, I did not think this was the proper way to do it.
As soon as I saw Greta making her speech I couldn't help but wonder... who is this girl? and what makes her special enough to get up on that podium and speak in front of the world? If someone is to speak to the nation on an issue that important, it should be an expert in that field, not a little girl, who I would presume has some background in acting or the performing arts, reading off of a script.
I have no problem with the message she was trying to convey, and while a little extreme, it definitely caught the world's eye. However, I would presume that most sensible people watching this speech would realize that SOMEONE had to have put her there, and put her there only to target emotions and push an agenda, as you said. To me I couldn't get over the fact of how childish this seemed to play the sympathy card on such an important issue, and it in many ways de-legitimize a very real argument.
Would have to agree here.
She's without a doubt a little girl that probably does have these opinions about Climate Change, yes. But who propped her up to give her this stage, this isn't something that people her age are typically able to do by herselves.
How is she able to be taking off from school and travelling the world for this long. She's obviously being supported by left wing groups to be able to do this, and all her ideas and speeches weren't all made by herself. She's a puppet, and she's being used to spread ideas.