Has anyone tried to do an analysis on these trolls? Who are they and why are they trolling? I'm concerned that these aren't normal people and instead people interested in maintaining the status quo are coordinating these activities.
Trolls Are Swarming Young Climate Activists Online
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#22Sad to see. Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with. What did they expect? And also, a 16 year old girl speaking at the UN? Is that a joke? I fully support protecting the environment but this is child exploitation for political purposes. These movements should be led by scientists, not children. Is it any wonder people are still s…
> Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with.
Oh, fuck you. Greta is taking better care of your kid than you are.
Ppl ignored the adults. This is what you get.
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#23I cant help but think that those girls were selected specifically because they re underage. That they would attract trolls is an inevitability.
"Selected" by who? George Soros? Young people are going to start speaking out disproportionately about gun violence in school and how it relates to pathological communities like 8chan and Gab, and climate change because it's their future. Half of them will be female.
"Young girls not being able to express an opinion because of trolls" is a totally ass-backwards way of looking at the situation. Society in the age of social media just needs a way of shoving trolls back under the rocks they've historically sleazed around under.
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#24Sad to see. Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with. What did they expect? And also, a 16 year old girl speaking at the UN? Is that a joke? I fully support protecting the environment but this is child exploitation for political purposes. These movements should be led by scientists, not children. Is it any wonder people are still s…
The movement has been led by scientists for decades. They have been ignored. If it's shameful that a 16 year old is being forced to lead a movement, the shame is on society and the older generations for not doing anything about climate change despite manifest urgency.
All it's likely to do is irritate people and that really won't help the cause at all.
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#26I cant help but think that those girls were selected specifically because they re underage. That they would attract trolls is an inevitability.
"Selected" by who? George Soros? Young people are going to start speaking out disproportionately about gun violence in school and how it relates to pathological communities like 8chan and Gab, and climate change because it's their future. Half of them will be female. "Young girls not being able to express an opinion because of trolls" is a totally ass-backwards way of looking at the situation. Society in the age of s…
By the media
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#27Sad to see. Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with. What did they expect? And also, a 16 year old girl speaking at the UN? Is that a joke? I fully support protecting the environment but this is child exploitation for political purposes. These movements should be led by scientists, not children. Is it any wonder people are still s…
If you listen to the transcripts, this is essentially what they're campaigning for - for the adults to take charge. And these kids are being congratulated for speaking out while the contents of their message are ignored. It's frustrating to watch.
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#28Sad to see. Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with. What did they expect? And also, a 16 year old girl speaking at the UN? Is that a joke? I fully support protecting the environment but this is child exploitation for political purposes. These movements should be led by scientists, not children. Is it any wonder people are still s…
That's the whole idea. Adults, and politicians, are not doing what we should be doing.
The "kids" will inherit our poor decisions so they're making a stand.
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#29Sad to see. Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with. What did they expect? And also, a 16 year old girl speaking at the UN? Is that a joke? I fully support protecting the environment but this is child exploitation for political purposes. These movements should be led by scientists, not children. Is it any wonder people are still s…
> Although, honestly, the parents shouldn't have allowed their kids to put themselves in these 'activist' positions to begin with.
Why? If your child is passionate about something, why would you disallow them from pursuing it?
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#30I cant help but think that those girls were selected specifically because they re underage. That they would attract trolls is an inevitability.
Is the solution to suppress their voices, rather than protect them from trolls and suppress the voices of the trolls?
The solution is not picking children from the crowd to use as your political shield.