Where Is Greta Thunberg These Days?

So now we’ll start criticising GT because of who she isn’t . Nice

If someone rants I switch off.

Oh yes!
Me too.
Far more my cup of tea.

MissAdventure

I can take her or leave her.

I'd rather listen to Sir David Attenborough and Chris Packham.

I can take her or leave her.

Thanks maybee, it is just people are using the term as if it is a thing.

Plevey08, I think her parents were worried at first and tried to discourage her because she skipped school to protest but in the end her father supported and helped her.
It must have been a difficult decision as a parent.

Galaxy

Do people mean selective mutism. Selective autism isn't a clinical diagnosis as far as I am aware.

She amended it to selective mutism.

Do people mean selective mutism. Selective autism isn't a clinical diagnosis as far as I am aware.

fancythat

Those are not superpowers. That is fear.

I think both your last posts show profound ignorance of her conditions and sound cruel and harsh.

Those are not superpowers. That is fear.

She also has OCD and selective autism

Those are both anxiety disorders, as I understand it.

No thanks.

Thanks Plevey, for that information.

Selective mutism

She also has OCD and selective autism. She thinks of them as her superpowers. Speaks only when she thinks it's necessary. The autism and OCd give her a laser like focus. Bloody amazing in a majority neurotypical world.

From what I've read/ heard about her in the past, her parents, especially her father, encouraged her when she became greatly interested in climate change. She had a real passion to get out there to try to get people to understand what is happening. I hear she has autism, and yes some autistic people can be passionate about a topic, interest etc. Her father seeing her passion supported her. What's not to like about that? Pretty amazing IMO. Many people have been irritated with her, those in Sweden gave her a mixed response. I think, despite her social difficulties she found the.courage to stand, and want others to hear her deeply felt fear of climate change. Bravo to her and her family supporting her.

Galaxy

Nope I think those who attend the pro palestine marches have made this country more divided and certainly more anti semitic. I support her right to protest and my right to say I dont view her as one of the good guys.

Wow - we’ve been on a downward trajectory since long before those marches (imo).

Nope I think those who attend the pro palestine marches have made this country more divided and certainly more anti semitic. I support her right to protest and my right to say I dont view her as one of the good guys.

I get the impression that a small number of those with nothing but nasty comments to make about GT still think that women, younger ones in particular, should stay indoors, remain ladylike at all times, and never express strong opinions on anything political and certainly not get actively involved, however passionately they feel about what they see as a huge and very important issue..

And as for the pearl clutching regarding the language she sometimes uses , well, I'm lost for words. But luckily, she isn't.

What a wonderful young woman she is. If only more of us were active like her.

Take offence, your prerogative but I won’t change my mind.

Agree MayBee - she’s a 23 year old. young woman. Why is it acceptable to call her a brat?

nanna8

She is a brat but at least she is putting her brattishness to good use, or was, until she started supporting Hamas.

Sympathising with what’s happening to the people in Gaza is not supporting Hamas. It’s showing compassion for fellow human beings. Imo And I think it’s offensive calling her a brat…

She is a brat but at least she is putting her brattishness to good use, or was, until she started supporting Hamas.

Wyllow3

Passionate, can be single minded, and do no harm, always has its place in society.

That’s my take on her, too. Thanks for wording it in a way that I was trying to. She sees through all the imo.