Gravitas: Greta Thunberg: Activist Or Imposter?

this is a philosophical and scientific conundrum scientists have been trying to understand this for decades it's about the observer and the observed bear with me in simple words it means that the observer decides what is being observed it's called the observer bias and this is clearly on display when it comes to an assessment of teenage climate activists Greta Thornburg only 17 years old she's among the biggest headliners at the UN GA in New York last week her address at the UN climate summit sparked reactions of all varieties the stare at Donald Trump broke Twitter we all saw it her name is also on the shortlist for the Nobel Peace Prize this time and yet the last week also saw Greta Thornburg's motives being questioned her emotions being analyzed and latest to join the list of skeptics is Russian President Vladimir Putin it was the children daily object was to go aboard oh stop Linea Twitter wasn't it's a touch-tone melodia ludia etruscan appreciate Romanian Austria problem a civil nation even attention problem ecology at the price at which a shrew is not direct Nakada DTA Pedrosa floating is positive it's a huge areas at the student polka associate well this is not the first time that she's been slammed world leaders such as Donald Trump in Australia Scott Morrison have taken the position let kids be kids very well climate changes for adults to solve this in their future but their optimism above all we must let our children be children let our kids be kids let our teenagers be teenagers while we do the work positively together to deliver the practical solutions for them and their future and it's not just the right-wing leaders who are rallying against Greta Thornburg centrists self-declared liberal heads of state are also very affirmed French president Emmanuel macron spoke about Thornburg's protests let me quote from that statement there are plenty of citizen actions that are useful here with such radical positions it could polarize our societies practically climate protests and polarized societies according to macro his stance seemed to be a typical neither here nor there approach citizens must take action but they must not protest or something like that so how should we see these statements it's easy to take a moral high ground and slam these leaders for criticizing a teenager who's bothered about the future of the planet but like every polarizing position taking such a stand would miss the point altogether so is Greta Thornburg an activist or an impostor let's try to answer that one criticism of her is about her family many call her a puppet they say it's unrealistic for someone of her age to spearhead such a huge movement she's being coached then there are others who believe that her expressions and anger are all part of an act too dramatic the third criticism perhaps carries some weight people support Greta Thornburg - by virtue but actually do precious little to prevent climate change here's the other side of this argument it is is it right for the adults in the room to be afraid of a teenage activist drawing the tension - one of the biggest existential crises on planet Earth and look at what Greta Sandberg has managed to achieve in the last year climate change has been a contentious topic for years now climate sceptics occupy the most positions in the world yet one teenager has garnered so much attention one teenager who has filed lawsuits against France and Germany for not meeting emission targets to question Greta Sandberg's intentions is to make the climate crisis all about her it's not what she's saying is the stark reality that cannot be disputed should it matter so much then that she a teenaged girl is saying this and then again it is very important to understand the tackling climate change is not just about avoiding flights and supporting or opposing Greta Thornburg let's dwell on the question that the Russian president raised it's a valid question to Virginia Beach news to surimi an Amir Schwarzenegger Breslin mr. 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Keywords: Wion, Gravitas, Greta Thunberg, Climate Change

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Length: 6min 12sec (372 seconds)

Published: Thu Oct 03 2019