Didymus 34,380 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 "Right-wing politicians in France mocked the 16-year-old climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg as a “guru of the apocalypse” before boycotting her appearance in the French parliament. Legislators from the conservative Les Republicains and far-right Rassemblement National parties refused to attend the session and hurled a series of insults at the teenager – calling her the “Joan of Arc of climate change”, the “Justin Bieber of ecology” and a “prophetess in shorts”." "Speaking in English, Ms Thunberg said children like her have become "the bad guys" for daring to tell politicians "uncomfortable things" about climate change." — "Some people have chosen not to come here today, some have chosen not to listen to us and that is fine, we are after all just children, you don’t have to listen to us. But you do have to listen to the scientists, that is all we ask." Source Source #2 Watch the full speech below: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Ironically, this boycott occurred while France was (and still is) crumbling beneath the weight of a record breaking heatwave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morphine Prince 109,683 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I present to you: ADULTS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I don’t get it. Literally Europe is sweating so much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,560 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 politicians be like WE WANT OUR PLASTIC STRAWS BACK So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrey horne 1,180 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Far-right members (RN), conservatives (LR) and liberals (Macron's LREM) were all quick to lecture about how a child is supposed to go to school rather than giving conferences for the future of this planet. As always, missing willfully the very point. Remember "make our planet great again" ? Well, nothing happened in France. Law after law, environnement actions and social rights worsen here. Like CETA, just adopted today an hour after Greta spoke to assembly. In the end of the day, Macron's whole government are just capitalists slaves, serving lobbies and financials interests first and laughing dismissively at a child facing issues and embracing the inescapable battle against human cowardice. Live from a northern french city which comes to live its highest temperature recorded ever today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMROD 117,143 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Wait, are they ganging up on young girl?!? Oh wow. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ✧*:･ﾟ ᶠʳᵒⁿᵗ ᵗᵒʷᵃʳᵈ ᵉⁿᵉᵐʸ (*´艸｀*) ♡♡♡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oriane 22,779 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Didymus said: calling her the “Joan of Arc of climate change” That's ironic, coming from Rassemblement National. French people will understand The only GGD member who can read / Credits to Celloo Deng for the profile pic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reginald 13,841 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 I mean... kids are the ones who will inherit the ball of ash once the mistakes of our elders have burned us all to a crisp So yeah, kids opinions might matter most of all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonIsRising 2,816 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 She's under the control of some lobbies and politicians... I can't stand her and I understand why they want to boycott her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 9 minutes ago, LePetitFlo said: She's under the control of some lobbies and politicians... I can't stand her and I understand why they want to boycott her. Can you expand on this a liitle? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CautiousLurker 19,709 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Damn, how insecure and sensitive do you have to be about your political stance to refuse to attend a session just because a 16yo girl was gonna be there It's a joke! When you give me that look, it's a joke! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorno Giovanna 3,178 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, LePetitFlo said: She's under the control of some lobbies and politicians... I can't stand her and I understand why they want to boycott her. where is the proof? receipt? you need to back your words up a little bit more, as it seems right now your statement is just weak nonsense このジョルノジョヴァンナ夢がある Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
audrey horne 1,180 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, LePetitFlo said: She's under the control of some lobbies and politicians... I can't stand her and I understand why they want to boycott her. Honestly, since when gays have become privileged enough to be that conservative ? Are you scared of her ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miel 15,009 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 It's crazy how there's like literal scientific proof at every turn regarding the detriment of climate change. Hell, my undergraduate thesis, which was by no means a large scale project, and didn't even look directly at climate change, insinuated the effects of climate change on specific estuarine microcosms, and its effects on microevolutionary adaptations on certain fish. Like... sh*t is absolutely real, and it's crazy that it's become such a polarizing issue. It's literally shaping up to become a life or death situation, oh my goodness. 3 points in and ready for more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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