Greta Thunberg found guilty of failing to obey police at climate protest
She told Swedish media that she will not be appealing the verdict.
She told Swedish media that she will not be appealing the verdict.
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Why is this news?
Because she is a public figure and a politically exposed persons
It's rather silly. She broke the law and was found guilty of doing so. Big deal.
Look, I think she's doing great things, but that doesn't give her immunity to the law. If anything, this conviction keeps her name in the news, so it may be a positive after all.
Oh it definitely feels like publicity stunt to me, I only know her name, don't really buy into either side deifying her or hating her. From what I've seen, she's someone who may not be qualified, but has a platform and is using it for something she believes in.
deifying her
Yeah man, before we start a climate protest, we first pray to our savior goddess Greta Thunberg. We post up a ginormous picture of her and bow, sometimes even prostrate to it. We repeat her mantra "How dare you!" a hundred times before starting anything else, because this all is about creating a personality cult, not actually protesting our meagerness when fighting climate change.
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There are plenty of other scientists to get behind, but you guys chose a teenager without any real qualifications.
Sounds like she was your 'chosen' one.