By Reid Fitzsimons
Greta Thunberg achieved, at a young age, global celebrity as a professional protester and activist. She did not find activist fame in the usual way- first become a celebrity (eg actor or author) then exploit their status to preach about whatever they perceive as “injustice-” rather she ascended to the top by being perpetually and publicly aggrieved. She was born in Jan. 2003 in Stockholm, Sweden to parents of moderate fame: her mother is an opera singer and her father an actor and manager and seemingly are of at least moderate affluence. Thunberg apparently became depressed and anorexic when she was 11, perhaps over “climate change” (“I saw and heard these horrible stories about what humans had done to the environment, and what we were doing to the climate, that the climate was changing…”) and was soon thereafter “diagnosed” with Asperger’s syndrome, as compared to simply being a troubled child.
Thunberg first appeared on the radar locally in 2018 when she was 15 via her Strike School for Climate campaign, where she skipped classes on Fridays to protest outside of the Swedish parliament. This led to invitations to speak at various rallies in Europe. A year later she was awarded global celebrity status by being a passenger on a hi-tech/ low carbon emissions yacht crossing the Atlantic Ocean and arriving at NY City to speak at a variety of climate protests and “strikes.” The culmination of this adventure was a speech she gave in Sept. 2019 at the UN, where she chastised the ostensibly climate concerned establishment with a speech that included “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I’m one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you!” It was noted by critics that sailing to NY rather than flying- making a statement, so to speak- was a bit silly because others had to fly across the Atlantic to deal with the logistics of the yacht. There was also cynicism in the fact that the vast majority of the world couldn’t reasonably sail across an ocean, let alone in an approx. $3 million yacht co-captained by a Prince of Monaco.
Alfred Finocchiaro
T. L. Fitzsimmons lived in a different world, different time, possibly a different universe.
Alfred Finocchiaro
OH, the difference between the two; one gave his life for his country to make a difference, the other wants you to change your life to make a difference.....
Carole Ann Milljour
Another great article, Reid! Greta’s background certainly enabled her to become the nuisance she proved herself to be. I wonder what her future will be. I certainly would hope she realizes how much of a negative impact she has created on this poor world. So sad for someone so young, has her whole life ahead of her and yet has chosen this path. It almost seems to me that due to the publicity she’s gotten, she has the ego to want to go on and on producing more destructive and false commentary...saying pretty much anything and everything for publicity! She certainly has a lot to learn. I wonder if she ever will. I am always hopeful these idiots on the left realize what they’re doing and figure out the truth behind the lies they spiel.
I oftentimes wonder why we have to put up with “Main Street Media’s” lies and corruption. Which promotes, of course, most if not all of this crazy behavior. I would think they should all be held on charges of treason against this great nation … all it does is cause more and more unrest….I guess that’s what the left is hoping for, cripple the country from within and you have no country left. So the greedy and corrupt can end up destroying themselves as well. They don’t have the intellect to create, just tear down from what I’m seeing. I feel so sorry for all those Police Officers, ICE Agents, National Guard, etc., etc. who have to deal with all this nonsensical rhetoric! Back in the day George Washington shot or hung people for treason. I guess these nut cases we have to deal with are pretty lucky in that regard!
Although a lot of those protesters are being locked up when they cross that line! On top of it all, some don’t even know what they are there because they’re getting paid to do it. These people are to me, hopeless!
Greta has a lot to learn and so do so many of our youth who have been pretty much brainwashed. Thank God, not all, but there certainly are plenty and not only youth, but older adults who you would think had more sense then they do. Kind of wonder how people can listen to all that BS and not question it...I don’t know. It is tiring, it is sad and it is dangerous. I am waiting to see what Great’s next move will be. Maybe we will be lucky and she’ll go away! One can only hope!