Greta Thunberg has arrived in Greece following her deportation from Israel, after the Gaza aid flotilla was intercepted. Thunberg, along with hundreds of oth...
You seem to want to shit on her for not coming from poverty.
… no?
I’m pointing out that characterizing a life of political activism - and it is certainly dedicating her life to it - as the bare minimum of morality is an extremely tone-deaf statement. I don’t really know how much clearer I can phrase this.
This is not, furthermore, a one-off statement, but consistently tone-deaf rhetoric of this sort she has used - a style of rhetoric which, as mentioned, is common amongst some other leftists who seem capable of understanding that the core idea is absurd until their current political crisis du jour comes up.
She risks her life, you don’t. You bitch about it.
So it’s not so much that she’s risking her life, using herself as a human shield in hopes of delivering aid, or helping to undermine Israel’s propaganda in the face of crimes against humanity…
This is just his known track record. If you want to help someone, he calls you a fascist/tankie/whatever insult it is this time, and then swear him posting Rome memes is the real way of helping people.
… no?
I’m pointing out that characterizing a life of political activism - and it is certainly dedicating her life to it - as the bare minimum of morality is an extremely tone-deaf statement. I don’t really know how much clearer I can phrase this.
This is not, furthermore, a one-off statement, but consistently tone-deaf rhetoric of this sort she has used - a style of rhetoric which, as mentioned, is common amongst some other leftists who seem capable of understanding that the core idea is absurd until their current political crisis du jour comes up.
What.
So it’s not so much that she’s risking her life, using herself as a human shield in hopes of delivering aid, or helping to undermine Israel’s propaganda in the face of crimes against humanity…
It’s her style that you’re fixated on.
You’re just disappointing as a human.
This is just his known track record. If you want to help someone, he calls you a fascist/tankie/whatever insult it is this time, and then swear him posting Rome memes is the real way of helping people.