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Why is it so hard to get a good Role-model for climate change activism.
I used to be fairky active about climate change but now that Greta came along I had to distance myself from most organizations as many seem to praise or support her. It is such a shame we cant have role models in climate change we can look up to.
#climatechange #climate #science #enviroment #greta #gretathurnberg
@freemo
I am intrigued a bit. Why you want to distance yourself because of Greta?
I personally feel her involvement made the issue focal point of many news outlets. And it got the attention it deserved and needed.
@shibaprasad The news outlets were already quite vocal about climate change. Greta did little to nothing to increase that awareness. She acts as a focal point for people who were already active in climate change. She did not however do anything productive WRT bringing people to the table who were otherwise indifferent about the issue, if anything she has driven those people to the opposite end of the spectrum.
As I said in my other reply:
The most notable issue is her anti-education stance. She promotes kids play hookie from school in order to bring about climate change without a very clear set of objectives or demands to even bring it about.
The equivalent to this would be an educator starting a movement that said "We need to dump toxic waste in a river every friday to bring awareness to education". It is destructive to one cause in a vain attempt to bolster another.
More importantly though is that it is self-destructive to the climate activism in the first place. Climate change denial is rooted in people being uneducated, not being critical thinkers able to reason and understand the situation. So the very movement she is creating in the long run will perpetuate the problem rather than fix it.
