They say she is using ‘the climate movement to throw her support behind the Palestinians’. Well, good on her.
“Silence is complicity,” Thunberg added. “You cannot be neutral in a genocide.” She is right.
Greta remains awesome
Greta did the climate movement a massive favor. Their words would have sounded very hollow if they decoupled other important issues. It would signal we only care about humanitarian catastrophes when they affect us.
Lives rent free in their minds
When the state media of one of the biggest fossil fuel exporter in the world is cheering for you, you might want to reconsider what you are doing as a climate activist.
This article is mostly ‘cheering’ for Greta’s stance on Palestine rather than climate. Besides, it’s written by a Canadian journalist.
They can cheer for whomever they wish. What you do mean much more than what people think of you.