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Ooh, the mystery of the deleted post! Was it nasty and spiteful, or was it overzealous modding? We'll never know.
Anyhoo, just finished watching the documentary. Of course, you can't trust it to be entirely unbiased, but these are my thoughts.
Greta's parents are certainly not feeding her information, she gets it from various sources, television, literature, the internet, but they certainly don't seem involved in that side of things...
...but, they are, her father specifically, enabling Greta a free reign to voice her opinions. If they had stopped it at the beginning, she would have moved on to a dofferent passion project.
She isn't (or wasn't at any rate, this doc only covers her aged 15/16) emotionally developed enough to handle what has happened to her. Her Asperger Syndrome seems (I'm no expert on the disease) to have stopped her natural development. She is a complete information dump, she absorbs and understands everything very quickly, but because of that, she's overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information she's absorbing.
If she had the choice, she would never have started it. There's a scene where she tearfully wishes for the simplicity and order of her old life. She's committed to her cause, and feels that she can't back down now, but the weight of expectation is crushing her. She takes every opportunity to be a normal little girl again, when she thinks no one is watching. She dances, she giggles, she plays with her dogs, but that childhood is being taken from her.
Her passion is genuine, but uncontrolled due to her lack of maturity. I really wish someone had forced her to stop, because it's almost tragic to watch. She shouldn't have been allowed to get so enveloped in this. It's really too late for her. She's too far gone to leave Climate Change behind.
Was I inspired by her actions? Not really, she shouldn't have been the voice of climate change and my thoughts are that having inspired so many other young people to act, she should've stepped back and let other take over. The main emotions I got watching her, was sympathy.
Anyhoo, just finished watching the documentary. Of course, you can't trust it to be entirely unbiased, but these are my thoughts.
Greta's parents are certainly not feeding her information, she gets it from various sources, television, literature, the internet, but they certainly don't seem involved in that side of things...
...but, they are, her father specifically, enabling Greta a free reign to voice her opinions. If they had stopped it at the beginning, she would have moved on to a dofferent passion project.
She isn't (or wasn't at any rate, this doc only covers her aged 15/16) emotionally developed enough to handle what has happened to her. Her Asperger Syndrome seems (I'm no expert on the disease) to have stopped her natural development. She is a complete information dump, she absorbs and understands everything very quickly, but because of that, she's overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information she's absorbing.
If she had the choice, she would never have started it. There's a scene where she tearfully wishes for the simplicity and order of her old life. She's committed to her cause, and feels that she can't back down now, but the weight of expectation is crushing her. She takes every opportunity to be a normal little girl again, when she thinks no one is watching. She dances, she giggles, she plays with her dogs, but that childhood is being taken from her.
Her passion is genuine, but uncontrolled due to her lack of maturity. I really wish someone had forced her to stop, because it's almost tragic to watch. She shouldn't have been allowed to get so enveloped in this. It's really too late for her. She's too far gone to leave Climate Change behind.
Was I inspired by her actions? Not really, she shouldn't have been the voice of climate change and my thoughts are that having inspired so many other young people to act, she should've stepped back and let other take over. The main emotions I got watching her, was sympathy.
Mozz - // Was I inspired by her actions? Not really, she shouldn't have been the voice of climate change and my thoughts are that having inspired so many other young people to act, she should've stepped back and let other take over. The main emotions I got watching her, was sympathy. //
I would suggest that your response is based on your overview as an adult, of a young person who is clearly out of her depth with the roller coaster she has been tied onto.
The problem is, the young people who follow her lead have no such perception - they honestly believe that she has something new and important to say simply based on the fact of her age, and the persona she has developed of a future 'victim' of current policies.
It is nonsense, but you need to be an adult with life experience to see that - and that is where her handlers score - they are pretending she is something she is not, and that is shameful manipulation of a vulnerable person.
I would suggest that your response is based on your overview as an adult, of a young person who is clearly out of her depth with the roller coaster she has been tied onto.
The problem is, the young people who follow her lead have no such perception - they honestly believe that she has something new and important to say simply based on the fact of her age, and the persona she has developed of a future 'victim' of current policies.
It is nonsense, but you need to be an adult with life experience to see that - and that is where her handlers score - they are pretending she is something she is not, and that is shameful manipulation of a vulnerable person.
My conclusion is based on her capacity to deal with the role she's chosen, not due to her age, or her lack of knowledge, but due to her Aspergers. A different kid without autism, may well thrive in such a position.
Of course, two years down the line, things may be different and she may be more able to cope, but back then, it was too much.
Of course, two years down the line, things may be different and she may be more able to cope, but back then, it was too much.
Mozz71
My conclusion is based on her capacity to deal with the role she's chosen, not due to her age, or her lack of knowledge, but due to her Aspergers. A different kid without autism, may well thrive in such a position
But as I said earlier it is a role that has snowballed and she’s had to run with it a little reluctantly, that’s how I saw it in the programme.
As for you Andy Hughes, what is your beef with her?
Her tender years? Or is it that she’s clearly researched and well read in the subject and that you can’t argue with the evidence she presents?
Seems that most have issue with her age because they certainly can’t counter her evidence.
My conclusion is based on her capacity to deal with the role she's chosen, not due to her age, or her lack of knowledge, but due to her Aspergers. A different kid without autism, may well thrive in such a position
But as I said earlier it is a role that has snowballed and she’s had to run with it a little reluctantly, that’s how I saw it in the programme.
As for you Andy Hughes, what is your beef with her?
Her tender years? Or is it that she’s clearly researched and well read in the subject and that you can’t argue with the evidence she presents?
Seems that most have issue with her age because they certainly can’t counter her evidence.
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