tomus - // // If, as you say, you have read my posts on Ms Thunberg, you will have noted my position regarding her, and her notoriety //
Yes, and I've never felt from any of it that you have the slightest concern for her welfare. You've always given the impression - actually no, you've outright stated on several occasions that you just don't like being lectured to by an inexperienced kid that's too young to know what she's talking about. //
I absolutely stand by that view, and have stated it many times.
But I have also posted - usually in the same posts, that I am concerned for her well-being because I am.
The important thing to understand is that contempt for the broadcast ill-formed views of a child too young to know of what she is speaking, and only platformed by cynical adults - and concern for her welfare are, in fact, mutually exclusive.
I have raised three daughters through adolescence, and believe me, the pompous ignorant guff I have heard spouted across hundreds of mealtimes means that I am exceedingly well-versed in the tendency for adolescents whose actual knowledge of the world is inversely proportional to the amount of knowledge that they think they possess - and are seriously keen to share with their dopey parents who know nothing about anything.
But that didn't stop me loving my daughters with all the love I possess, and a fierce desire to make sure that they became adults knowing that what they spouted was nonsense, but that is perfectly OK, because that is what teenagers do, it's a vital part of growing up.
Ms. Thunberg however is not permitted to share her ignorance and passion, which are in equal measure at her age, simply with her family and peers - she is touted as some kind of messiah who 'knows more' simply because she has mental challenges.
That is unforgivable cynicism, and it does concern me, and I do loathe and despise her parents for spoiling her life by convincing her she is something she is clearly not, and sitting in the background banking the cheques.
I hope that's cleared up any misunderstanding.