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Why middle-aged men hate Greta Thunberg

Being guilt-tripped by a teenager is too close to home for plenty of parents


Of course, the main reason why some rightwingers are so agitated about her is that they do not like her message, but the messenger herself obviously riles them too.

Once you see this through the prism of teenager and parent, however, it all begins to make sense. No one likes being berated by their children, least of all when we suspect they may have a point. Greta is guilt-tripping the adults on a planetary scale.

Hence the instinctive response. This is the kind of stroppy defiance that makes a certain type of adult want to go out and trash the planet, just to show who’s boss.

“How dare you talk to me like that, young lady? I’m jetting off to the US for a steak supper to teach you a lesson. In fact, I may eat a whole cow.

https://www.ft.com/content/843e1fa4-...4-d00e5018f061

En nog van dat:

https://timesinternational.net/i-hate-greta-thunberg/

“I Hate Greta Thunberg” – But Why?

by Tamara Pavlovi? 2019-12-25

The Criticism on Climate Activists

But it’s not just that she is attacking people for their capabilities, in a way, that is affecting us on a psychological level. “Dr. Lertzman argued Greta is so triggering for many because the human understanding of climate change is inherently psychological”. Naturally, we are not used to the idea of the cataclysm we’ve been hearing about a lot for the past few years.

The way we perceive the news about environmental changes and develop awareness about the problems is surfacing many mixed emotions we would describe as bad. Such as rage, sadness, helplessness, but also a created conflict and a dilemma to how we actually feel. We weren’t taught how to cope with this. Most of us were taught about global warming as some abstract term that is existing but is far from current reality.

THAT’S WHY SO MANY OF US TEND TO GET ANGRY AND DARE TO BAD-MOUTH A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

The attack is the best defense, right? (No.) Although, one of the aspects of your anger towards her is actually contributing to her cause. By keeping the masses angry she’s challenging the leaders to try to fix it because it puts additional pressure on the governments. The way to get people less angry is by “shutting her up”, and the only way she’ll do it is when the governments actually do what she’s asking – take the climate crisis as a priority.

The most often types of “haters” I saw so far:

1. “Oh no Greta, how dare you to call me out! I’ve been doing so much in regard to this matter even before you were born!”.

2. “Oh no Greta, how dare you! I’m a dominant middle-aged white male and I know what I’m doing”.

3. “Climate change is not real, duh”.

4. “Poor child has mental problems, she’s just crazy”.

5. “She’s just complaining! Why doesn’t she plant a tree?!”

6. All combined.

7. Donald Trump trying to be sarcastic.