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Environmental superstar and one of the most lauded teenagers on planet Earth, Greta Thunberg, is known for fighting for what she believes in, no matter what criticism she might get.
Well, the 16-year-old climate change activist Greta from Sweden is making headlines once again, this time for showing that she’s got a great sense of humor and is able to turn other people’s criticism around and make it a strength. When the US President mocked her on Monday by sarcastically noting that she “seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future,” Greta took that quote and proudly put it in her Twitter bio.
After you’re done with this article, be sure to read Bored Panda’s previous posts about Greta, including our post about her speech at the UN, as well as how people made fools of themselves when they made fun of her for sailing on a zero-emissions yacht.
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She took Trump’s sarcastic comment…
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…and put it in her Twitter bio
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Trump’s criticism of the well-known teenager, who is the face of the climate justice movement, occurred several hours after her speech at the United Nations on Monday. There, Greta strongly criticized the world’s most powerful leaders for not doing enough to fight climate change, save the world and ensure a bright tomorrow for future generations.
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Greta’s expression says it all, doesn’t it?
The teenager criticized world leaders
“I shouldn’t be up here. I should be back at school on the other side of the ocean,” Greta lambasted politicians. “Yet you all come to us young people for hope. How dare you! You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words.”
You can watch Greta’s speech at the UN right here
Greta’s speech at the UN was well-received by many who believed it conveyed the urgency of global warming, however, some people accused her of pretending to be outraged for better effect. The teenager’s critics previously called her a ‘guru of the Apocalypse,’ while others rose to defend her, highlighting the fact that her goals are what’s best for the world. The girl sailed to the UN summit across the Atlantic Ocean on a 60-foot (18-meter) long environmentally-friendly yacht, the Malizia II, with three other people, including her father Svente.
Bored Panda talked to a representative of the ‘Fridays for Future’ global movement to get some context about the fight against climate change.
The ‘Fridays for Future’ team described itself as “a people’s movement, following the call from Greta Thunberg to school strike.” The movement has a single goal: to recognize the climate emergency currently underway and to create “a safe pathway” to keep the average global temperature increase below 1.5 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels.
The representative from ‘Fridays for Future’ also had this to say: “School children are required to attend school. But with the worsening climate destruction, this goal of going to school begins to be pointless.”
“Why study for a future, which may not be there? Why spend a lot of effort to become educated, when our governments are not listening to the educated?” the representative asked.
Dear Pandas, what do you think of Greta’s comeback to Trump’s criticism? What do you think of Greta’s speech at the UN? What are your thoughts about climate change? Share your thoughts with us.
Here’s how people reacted to Greta’s move
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What do you think ?
comboplush 6 years ago (edited)
I cannot get over how extremely annoying it is when people just hear her speech and then start to criticise her age or her Asperger's and assume that she possibly cannot have generated any of those thoughts on her own. I am so annoyed that some cannot imagine that even at 15 and now 16 you are capable of having strong beliefs, can be determined and perfectly able to speak out and even in front of world leaders. She is very unique and we get to witness the full power of an Aspie in full-logic mode, but it is not uncommon that young adults and even children have strong ethical drives and even a firmer grasp on scientific matters than some elected politicians. Them trying to belittle her as a person is akin to those people telling someone that your child cannot possible be reading at four - just assuming because they couldn't, no one else can. And that speaks more about the critiques than about her. It is like a class meeting of bullies. Ah, the ignorance, it just hurts! Ggraaah!
Max Hallsett 6 years ago
Unfortunately, a lot of people were idiot teenagers and think that it impossible to be anything but an idiot teenager. More than likely, these same people are idiot adults.
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tuzdayschild 6 years ago
How in God's name did we wind up with a president who spends his time mocking children?
Falcon 6 years ago
Valiant effort, but I doubt anything will change, because the countries that pollute the most will always choose economic growth over climate change.
razan youssef 6 years ago
yeah but you have to believe. you have to belive or none of it will matter. you have to hope that people will be heard, or it will all go to waste
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CP 6 years ago
The other strange pattern I am seeing on here is people saying she is a hypocrite. How? You are setting impossible standards for someone to achieve and using it as an excuse to make bad arguments against her. I have yet to see any coherent argument against the substance of what she is saying.
Kevin Donegan 6 years ago
Trump is an obese pathological lying imbecile with the maturity of an 11 year old boy. Greta should take pride in being targeted by this troll. Speaking of 70+ year old powerful men attacking 16 year old girls, isn't Melania supposed to stand up to internet bully? How is that going?
Nirity 6 years ago
Be pride of what exactly? That a dumbass happen to be president? That she is smarter than him but has no power to act? That the dumbass has power to act but he will not bc he is a dumbass? That the only result we got from the dumbass, after the smart girl's speech, is watching powerlessly how the dumbass old creep bully the bright little lady? What's to be proud of?
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Lynda Momalo 6 years ago
Unlike most of you here, I saw the major environmental protests in the 60s and early 70s. They were all young too. And, at first, old men mocked and ignored them. But, you know what? They made a difference. It worked. When I was a kid, the air in NYC and Los Angeles was literally brown. Acid rain destroyed car finishes. Pesticides were killing birds and wildlife -- the bald eagle was nearly extinct. Young people (and some adults) pushed and protested and raised awareness and, eventually, they got a groundswell of public opinion behind them. And where public opinion goes, policy follows. Unfortunately, since Conservatives keep coming in and spewing pollution right and left in their greed for excess profits, so every couple of generations, people like Greta have to start the crusade again.
blubfisher 6 years ago
Honestly, I think shes wasting her breath. The UN isn't going to listen to her. If they didn't listen to nobel prize winners and published scientists, whats going to make them listen to her? Also, personally, I wouldn't listen to her because of her word choice. How dare you? the UN isn't responsible. If I recall, the UN is constantly publishing content spreading awareness for climate change. If She wants to make a difference, she should take her activism to countries that matter like India, China and these DEVELOPING nations who are spewing toxic waste into our atmosphere.
comboplush 6 years ago (edited)
I cannot get over how extremely annoying it is when people just hear her speech and then start to criticise her age or her Asperger's and assume that she possibly cannot have generated any of those thoughts on her own. I am so annoyed that some cannot imagine that even at 15 and now 16 you are capable of having strong beliefs, can be determined and perfectly able to speak out and even in front of world leaders. She is very unique and we get to witness the full power of an Aspie in full-logic mode, but it is not uncommon that young adults and even children have strong ethical drives and even a firmer grasp on scientific matters than some elected politicians. Them trying to belittle her as a person is akin to those people telling someone that your child cannot possible be reading at four - just assuming because they couldn't, no one else can. And that speaks more about the critiques than about her. It is like a class meeting of bullies. Ah, the ignorance, it just hurts! Ggraaah!
Max Hallsett 6 years ago
Unfortunately, a lot of people were idiot teenagers and think that it impossible to be anything but an idiot teenager. More than likely, these same people are idiot adults.
Load More Replies... tuzdayschild 6 years ago
How in God's name did we wind up with a president who spends his time mocking children?
Falcon 6 years ago
Valiant effort, but I doubt anything will change, because the countries that pollute the most will always choose economic growth over climate change.
razan youssef 6 years ago
yeah but you have to believe. you have to belive or none of it will matter. you have to hope that people will be heard, or it will all go to waste
Load More Replies... CP 6 years ago
The other strange pattern I am seeing on here is people saying she is a hypocrite. How? You are setting impossible standards for someone to achieve and using it as an excuse to make bad arguments against her. I have yet to see any coherent argument against the substance of what she is saying.
Kevin Donegan 6 years ago
Trump is an obese pathological lying imbecile with the maturity of an 11 year old boy. Greta should take pride in being targeted by this troll. Speaking of 70+ year old powerful men attacking 16 year old girls, isn't Melania supposed to stand up to internet bully? How is that going?
Nirity 6 years ago
Be pride of what exactly? That a dumbass happen to be president? That she is smarter than him but has no power to act? That the dumbass has power to act but he will not bc he is a dumbass? That the only result we got from the dumbass, after the smart girl's speech, is watching powerlessly how the dumbass old creep bully the bright little lady? What's to be proud of?
Load More Replies... Lynda Momalo 6 years ago
Unlike most of you here, I saw the major environmental protests in the 60s and early 70s. They were all young too. And, at first, old men mocked and ignored them. But, you know what? They made a difference. It worked. When I was a kid, the air in NYC and Los Angeles was literally brown. Acid rain destroyed car finishes. Pesticides were killing birds and wildlife -- the bald eagle was nearly extinct. Young people (and some adults) pushed and protested and raised awareness and, eventually, they got a groundswell of public opinion behind them. And where public opinion goes, policy follows. Unfortunately, since Conservatives keep coming in and spewing pollution right and left in their greed for excess profits, so every couple of generations, people like Greta have to start the crusade again.
blubfisher 6 years ago
Honestly, I think shes wasting her breath. The UN isn't going to listen to her. If they didn't listen to nobel prize winners and published scientists, whats going to make them listen to her? Also, personally, I wouldn't listen to her because of her word choice. How dare you? the UN isn't responsible. If I recall, the UN is constantly publishing content spreading awareness for climate change. If She wants to make a difference, she should take her activism to countries that matter like India, China and these DEVELOPING nations who are spewing toxic waste into our atmosphere.
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