EzraS wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
I don't care that she has ASD, it's more that she's a kid so it's uncomfortable seeing world leaders like Trump or Bolsonaro instigating conflict with her.
Ezra, if Trump (or... umm... Trudeau?) started bullying you online I'd criticize that too, even if you somehow ended up with a platform of the stature comparable to her. Honestly, I can kinda imagine you responding to it in the exact same way she did.
The OP of this thread told me I had the maturity level of a 12 year old because of my autism. He and another went on to make all kinds of derogatory and disparaging remarks about me as an autistic teenager when I was around Greta's age.
Others in the past who are likely on the don't say anything agaist Greata bandwagon, bullied me to a more extensive degree.
Therefore as someone who was bullied as an autistic teen by the same types who are expressing outrage over Greta, they come off as total phonies to me.
Just more of the usual fake outrage, virtue signalling and crocodile tears.
Have I behaved like OP has? We've certainly disagreed but I don't recall dismissing you or bullying you over your age or any other factors.
Maybe OP really is displaying fake outrage, that's not something I can determine. But to dismiss every single person who expresses discomfort or outrage over the treatment Greta has gotten from some angles ignores that many of those people haven't been unpleasant towards you and many of them would feel the same if you were in her situation. Some people are phony, some people are sincere but hypocritical, some of them are just sincere.
Judging the entire base of people who express discomfort or outrage over Greta being attacked on the basis of a few people you encountered here really does both that bloc of people as well as yourself a great disservice. They're not even the tip of the iceberg, they're the snow on top of the tip.
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