Greta Thunberg sexually assaulted in cartoon

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The image (winch is a stolen tattoo stencil made years ago) is not that big of a deal and people are over reacting to it, thus feeding the troll who altered it. As for how I feel about Greta, my feelings are neutral. I do however think people are over idolizing her.

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The artist has already come forward. The image was used without his consent and he is planning a lawsuit.

Here is his facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/GermanGabrielCanalla/about/

Good. I hope he wins.

I got confused between artist and artist. You mean you hope the person who added "Greta" to the stencil gets doxxed.

I'm by no means a lawyer, but will suing for damages work? I thought this was something some dude made and passed around for free among his co-workers. I mean, it'd be different if this was something the company did for a laugh, or something someone made money on.

His lawsuit would be against the person who used the artist's work without his permission.

Sure, I'm just wondering what the limit for "fair use" is here.

Yes. Since his identity will soon become part of the Public Record, my hope has been fulfilled.

Oh, Ok Ezra, sorry for mixing things up

The distributors are just as guilty as the creator is.

The company says management has accepted responsibility for the decal being distributed.

The decal was likely passed around as a dumb joke by people who don't like Greta. But they never thought it would be shared on social media and go viral.



A (very poorly designed) sticker isn't going to silence or intimidate one of the most vocal, strong-minded, and publicly supported activists of this generation.

If their intention was to silence her, they would have put a lot more thought into it. And they would have done it anonymously rather than attach their company's name.

This was a dumb office in-joke that went too far, and (unfortunately for X-Site) got leaked onto the internet and went viral.

I was thinking rather more generally about misogynistic harassment and the way it is used vis a vis prominent women.

I agree with you that GT won't be silenced by this vile image.

Women of all ages in political life generally are prime targets for sexualised misogynistic attacks and most of the attacks are not "clever" but crude and insulting depictions. Like the one discussed here.

The "it was just a joke" defence to sexist harassment wore thin 50 years ago, and no-one of any sensibility thinks images like this are harmless fun except the perps and their admirers.

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One twitter user observed an unstated obvious point not yet (?) addressed in this thread:

"Ina Disguise
@InaDisguise
Hey, Doug Sparrow, when are you going to produce a sticker of David Attenborough being raped, you sick f..k? #XSiteEnergy"

So what. Sexually objectifying a woman out of political spite is vicious repugnant behavior. Fits perfectly with the troglodyte reactionary mindset though.

It's clear to me that Ezra was replying to Misslizard and just correcting the statement about her being a child.

He was saying "Disgusting yes", and then a second statement replying to Misslizard "but she is not a child" (just to clarify the fact of her age).

He wasn't saying "Disgusting yes, but it's OK because she is old enough to consent".

He was saying that it is disgusting. Full Stop. Then he added that she is technically and legally an adult, in response to Misslizard. He did not say or imply that Greta's status as a young adult makes it OK, or that consent would make it acceptable to objectify any human being of any age in that manner.

Don't be so supercilious. I said that in regard as to whether or not it could be viewed as child porn from a legal standpoint. I am a pragmatic analytical autistic. I am sorry that I am not emotionally affected by this.

I very seriously doubt that X-Site Energy Services Ltd. produced that image as would obviously be a public relations disaster. Yes I am saying I think it is likely that X-Site Energy was framed.

This seems to indicate that the company was involved with the decals.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton ... -1.5482369