Has anyone seen the movie, I Am Greta?

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This is the story of the 17-year-old environmental activist Geta Thunberg from Sweden. It's on Hulu. I don't know if you can find it anywhere else or not. We watched it last night. It's presented almost like a home movie. There are subtitles especially at the first of the movie, probably before she learned English. She is driven. We all need her dedication if we are to save the place we live. It was a little slow in places, but the message is good and inspiring.
 

I don’t want to be lectured to by a spoiled, whiny, high school dropout. She has zero credentials to be saying anything I would believe. Don’t care how driven she is. But she is a media darling So you idolize her if you want to. Not me.
 
It's sad you have judged her without giving her a chance. I don't idolize her. She cares enough to do something to help us survive, something we all need to do. She walks her talk.
 

I’ve seen and heard her plenty. She walks her talk? Only
because her celebrity enables it. Not all of us are able to hitch rides on solar yachts. She is doing nothing to help us survive. Nothing. She’s a silly twit who has contributed nothing but hot air. My opinion.
 
The science behind her beliefs is strong. She is not a silly twit. What's silly, lethal to us all actually, is denying there is a problem with human caused climate change. She's drawing attention to it. That's her job. Please learn from this child. Jesus said, the children will lead us. Now, I'm not into him, but in this case what he said is true. I also understand that trying to point out valid science to those who have closed themselves off to it is pointless. So, be well, and please learn.
 
CarolfromTX said:
I don’t want to be lectured to by a spoiled, whiny, high school dropout. She has zero credentials to be saying anything I would believe. Don’t care how driven she is. But she is a media darling So you idolize her if you want to. Not me.
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Carol, From your post I would assume that you probably have a similar reaction to other efforts by our teens such BLM and the Parkland Shooting Survivors who are working hard to help reduce gun violence. I don't think that dismissing these young people is advisable on any of these issues. Our generation will leave them with a lot of unfinished business and while these teens are not currently running things, in another 15 to 20 years they will be.

By and large, they are very articulate and strongly motivated just like large numbers of our generation were opposed to the Vietnam War. Dismissing what they have on their minds is not the way to go.
 
Pecos said:
Carol, From your post I would assume that you probably have a similar reaction to other efforts by our teens such BLM and the Parkland Shooting Survivors who are working hard to help reduce gun violence. I don't think that dismissing these young people is advisable on any of these issues. Our generation will leave them with a lot of unfinished business and while these teens are not currently running things, in another 15 to 20 years they will be.

By and large, they are very articulate and strongly motivated just like large numbers of our generation were opposed to the Vietnam War. Dismissing what they have on their minds is not the way to go.
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I totally agree, Pecos. It's good to see the young people actively involved in the things that impact their lives, like our generation did during the Vietnam War. They are learning that they need to be the change they seek and active involvement is key to survival on all levels.
 
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