 Time named their person of the year for 2019 and this year. It is 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg And I think that this is absolutely a great decision Like I don't necessarily care who time thinks is the person of the year or who is the most influential But it's really nice to see someone doing good work get recognition for the work that they're doing And this is all self-sacrifice like I don't believe she's doing this because of fame contrary to what conservatives claim Like this is a young person who is deeply concerned about the future because she should be Climate apocalypse is something that we're all thinking about and a lot of people are experiencing What's known as climate grief myself included where we essentially accept the reality of climate change and in a way Except that there's not too much we can really do about it at this point and we're going to be dealing with climate change It's a matter of you know How much climate change will we deal with and that you know will hinge on whether or not we take action? So the frustration that she is expressing I mean She is speaking for a generation and she's a phenomenal role model for young people around the world With that being said people were outraged because she has become essentially, you know a new symbol of Hate for the right if you will or just someone who they're choosing to target first It was AOC and now they're choosing to target a 17-year-old child because she dared to speak out About climate change when leaders around the world are not taking action. Um now one person in particular Who decided to speak out is interesting Donald J. Trump who I'm assuming is angry that he didn't win but he decided to tweet about this and In response to a tweet from Roma Downey congratulating Greta Trump tweeted so ridiculous Greta must work on her anger management problem Then go to a good old-fashioned movie with a friend chill Greta chill So first of all of course that is incredibly Patronizing you're telling this young person, you know, you don't know what you're talking about you're just too young Why don't you go watch a movie like I'm surprised that he didn't literally tell her to go play with Barbies or something Trump Shut the fuck up. She's 17 years old. She has accomplished So much in her young life and guess what she didn't have rich parents who gave her a huge head start She just spoke out and the message that she had resonated with people around the world and you're jealous because you're not the Times person of the year grow the fuck up you goddamn petulant man, baby and He's attacking a child Meanwhile, if anyone mentions the Trump family or Baron in particular, well, then everyone has meltdowns During the Trump impeachment hearings Baron was brought up and it wasn't necessarily, you know a statement about Baron It was just really a benign statement and conservatives melted down over this. So don't ever mention conservative children Otherwise, we're going to criticize you for attacking kids Meanwhile, you know, if people on the right want to attack the victims of the Parkland shooting or attack a 17 year old climate activist and literally make fun of her because she has autism as Michael Knowles did essentially on Fox News a few months back Then it's fine. We're just supposed to accept this and if we point out that what they're doing is being ghoulish and disgusting well Get over it snowflakes. No, no, no, you get over it. You are the snowflakes here You're outraged at a 17 year old child who dared to speak up about an issue that could Potentially lead to the end of humanity if our planet does in fact become Uninhabitable for humans It's already the case that we're dealing with a mass extinction and people need to pay attention to this issue Right and she's someone who is able to articulate the urgent need to take action on climate change in a way that no one else has She's become a leader at the age of 17 So shut the fuck up if you're gonna criticize her like keep that shit to yourself We know you're jealous that you're not the time person of the year and everybody isn't worshiping you 24 7 Shut the fuck up. Like I'm so sick of Donald Trump's Petch lence. I I get that that's kind of his shtick and it's funny to an extent But I mean you're in your you're attacking a fucking child shut up now because Greta is amazing and she responded in a way that I Don't think I would have been clever enough to you know respond She updated her Twitter profile saying she's a teenager working on her anger management problem Currently chilling and watching a good old-fashioned movie with a friend. I absolutely love Greta And I could tell you as someone with a lot of nieces and nephews they all admire her like she is an Inspiration and children around the world look up to her and that's great because they knew they need role models role models Really show you that you are capable of accomplishing things right if somebody kind of Paves that way for you. They make it seem like what you want to do is more possible like for me growing up as a member of the LGBTQ community There wasn't very many LGBTQ role models, right? So that's why a lot of gay youth hopefully not so much anymore They have this sense that you know They their futures are limited because they don't see anyone who's older who has thrived You know being from their community and that's you know besides the point what I'm trying to say is role models are crucial For younger generations, especially if this generation is going to have to put up with climate catastrophe like they need role models they need to they need to see that Their voices are being taken seriously and Greta has been a trailblazer So I mean it's not surprising to see Donald from Attacker, but regardless that doesn't make it any less disgusting I think this award not that I care too much about you know time It's great It's great to see people get recognized for the good work that they're doing because oftentimes that work doesn't get noticed But also on top of recognizing the phenomenal work of Greta Thunberg Don't forget about the people on the ground Taking action climate rebellion the sunrise movement putting pressure on lawmakers to act in a substantial way because they understand the urgency of this thread So, you know climate change is an issue that is not going to go away Laughing and belittling the youth who are speaking up isn't going to make it go away This is an issue that we will pay for one way or another we can take action now Because urgent action is needed or we can wait and do nothing and we're gonna pay for it later I'll choose to be proactive rather than reactive as AOC put it and you know, I will Absolutely try to lift up people who are leaders in this movement like Greta So shame on Donald Trump, but he has no shame. So saying that is basically useless The humanist report is fake news Mike only cares about crazy Bernie and his wacky socialist ideas Sad, very sad. I'm unsubscribing