Toot link; transcript:
Greta Thunberg could have, by now, carved out a very comfortable life for herself as a liberal grifter-celebrity offering platitudes about personal responsibility at Davos. Instead she connected the dots between ecocide, capital, and empire, aiming squarely at the heart of the beast. And now fresh out of captivity she downplays her own suffering to recenter the urgency of aid to the Palestinian people. No wonder she's hated by the fascist+lib coalition that rules this world.
Author: JP (@jpbreton@mastodon.social)
It really is a simple litmus test. Why would you hate the girl that's sometimes on the news, standing tall for what she believes in, if you aren't a complete piece of shit? What reasonable explanation could there be for hating her? None.
I find that really interesting. My sister for example doesn't particularly like her. She doesn't really have a reason, other than other people in her life doesn't like her and the newspaper she's reading portraits her as the little privileged child who wants to make the world better. (Somehow this is a bad thing btw.) I know she's not a bad person but every time her name comes up it's basically her rolling her eyes and me cheering for her when she makes grown ass men look stupid.
There is something so perplexing about people who hate people who want to do the right thing. Like i wasn't born vegan, but i always respected it. Yeah you can dislike it and call them annoying if that's your thing, but everyone deep down should realise that they fo the right thing. Even if it's just: good thing there are more and more vegans so i can eat more meat.
When i did turn vegan, i saw the other side of it and damn does it get old when you have to explain to everyone why you don't do a thing. I never in my life asked anyone why they think it's okay to eat meat/drink alcohol/like sports or whatever mainstream thing that i DON'T do.