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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFar-right groups trying to turn teenager into climate change-denying version of Greta Thunberg
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/anti-greta-thunberg-naomi-seibt-girl-climate-change-denial-heartland-institute-afd-a9355236.htmlA 19-year-old German climate change sceptic who has been described by her supporters as the antidote to Greta Thunberg, is gaining support from right-wing organisations, including Germanys far-right party AfD party, and a think tank with links to The White House.More at the link
Naomi Seibt began uploading videos to YouTube last year, with titles such as Climate change just hot air?, Fierce without Feminism, and Message to the Media HOW DARE YOU?.
Her stance on the climate apparently caught the attention of The Heartland Institute, a US think tank based in Chicago, which has previously lobbied on behalf of tobacco firms, supports fracking and rejects the scientific consensus on climate change.
The organisation, which reportedly has the ear of the Trump administration, and held its 2019 International Conference on Climate Change at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, recently hired Ms Seibt as the face of its climate denial campaign.
In a video put out by the Heartland Institute, titled Naomi Seibt vs Greta Thunberg: Whom Should We Trust?, Ms Seibt begins: Science is entirely based on intellectual humility and it is important that we keep questioning the narrative that it out there instead of promoting it, and these days climate change science really isnt science at all.
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Far-right groups trying to turn teenager into climate change-denying version of Greta Thunberg (Original Post)
dustyscamp
Feb 2020
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I wonder if any social media sites will block this as propaganda/manipulation.
Liberty Belle
Feb 2020
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Liberty Belle
(9,528 posts)1. I wonder if any social media sites will block this as propaganda/manipulation.
In my book it's practically child abuse to warp a young mind this way.
Arkansas Granny
(31,483 posts)2. I don't want to sound harsh, but this child is 19 years old.
I don't know her motives, but she is responsible for her actions.
maxsolomon
(32,975 posts)3. 19 is an adult in the eyes of the law.
She is responsible for her actions and is full of shit, like all Denialists.