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Magoo48

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21. When the wisest people in the room are the youngest.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Sep 23, 2019, 01:58 PM

Sep 2019

After Greta sets the bar, the world’s politicians, belching horseshit and gunsmoke, will stand unclothed before the truth. Lies will bleed through their shirts like a cheep pen, their stock speeches will leak like oil from so many past-their-prime junkers in a destruction derby.

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Greta at UN: "HOW DARE YOU" [View all] kpete Sep 2019 OP

WOW!!! secondwind Sep 2019 #1

WOW, WOW, WOW....lndeed! Magoo48 Sep 2019 #14

RIGHTEOUS cilla4progress Sep 2019 #2

wow, so powerful and raw Celerity Sep 2019 #3

Greta ain't playin'. n/t Cracklin Charlie Sep 2019 #4

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2019 #5

Dammit, they need to be told packman Sep 2019 #6

Hear hear! She speaks the truth. defacto7 Sep 2019 #7

Her tears and rawness moved me to tears too. backtoblue Sep 2019 #17

There is a young woman speaking with the power of conviction in her words. Go Greta! LonePirate Sep 2019 #8

Go Greta! It's about time these words are spoken to the world. Canoe52 Sep 2019 #9

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words." turbinetree Sep 2019 #10

GO GRETA i am very proud to be half swedish! certainot Sep 2019 #11

AWESOME! POWERFUL TRUTH! madashelltoo Sep 2019 #12

Well, wasn't it a kid, in that old story, who pointed out that the emperor had no clothes on? calimary Sep 2019 #16

Such raw courage, such commitment democrank Sep 2019 #13

K & R. obnoxiousdrunk Sep 2019 #15

Yeah, she's great but what are you going to do about what she says? TeamPooka Sep 2019 #18

Build more reactors. AtheistCrusader Sep 2019 #20

What are you going to do? whathehell Sep 2019 #23

1st vote for Dems all the way down ballot, then... Lock him up. Sep 2019 #41

We're so used to cowardly denial as normal, that her words seem courageous, but are simple science. ancianita Sep 2019 #19

When the wisest people in the room are the youngest. Magoo48 Sep 2019 #21

The Fearless Girl EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #22

+1000 dewsgirl Sep 2019 #27

Greta's speech should be played on every news show, talk show, twitter feed, facebook page... List left Sep 2019 #24

People, she's angry at US! Don't you see?????? DemocracyMouse Sep 2019 #25

Bingo. Change starts right at home. paleotn Sep 2019 #32

Happy to say "Not me" to all three of your instances. llmart Sep 2019 #33

Count me in that category too. nt Lock him up. Sep 2019 #42

My kind of human. democratisphere Sep 2019 #26

Future and past riverwalker Sep 2019 #28

This picture says more than a thousand words ! Haggis for Breakfast Sep 2019 #37

+1 dalton99a Sep 2019 #39

ROFL That tweet wins the Internet! Beartracks Sep 2019 #40

Nice ck4829 Sep 2019 #50

Some of them actually are evil - jimlup Sep 2019 #29

She does not play... The new MAGA...hehe Soph0571 Sep 2019 #30

Oh, I love that picture! llmart Sep 2019 #34

She is a force of nature. paleotn Sep 2019 #31

We ALL have every right to be OUTRAGED and it doesn't matter how old you are. Awesome. Evolve Dammit Sep 2019 #35

Yup, they fuck everything up then try to suck the hope out of the kids. nt coti Sep 2019 #36

you adults SUCK! pansypoo53219 Sep 2019 #38

K&R Cetacea Sep 2019 #43

Already... TommyCelt Sep 2019 #44

Recommended! panader0 Sep 2019 #45

oh my! llashram Sep 2019 #46

I have often had flights of fantasy in which young people come from PatrickforO Sep 2019 #47

I was sitting at a red light on my way home from work OriginalGeek Sep 2019 #48

K&R ck4829 Sep 2019 #49