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In reply to the discussion: Greta Thunberg says it's 'strange' Biden is considered a leader on climate change [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,961 posts)I've never quite mastered judging someone's intelligence without ever having met them and just based on something they've said that someone else disagrees with.
Tell me how Greta is alienating those who could help to make things better? I doubt very much she's alienated Joe Biden, who gives me the impression of being a caring and thoughtful person. She definitely hasn't alienated young people around the world, y'know, the people who are inheriting the climate catastrophe that past generations have caused and ignored.
She has a global following, and her focus is on our climate crisis, not on partisan politics. Being older, I can acknowledge that she appears to be a very intelligent young woman, but she's young and there's times where I think she hasn't yet got the maturity to understand that there's a difference between what grass-roots activism and leaders of countries can achieve. Her role is to pass the sense of urgency on to world leaders, and I think she is having some effect....