One cannot blame Greta Thunberg for being hysterical as she is a sixteen year old, autistic pawn of her parents and the climate change lobby. One can pity her and think, ‘shame on them’, however. If she is breaking down in tears she is clearly distressed and needs to be taken to a place of safety and looked after.
No, the blame is to be reserved for those who collude in her exploitation either deliberately or through credulity and irrationality which is inexcusable in educated adults.
Thunberg supporters need to question whether they participate in any of the following and whether they would actually be prepared to give them up before they blame others for what they are calling ‘climate change:-
Holidays whether long or short haul, by plane, train or car
Festivals
The night time economy
Keeping pets
Having more than two, perhaps even one child
Commuting
Eating more than staple food
Drinking alcohol
Taking drugs
Visiting the theatre or concerts
Keeping clean by bathing or showering
Participating in a sophisticated society beyond subsistence farming
And so on.
I observe from my direct acquaintance and room my reading in the media that the biggest climate change supporters are the biggest consumers of the planets’ resources in their own lives.
The current hysteria over the climate change issue is very akin to religious controversies in the past. The Inquisition tortured and burned innocents and countries were ravaged by war over whether wine in a cup with words spoken over it was actually Christ’s blood or merely symbolic of it. We can see that their fervour and belief were unjustified from our perspective now and so will this current issue be judged in the future.
Someone likened Thunberg to St Joan of Arc in a complimentary way and the comparison is apt. They were both disturbed, hysterical young women with mental health issues who, yet, managed to persuade others to their cause.