St. Greta Is Upset That Warmist Leaders Latch On To Her Fame

What, exactly, did she think was going to happen when she parlayed her blowing off education stunt into demanding that leaders do what she says?

Greta Thunberg hits out at leaders who use her fame to ‘look good’

Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has hit out at world leaders for wanting to be pictured with her to “look good”.

The 17-year-old became a global star thanks to her activism, and gave a powerful speech at the United Nations climate change summit in September in which she told world leaders: “You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words … how dare you!”

As part of a series she has made about her campaigning for Swedish radio during the coronavirus lockdown, Thunberg revealed that the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, had queued up to have a “selfie” with the teenager at the international gathering in New York.

On the radio programme, she was critical of the way high-ranking figures had behaved after her UN appearance.

She said: “Presidents, prime ministers, kings and princesses came and wanted to talk to me.

“They saw me and suddenly saw the chance that they could take a photo with me for their Instagram account. Then the hashtag #savetheplanet.

“It seemed as if they had forgotten for a moment to be ashamed that their generation had let future generations down.”

Perhaps if she went to school she’d have realized this is the way the world works.

In follow-up comments made to the BBC, Thunberg, who has more than 4m Twitter followers, said she had a “dislike” for politicians who wanted to capitalise on her fame by being photographed alongside her.

“To be fair, it was not only her, it was many,” she said, when asked about the situation with Merkel.

“And those kinds of things happen all the time. People just want to stand next to me and other climate activists.

“They can post it on social media and it makes them look good, it makes them seem like they care.”

There’s a lot of whining going on. Perhaps if she was less concerned with using her fame to attempt to shame adults who actually graduated from schools and colleges and more with actually getting Warmists to practice what they preach, this wouldn’t be a concern. It’s like a movie or sports star whining about people wanting their autograph and a selfie.