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Greta Thunberg is declared a violent participant for her pro Palestine demonstrations. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by octopus_ink@lemmy.ml to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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Edited later to add:

The original press release seems to be gone now, but here is what is claimed to be the revised release, and an article on the same topic.

https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/polizei-dortmund-greta-gewaltbereit-100.html

https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-politician-calls-greta-thunberg-102611513.html

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[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Greta is an absolute freak.

Her basic decency, which I have to assume is some kind of random genetic mutation, risks putting our species in a forgivable light.

Not cool Greta. You could at least throw some trash on the ground or something to fit in.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (2 children)

wow I never would've thought Germany to be in favor of genocide. I guess there's a first for everything.

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Feels a bit like a cheater letting their spouse be abusive to them because they feel so guilty for cheating. Germany fucked up so they're going to let the victim do whatever, even if what the victim is doing is wrong.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

When exactly was Israel a victim of Germany?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

eh, they're going back towards fascism themselves

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Feels like the entire world is going backwards and yet at the same time the majority of people don't want that. Which just tells you how much power truly is in the hands of the few.

[–] abcdqfr@lemmy.world 0 points 5 days ago (2 children)

why tho. money?

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago

Because we have forgotten the pain of our grandparents and great grandparents, if we ever knew it. Because we're taught hollow, neutered versions of the chronology in history class, without ever examining the social dynamics, the psychological mechanisms of propaganda and the causes for this ideological cancer. Because a good chunk of our people are in misery in some way and have never been given the tools to actually figure out why, so when the next round of grifters came by and gave them an enemy to blame, a golden past to glorify and an easily digestible reason for why their lives are bad, they fell for it just like our ancestors did.

Maybe other parts have it better, but looking back at my own schooling, we didn't learn from history because we never learned the whole history.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world -1 points 5 days ago

old habits die hard

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 6 days ago

*second

[–] Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee 23 points 6 days ago

Greta is a shining light of inspiration for every autistic person out there. I was in my mid-30s when she rose to prominence and I want to say that when I grow up I want to be her...

[–] dubious@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In my fantasies, Greta becomes the most feared revolutionary - like a new age Boudica, and sets the world to rights in a rampage of justice.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

added to headcanon

[–] vxx@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

The press agency removed that part now and calls it a mistake.

[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago

Oh well it's like it never happened then!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I personally wouldn't mind if protests she support get violent, like really fight the operative systems destroying humanity and ecosystems.

I would not prefer it, but def wouldn't mind, in fact I would still support them. Actually, statistically speaking, non-violent protests arent really effective and still get shut down with violence.

[–] postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

She gonna get the Julian Asange treatment

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's funny that when misusing words (and laws, which are again words) if they actually literally turned violent, like organised crime or paramilitary force, how wound they classify them then?

Oh, ... oh no, they would be classified terrorists, wouldn't they? (Even without using terror attacks on civilians)
I say 'oh no' bcs that is the next word they are gonna use when they still protest peacefully:
"The violent terrorists have brutally sat down & displayed extremely polarising signs about ending genocide, some of the sitting down terrorists even forced the police to use force in self-defence."

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