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[Video] Interview with released hostage Greta Thunberg. Greta refuses to make it about herself and keeps mentioning the suffering of Palestinians. (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 6 days ago by IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 127 points 6 days ago (73 children)

I've seen a lot of posts on Lemmy today arguing that Greta Thunberg is privileged, self-obsessed or self-promoting, that her actions are merely symbolic and useless, etc. I have to wonder whether these are part of a coordinated campaign. I hope we can all recognize someone who cares enough to put themselves in danger for the sake of others.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 97 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Greta literally risked her life for this. Israel killed ten people on the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla. And Israel bombed the most recent one.

The comments about Greta doing this for self promotion are pure Zionist bots. It is the de-facto Zionist retort after illegally kidnapping Greta in international waters. And the statement has very clearly been communicated from the top down at the Israeli Hasbara department.

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