Greta Thunberg is clapping back at her “haters” and anyone who refuses to believe that climate change is real.
The Swedish 16-year-old climate activist, who gave an impassioned speech at the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York on Monday,shared her thoughts on Twitteron Wednesday about those who are choosing to point out her “differences.”
“Here we go again… As you may have noticed, the haters are as active as ever – going after me, my looks, my clothes, my behaviour and my differences. They come up with every thinkable lie and conspiracy theory,” Thunberg, who was nominated for a2019 Nobel Peace Prizeback in March, wrote to begin her thread.
“It seems they will cross every possible line to avert the focus, since they are so desperate not to talk about the climate and ecological crisis. Being different is not an illness and the current, best available science is not opinions – it’s facts,”she continued.
“See you in the streets this Friday!” referencing the ongoing climate strikes she has been leading.
Greta Thunberg.Greta Thunberg/Twitter
Thunberg added several hashtags as well: “#fridaysforfuture#schoolstrike4climate#climatestrike#aspiepower“
On Tuesday, Thunberg shared a similar tweet, discussing how although her Asperger’s diagnosis is something that her “haters” target her for, she doesn’t let it get her down. Since sharing the tweet, she hasbecome role model for others with Asperger’s, even igniting the hashtag “Autistics for Greta” on Twitter.
“When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go,” she said in herTuesday tweet. “And then you know you’re winning! I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And – given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower.”
Greta Thunberg.LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty
Thunberg has certainly turned those characteristics into her superpowers, as she has not only spoken to Congress and the U.N., but ledthe largest climate strike of all timelast Friday.
Speaking about her diagnosis, she toldCBS This Morningearlier this month that “it can definitely be an advantage to have some kind of neurotypical diagnosis, to be neurodiverse, because that makes you different, that makes you think differently.”
“And especially in such a big crisis like this, when we need to think outside the box,” she continued. “We need to think outside our current system, we need people who think outside the box and who aren’t like everyone else.”
Thunbergarrived in New York in late Augustafter a two-week voyage aboard a solar-powered sailboat to avoid flying. The teenager has also been leading youth climate strikes for the past several months, and founded “Fridays for Future,” a global movement that encourages students to walk out of their classrooms against inaction toward climate change.
source: people.com
