Greta Thunberg

[Merpedy]

I don't think it is a stretch though because although people are aware of a war, they aren't aware of the war crimes being committed. There's no way that the media could have really spun what happened with Greta and her fellow aid workers without pointing out that israel were in the wrong for doing what they did to them. In doing that, it's raised more of an interest in the general public which has made more people look in to things and see israel in a different way.
People can have their own opinions on it all though and I'm not here to argue with anyone

Yet their story has hardly made the news outside of the social media bubble that has been following it. As someone else pointed out there’s other activists that did not sign deportation orders and while I’m sure there’s been an update on them it also hasn’t made the news nor have I seen it pop up on social media

It’s a short lived PR stunt

 

[sam0206]

Yet their story has hardly made the news outside of the social media bubble that has been following it. As someone else pointed out there’s other activists that did not sign deportation orders and while I’m sure there’s been an update on them it also hasn’t made the news nor have I seen it pop up on social media

It’s a short lived PR stunt

That's not true though as when it happened it was on headlines.
Like I said, pr stunt or not, it still brought attention to what was going on and raised an interest to the wider public if they so wished to follow things up afterwards, Google is available to all whether the following updates were headline news or not.
I'm not particularly bothered either way about Greta, I don't follow her so I'm unaware of anything previously she may have done to cause controversy or for pr, but I take my hat off to anyone who can try to deliver aid to palestine when they're up against a country like israel so I don't think she can be judged too harshly here.

 

[NeverEnough]

That's not true though as when it happened it was on headlines.
Like I said, pr stunt or not, it still brought attention to what was going on and raised an interest to the wider public if they so wished to follow things up afterwards, Google is available to all whether the following updates were headline news or not.
I'm not particularly bothered either way about Greta, I don't follow her so I'm unaware of anything previously she may have done to cause controversy or for pr, but I take my hat off to anyone who can try to deliver aid to palestine when they're up against a country like israel so I don't think she can be judged too harshly here.

Well if the Doom Goblins intervention was supposed to “change the narrative” or whatever fancy title you want to give to what are essentially clicks on social media it doesn’t appear to have much legacy milage as the “narrative” at the moment is the missile exchange between Israel and Iran. And the viral video is the bombing of the ranty Iranian newsreader which was objectively funny and is destined to become the Iranian regimes Comical Ali moment. “We are winning, Israeli’s are dying, god is great” (Bang, duck, run God is not so great anymore).

Greta’s job is to convince the world that Hamas and the Iranian regime are the good guys. Good luck with that.

 

[Merpedy]

That's not true though as when it happened it was on headlines.
Like I said, pr stunt or not, it still brought attention to what was going on and raised an interest to the wider public if they so wished to follow things up afterwards, Google is available to all whether the following updates were headline news or not.
I'm not particularly bothered either way about Greta, I don't follow her so I'm unaware of anything previously she may have done to cause controversy or for pr, but I take my hat off to anyone who can try to deliver aid to palestine when they're up against a country like israel so I don't think she can be judged too harshly here.

The problem with this conflict from a public perspective has increasingly been that people move on quickly, so you have a “dedicated” group of activists that will keep it afloat in the publics minds

The only thing that has maybe been successful, and I would argue that’s a stretch, is the initial journey. Everything after that fell off super quickly. Google is available to all but that doesn’t mean that people will care enough to actually google and keep up with the issue. Really, this is the first time Palestine has fallen out of news in a long time primarily because of the developments with Iran

as an example - I keep up with Palestine here and there, I do my bit to support financially where I can. The journey to Gaza popped up on my TikTok, Twitter and Reddit without me looking for it. My algorithm is I’m undoubtedly in favour of news about the conflict. I have not seen any further update pop up and I don’t particularly care enough to search it.

If you’re not someone who cares about this to begin with and only see the headlines - which is really your target audience if you’re looking to further the cause - what has this achieved?

 

[sam0206]

Well if the Doom Goblins intervention was supposed to “change the narrative” or whatever fancy title you want to give to what are essentially clicks on social media it doesn’t appear to have much legacy milage as the “narrative” at the moment is the missile exchange between Israel and Iran. And the viral video is the bombing of the ranty Iranian newsreader which was objectively funny and is destined to become the Iranian regimes Comical Ali moment. “We are winning, Israeli’s are dying, god is great” (Bang, duck, run God is not so great anymore).

Greta’s job is to convince the world that Hamas and the Iranian regime are the good guys. Good luck with that.

That's not her job at all. Greta and others were doing it to highlight the genocide in Palestine as well as the war crimes committed by israel. The Iran issue is a whole other topic and nothing really to do with the conversation we're having.
I could be wrong, probably am, but I feel this is going off topic in to something else and as I said further up, I'm not here to argue with people. Imo Greta did more good than harm with this, your opinion is different and that's OK. There's nothing else to really say here now.

 

[rainbowlemon]

Well if the Doom Goblins intervention was supposed to “change the narrative” or whatever fancy title you want to give to what are essentially clicks on social media it doesn’t appear to have much legacy milage as the “narrative” at the moment is the missile exchange between Israel and Iran. And the viral video is the bombing of the ranty Iranian newsreader which was objectively funny and is destined to become the Iranian regimes Comical Ali moment. “We are winning, Israeli’s are dying, god is great” (Bang, duck, run God is not so great anymore).

Greta’s job is to convince the world that Hamas and the Iranian regime are the good guys. Good luck with that.

Funny how concern for actual civilians gets dismissed the moment it’s framed as a joke.

With Israel, the new normal is bombing hospitals, refugee camps, and now media offices then brushing it off as “defence.”

As for Greta’s role, she isn’t out here auditioning for any roles. She’s drawing attention to international law, civilian suffering, and the global double standards we’re all meant to ignore. Guess it’s easier to mock her than face the inconvenient truths she highlights.

Selective memory helps, I suppose, in your version of events. But one good thing social media has done is lift the veil on Israeli propaganda. People can see for themselves.

Israel started this round with Iran with air raids and the targeting of Iranian intelligence leadership. That part just tends to get left out.

The bombing of the TV studio has started a wildfire of reaffirming of support.

 

[rainbowlemon]

Israel has already killed over 50,000 in Palestine and it can try to bomb its way through everything with Iran, but justice, resistance, and the fight for dignity will never vanish just because one side has more missiles.

 

[sam0206]

For posters who believe the mainstream media was factually reporting things

 

[monga]

Constipated Joan Of Arc

 

[kev1974]

I forgot the rent-a-ranter goblin had a thread

Much "commentary" on her new hair style in this X thread.

 

[emmer_moans]

I forgot the rent-a-ranter goblin had a thread

Much "commentary" on her new hair style in this X thread.

I'm getting Lord Farquaad vibes (edit, I now see from the X replies other people think so too)

I think she does care, but also she has the opposite-than-desired-effect because she comes across as insufferable.

 

[Piff paff puff]

Constipated Joan Of Arc

The self cut short straight fringe is part of the Marxist uniform. See any left wing protest.