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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
I don't understand why this girl is famous. She isn't a leading intellectual or someone with political gravitas. The media has anointed her the chosen one from her generation, but I don't see why.
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-She’s young enough that she’ll likely live to see serious effects of climate change.
-She’s also articulate especially for someone with Aspergers.
-She practices what she preaches, unlike the celebrities that become the whipping boys of the climate movement.
Of course she still gets attacked by deniers. Dinesh D’Souza compared her to Nazi propaganda.