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Originally Posted by Slava
I don’t know about her current mental health, but I do worry for her over the long run. This poor girl ought to be in school and instead she’s being used as a pawn for people’s political agenda. I worry about what happens in say a year when it’s not salient any more and she’s effectively kicked to the curb.
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What’s the worry? She’s an activist taking a year off school. Once she’s done, she’ll go back to school and continue being an activist. What do you think is going to happen to her?
This “political pawn” narrative is just another thing people seem to hang on as a means of discrediting her without addressing her views. Who is using her as a pawn? World leaders that meet with her and get told they’re doing a poor job? Climate activists, of which she was one long before she became well known?
Honest questions.
And “poor girl”? Last I checked she was passionately pursuing something she feels is worth while. Seems a lot better than many alternatives.