I agree with her message and admire her for taking the stand she has. Yes, she can come over as lecturing and sanctimonious at times, but I don't think her aspergers helps with that. If she has been exploited by others then that isn't her fault and I don't think she deserves the abuse she gets from some quarters. We all have a carbon footprint that we need to reduce both collectively and individually, but at this point in time it is very difficult to reduce it to zero. If her campaigning encourages some people to think more about their own carbon footprint then I think hers has been well spent. At the very least she is helping keep the message in the news which cannot be a bad thing. She is far from the only person fighting the cause, but if her publicity helps then I am all in favour,
I feel sorry for the youngsters these days because in some ways they can't win. They get criticised for not giving a **** and for being wasters, but then when they do give a **** and find a cause they believe in they get flack for that too. I do get uneasy with some of the lawbreaking of extinction rebellion, but then again I'm an old fart who lives by fairly conformist principles. Time will tell if history looks back on extinction rebellion as lawbreaking troublemakers or heroes who helped to change the world. In their day the suffragettes were seen as lawbreaking troublemakers who spoiled things for others. Now they have statues in parliament. The ANC were seen as terrorists breaking the law at one point before the world ever viewed them as freedom fighters against a wicked regime. History doesn't look kindly on all lawbreakers and activists, but we probably won't find out in our lifetimes how climate activists will ultimately be judged. I personally believe they have made some mistakes in some of the things they have done, but also think that there is a place for civil disobedience in fighting for a cause.
