She's got more guts than the idiots who mock & criticise her.
She's got more guts than most, even those like me who respect and agree with her, and fear for her life.
People who mock her just blow my mind. Even worse when she was still underage. People were like: yeah i put a "Fuck Greta" sticker on my shitty car, that will teach that 15 year old girl to shut the fuck up.
Our shitbag politicians in the US even nag her, Lindsey Graham tweeted about 'hoping they know how to swim.' I hope Lindsey Graham falls down some stairs and never gets up.
I have a lot of respect for her and the people doing this. But I wish they wouldn't. This sounds like a Suicide Mission.
That's why very few people are able to do what she's doing, and why she's extremely brave to leverage that: she announced that's her ship, where she is and why she is there. Killing Greta would be the kind of media storm that Israel would not want to deal with, especially given their strategy of pretending criticism of peaceful beautiful Israel = being an antisemitic ass. Hard to keep this false dichotomy if you kill a generational icon.
Killing Greta would be the kind of media storm that Israel would not want to deal with
Israel shot the ship last time they tried to go across... I don't think they care.
I don't understand why people would think, "they surely won't kill me, it would be too immoral!" while protesting a literal genocide.
In March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, an American nonviolence activist, placed herself in the path of a Caterpillar D9R armored bulldozer in Rafah, in an attempt to impede house demolitions, and was run over by the bulldozer and murdered. I strongly discourage you from finding it, but there is video of her death. They definitely saw her, surely heard her screaming, and they did not hesitate.... On March 16, every year since including this year, Israeli soldiers (and others) eat waffles in celebration of killing her.
Imagine trying to bring a humanitarian aid vessel to one of the Jewish ghettos in Nazi germany pre-wwii... Do you think the Nazis would be afraid of "the kind of media storm" they'd get? Or would they just kill them and continue the genocide?
I wouldn't say it's pointless, or that it's not brave... but it's naive to think that a genocidal regime, who is very public about their genocide, will suddenly have a crisis of conscience because they don't want to kill white people.
also, for the record, she did not attempt to do this before. She acted like she was going to attempt to, but then didn't get on the boat. I don't think she should get on it, either... that's not her skillset and the only point of her being on it is, "oh but they wouldn't dare to kill greta!"... and they surely would kill her, and not apologize, and probably celebrate her death.
Israel is a heartless genocidal monster of a nation. It doesn't give two shits for any "generational icon" and the US has already voiced support for drowning her. This is the worst timeline and icons don't matter to power.
It's not about what Israel cares about. She's an EU citizen of high repute and good money. Someone's gonna care if she dies to Israeli weaponry
Here's hoping Israel doesn't murder her and here's hoping there are actual consequences if they do.
"Hamas did it."
"Oh, very well then"
They'd blame it on Hamas
Hey, someone trying to do something that isn't for themselves. No wonder conservatives hate her guts.
What a brave woman.
Shes an amazing young lady. Hope its a safe trip. 🙏
Poor girl, I hope she lives through this.
I'm scared for her.
There is dying, and there is dying a good death.
Greta Thunberg will die a good death. And Thurberg will be one of the few of us that our descendants can point to show that humanity had at least one fan.
Her actions are guarantee to that.
Following the incident, an Israeli military investigation concluded that Corrie's death was the result of an accident and that the bulldozer operator had limited visibility.
We investigated ourselves and found that we didn't murderl her, and that we aren't committing genocide. Hurray!
Damn, I never heard of her before, thank you for sharing
They celebrate her death in Israel by making pancakes.
Deeply unwell society.
Okay, that's definitely suicidal though. Like, is she actually expecting to get through? The Israelis are executing medics and children over there.
I don’t think the expectation is they will get through. The goal is to create a scandal that will increase international attention and pressure to make them stop.
If they hurt Greta I predict there will be a lot of backlash due to her fame and popularity.
I don't think sinking this aid vessel would do anything to change the public conversation. The people who are aware already either condemn Israel or support the genocide. The unaware will not care about a handful more dead innocents.
The bottom line is that Israel is openly and proudly committing atrocities and the international community is not willing to stop it. Only a military intervention could dissuade the IDF.
I wish I could agree with you, but the situation in Gaza looks more and more like something we've seen before. After the end of World War 2, the world reacted with shock at what had been done to the Jews - murder has never been committed on such a grand scale and in such organized fashion. Jews had been dehumanised in public long before, being equated to rats and other vermin. The Zionists currently holding on to power in Israel are using the same kind of rhetoric against Palestinians. However, one difference between then and now is that the Rwanda genocide taught us that the world is entirely capable of sitting back and watch the horror unfold, even though we're all fully informed of what's going on. A ship of brave volunteers being sunk would cause a stern letter or at best sanctions. Israel can act with utter impunity as long as they're backed by their big brother Uncle Sam.
Let's not call being ready to give your life for a cause being suicidal. Desperate, sure, but not that
Omg she is gonna get herself killed
Omg ~~she~~ Israel is gonna ~~get herself~~ kill~~ed~~ her
She's what gives me hope for my generation.
Big respect.
I was in my mid 30s when Greta came onto the world stage and I want to be like her when I grow up...
She’s not the first to try. Israel doesn’t want a repeat of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla from 2010. Israel will sabotage her boat so she can’t sail. Greta won‘t get anywhere near Gaza.
Breaching a naval blockade in times of war is very serious business.
but by placing notable people in there (who are genuinely risking their lives) will bring more attention, deter an attack, and bring so much more attention if there's one.
True bravery is using yourself as a human shield. unlike the mosquito protocol
I hope she will not die at the hands of
It's clear that the israelis are free to murder who they like. Only the risk of negative publicity dissuades them and since most corporate media is Zionist supporting, this really makes everyone who stands up to these monsters a potential target.
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