Pressing outrage button on climate activists is foolish and shortsighted

WHEREVER Greta Thunberg is right now I hope it is quiet and somewhere that gives her enjoyment. It is the least the 16-year-old deserves after a sustained period of almost literally carrying the weight of our ever-heating world on her young shoulders.

I’m not sure I’m “allowed” to say all that though. There is a narrative surrounding Greta. People learn to their cost that it is unwise to deviate from it. This is a sign of our increasing intolerance of not strictly toeing a particular line, and how social media is used to either stop or punish those who deviate from a particular narrative.