I doubt you have less regard for greta thunberg than I do….because I have virtually no regard for her at all.
But Eva Barlow’s commentary at substack.com, titled “Greta Thunderpantz”, is about a lot more than thunberg herself. It is primarily about the grotesquely unfair media treatment afforded Israel in its fight against hamas and, more generally, about the always-existent – but now exponentially growing – degree of international anti-Semitism.
Here is just one segment:
Thunberg, in all seriousness is the living embodiment of everything that is wrong with the “illiberal” left. They claim to speak for everyone but speak for no-one except themselves, and their own need to be heard. They are spoiled. They are entitled. They are stupid. They are brats (and not in the fun way). They are allergic to taking any form of responsiblity or accountability for any of their lives’ trials and tribulations, instead choosing to hop on bandwagons to redress the alleged crimes of states and governments that they do not speak for, so they can pass a moral purity test that is completely lacking in their own personal day-to-day actions. Do you suspect that Greta Thunberg is a good person? The behavior I witness every day online by the “grown-up” versions of her are not giving well-adjusted, hinged, morally sound human. Quite the opposite. These people are parasocial sycophantic snakes, eating their own tails, and they are all obsessed with celebrities, and/or terrorists.
There’s a daily desperation to prove that public figures they either have a stalkerish obsession with or want to leverage more power via are “pro Palestine”. (Which as we know is – in fact – a desperation to prove that someone politely hates Jews). Come in to the zoo and watch as these maggots argue among themselves in their pen all day determining whether or not pop stars and actors and writers are Zionists. It’s all they do. There are threads on Threads about it for days. “Noooo, is Shawn Mendes a Zionist?!” they all cried this weekend after he performed in Portugal and said something pretty balanced about the war in Gaza. “i love how everyone forgets sabrina is besties with a raging zionist,” said pop stans on Reddit on Friday, the day of Sabrina Carpenter’s album release, in an attempt to boycott her. Brands, too. Is the place I buy my stationary from Zionist? Is my energy drink Zionist? My unibrow is getting out of control because I cannot find out whether or not my tweezers are Zionist?!!?
It sounds insane because it is insane. I noticed excessively unwell Swifties have decided to boycott their favorite pop star Taylor for not speaking out on Gaza. Guys, so long as Gaza doesn’t have a 100,000-capacity venue and a few out gay habibis who make bracelets, Swift will not be putting Travis in a keffiyeh. Let it go.
Do yourself a favor and read it. Every word. You won’t regret it.
