An Autistic's Defense of Greta Thunberg

This week I discuss the attacks on Greta Thunberg.

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[wristdisabledwriter]

This is a common problem with politics when losing an argument they attack the person. Our society should stop letting that happen

[hippity_hopp]

I love that. “Aspergers is a superpower”
I’ve always said “Aspergers and ASD as a whole isn’t a disability, it’s an ability to see the world in a way nobody else can.”
Superpower sounds cooler.

[System_Spark]

I’m very use to watching gamers and the likes who cover half their face with a mic and windshield, so I’m not really worried about the mic being in the shot. That said, I would prefer it out of shot should you have a guest on, as it feels more personable to be able to sit and watch you interact with others unobstructed.

[nikolateslaize]

Thank you Nathan. I'm giving the same fight here for Greta. As you said, using Ad Hominem and Tu Quoque (oh but you took a plane to come tı the US) is just ridiculous. And knowledge aside our resistance to unjustice trait makes us activists.

[creaturesofmars]

It’s sad yet amazing that it takes a young girl a 15/16 year old girl to get people to listen, I didn’t get much of your opinion about her and what she does or the whole situation and I’d like to know what you think. (I loved the ending of this video)

[cassiedevereaux-smith]

While I appreciate your attempt to keep this channel neutral in terms of most of the politics of the day, we can't treat climate change as a matter of opinion anymore. We have to go where the science takes us.

[lolagepwned]

I agree with the video, and I'm not too fussed about mic in or out of shot, however I did note some white noise in the background. Could that be fixed in post perhaps?

[thijsvmilligen]

Hi Nathan, mic looks great and a direct sound is more easy on the ears. Maybe try to get less micstand in the shot and lose the popfilter. You are not talking directly in to the mic so i think you don't need it. You will have a cleaner shot.
Cheers!

[jesseparker]

I used like Michael Knowles, but what he did was not right in attacking her disability personally to discredit her.

Although do not agree that climate change exists, my thought is politicians use it too much to gain power and over exaggerate scientific claims without noting nuances that those claims could be wrong. Science isn't always right, which is what makes it fascinating.

My thought is that regional climates can be changed by people. For example, the Dust Bowl and Aral sea. But those changes did not affect places far away like Australia or Paraguay. If there was a large percentage of regional climate change across the world, then i might change my mind. But, for now i've accepted that i can do what's only best for my region, and that i can't change how China is behaving.

[tlrlml]

I agree about the point concerning using her 'ability' to discredit her...

But she IS being exploited (also because of her 'ability').



There is more then one type of exploitation... and everyone seems to be getting their share of it out of her.

[aspiewithattitude]

I feel that she did a great job delivering her speech towards the world leaders and it was just as inspiring as it was when the time when Martin Luther King Jr did his civil rights speech.

I had also made a video to inspire Greta Thunburg's efforts to change the world. I believe that we can't stop climate change, but we could control climate change by terraforming deserts into forest and farm lands.

[carlosvargas]

No tiene sentido deformar la situacion pretendiendo justificar la actitud nefasta de los titiriteros que manejan a esa mujercita y la condenan a una vida de burla y ridiculo

[cherylcarlson]

Not sure I like calling Aspbergers disability so glibly. It is so common and such a common sense outlook and she handles her differentness with such strength. To me disability is no longer being able to do what you did 4 yrs ago, struggling to do daily tasks, having no hope of improvement, the only certainty is death with the only variable as to how.