Greta Thunberg Arrested Again

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Normally, a story about Swedish "climate activist" Greta Thunberg being arrested at a protest amounts to little more than a dog-bites-man article. She's constantly getting hauled away by the authorities for the various disruptions she causes. This morning it happened again, this time in Copenhagen. But this latest arrest came with a bit of a twist. Typically, Thunberg is hauled in for climate change protests. But this week, the disruptions she caused had nothing to do with climate change as far as I can tell. She joined up with a group of pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protesters who were members of "Students Against the Occupation." So is that her new gig now? Having defeated the supposed climate change genie, is Greta Thunberg declaring war on Israel? If so, that would be a bit of a switch. (Politico)

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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Copenhagen on Wednesday morning.

"Students Against the Occupation and I are at the University of Copenhagen's administration building," Thunberg wrote Wednesday morning over a video shared on her Instagram.

“Police have been called, violently entered the building with a ram wearing assault rifles. They are evicting everyone as we speak,” she wrote.  

In another video, Thunberg added, “Students have been arrested and are being taken to the station this very moment.”

Digging deeper into the details, it turns out that the protest held outside of the University of Copenhagen's administration building wasn't really very large at all. Police reported encountering less than two dozen protesters, with six of them being arrested, including Thunberg. This wasn't the first time that Thunberg has taken a pro-Hamas stance. Nearly a year ago, barely days after the terror attacks on Israel on October 7, Thunberg published a video on social media expressing support for Palestinians and accusing Israel of genocide, occupation, and everything else. And that was before Israel had even finished gathering up the bodies of their fallen. In that sense, Greta Thunberg was a bit ahead of her time.

We shouldn't expect too much to come of this. The tiny climate warrior remains a darling of the international press and liberal globalists still trip over themselves seeking new ways to shower honors upon her. But this latest incident reminded me yet again of some of the questions surrounding Thunberg that never seem to be explored thoroughly or receive adequate answers. Among the biggest of these has to be precisely what it is that Ms. Thunberg does for a living. What is her "job" assuming she has one? After all, everyone needs a certain amount of money and resources to get by in this world.

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I once again spent a little time today going through her brief biography. In terms of actual substance, it's a brief read indeed since she is only 21 years old. Her parents were a musician and an actor, so they probably weren't penniless, but she clearly wasn't born with a silver spoon in her mouth either. She has received honors and awards from many climate groups, but she doesn't seem to have ever taken a paying position with any of them. And it's not as if she's spent all of this time getting an advanced education. She only received her high school diploma last year at the age of twenty. She's constantly hopping around the globe for protests and awards, so it must be hard to hold down a professional gig of any sort.

We do know that many of the larger climate activist cult groups around the world have flooded cash and resources into activities that Greta Thunberg has endorsed and participated in, so that might explain her travel expenses and perhaps even lodging during protests. But has any of that money gone directly into Thunberg's own pockets? That's really not how charitable donations (for any cause) are supposed to operate unless the recipient is a paid member of the organization. In that case, records are supposed to be kept as to who was paid and how much they earned. A failure to do so can land you behind bars in some countries. Of course, that's only the case if anyone bothers to ask the questions and review the records. It's unclear if Greta has ever undergone that sort of scrutiny. Meanwhile, she continues to show up here, there, and everywhere while demonstrating no meaningful source of legitimate income. Don't the rest of us deserve some documented answers to these questions?

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