[srbby]

I find using kids for political reasons to be problematic.

I find using emotions instead of facts to sway the political discourse to be problematic.

There are legitimate reasons to be concerned or even angry at this. Maybe not good enough reasons to create an account on Twitter and scream into the void, though.

[JeanMarcS]

So what about Severn Cullis (12 yo then) ? What about Malala Yousafzai (16) ?

Is being young disqualifying for having strong opinions ?

[djsumdog]

What about the Nayirah testimony? (Which proved later to be entirely false, and led the United States into the first Iraq war)

[c0nducktr]

You're saying that the nayirah testimony is reason to disqualify all young people from voicing their opinion?

[whamlastxmas]

Somewhat, yeah. You're overwhelmingly a product of your parents opinions and you're largely doing what they tell you to do or allow you to do. Because of this, it just comes across as shallow. Greta complained about how she should be at school and was blaming the politicians. In reality it's her parents' fault she's not in school.

[theK]

Sorry mate but that point about complaints is completely wrong. A demonstration, whatever the type, is exactly that by definition. People interrupting their jobs because officials are not doing theirs well enough.

[mariushn]

Kids have much more to lose from climate change than today's decision makers (most over 40-50 years old)