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Pretzel · 61-69, M
mixed bag
giving attention to the environment - which is not new - Earth Day was a new thing when I was in high school
But really folks the media turned a 15 year old to be a spokesman for a movement.
sure...let's take her word as gospel and ignore people with advanced education/experience/knowlege of the subject who just happen to agree with someone that is not old enough to drive a car or buy a drink.
She knows way more than I do about the subject - but here's my standard: would she be considered a credible expert witness in a court case? Nope.
She's great for PR and makes a nice photo op. I'll give her that.
Dont know who the other person is.
giving attention to the environment - which is not new - Earth Day was a new thing when I was in high school
But really folks the media turned a 15 year old to be a spokesman for a movement.
sure...let's take her word as gospel and ignore people with advanced education/experience/knowlege of the subject who just happen to agree with someone that is not old enough to drive a car or buy a drink.
She knows way more than I do about the subject - but here's my standard: would she be considered a credible expert witness in a court case? Nope.
She's great for PR and makes a nice photo op. I'll give her that.
Dont know who the other person is.
Northwest · M
@Pretzel Not really what's going on. She's not "coming up" with the science, she's getting herself educated on it, based on the work "scientists" have already been doing.
I don't see how this got twisted around, but the right wing media is doing a good job with its wholesale obfuscation. Anything to deflect from the actual story. It's also a shame that while "earth day" was around when you were in high school, but we're getting ourselves distracted from it, by arguing about Thudbgerg. But I guess that's the objective.
I don't see how this got twisted around, but the right wing media is doing a good job with its wholesale obfuscation. Anything to deflect from the actual story. It's also a shame that while "earth day" was around when you were in high school, but we're getting ourselves distracted from it, by arguing about Thudbgerg. But I guess that's the objective.
Pretzel · 61-69, M
@Northwest Yeah I wasn't clear - she's read a lot of things/heard a lot of information - didn't mean to imply she made things up.
what I meant to imply is that her field of study is limited, she has not done peer reviewed research and at best, if she were in court, would be a hearsay witness and not a expert witness.
but people only hear what they want to hear and believe what they already think they know.
what I meant to imply is that her field of study is limited, she has not done peer reviewed research and at best, if she were in court, would be a hearsay witness and not a expert witness.
but people only hear what they want to hear and believe what they already think they know.
Northwest · M
@Pretzel Sorry, but you’re still missing the point. She is not saying “listen to me, I’ve done ground breaking, peer-reviewed research”. She’s saying “there’s a ton of peer-reviewed research out there, pointing to some real bad news, maybe you should heed their advice”.
But, as I said, the right wing media machine is shifting the focus.
But, as I said, the right wing media machine is shifting the focus.
Pretzel · 61-69, M
@Northwest not missing the point I understand that she isn't saying she invented the information.
my point is that the media has promoted her as a poster child - and the media is just trying to get an attractive person for their 30 seconds of "responsible journalism" on an important topic.
Granted unattractive people don't generate views - and that was my point - that you missed.
my point is that the media has promoted her as a poster child - and the media is just trying to get an attractive person for their 30 seconds of "responsible journalism" on an important topic.
Granted unattractive people don't generate views - and that was my point - that you missed.
bijouxbroussard · F
@Pretzel [quote]Malala Yousafzai (Urdu: ملالہ یوسفزئی, Pashto: ملاله یوسفزۍ, pronunciation: [məˈlaːlə jusəf ˈzəj];born 12 July 1997)is a Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
Awarded when she was 17, she is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school.
Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen."
On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in Swat District after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt to target her for her activism; fleeing the scene. She was hit in the head with a bullet and remained unconscious and in critical condition at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, but her condition later improved enough for her to be transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK.
The attempt on her life sparked an international outpouring of support. Deutsche Welle reported in January 2013 that she may have become "the most famous teenager in the world". Weeks after the attempted murder, a group of 50 leading Muslim clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā against those who tried to kill her.
The Pakistani Taliban were internationally denounced by governments, human rights organizations and feminist groups; who responded to condemnation by further denouncing Yousafzai, indicating plans for a possible second assassination attempt, which they felt was justified as a religious obligation which sparked another international outcry.
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Awarded when she was 17, she is the world's youngest Nobel Prize laureate, and the second Pakistani and the first Pashtun to receive a Nobel Prize. She is known for human rights advocacy, especially the education of women and children in her native homeland, Swat, where the Pakistani Taliban had at times banned girls from attending school.
Her advocacy has grown into an international movement, and according to former Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, she has become Pakistan's "most prominent citizen."
On 9 October 2012, while on a bus in Swat District after taking an exam, Yousafzai and two other girls were shot by a Taliban gunman in an assassination attempt to target her for her activism; fleeing the scene. She was hit in the head with a bullet and remained unconscious and in critical condition at the Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology, but her condition later improved enough for her to be transferred to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK.
The attempt on her life sparked an international outpouring of support. Deutsche Welle reported in January 2013 that she may have become "the most famous teenager in the world". Weeks after the attempted murder, a group of 50 leading Muslim clerics in Pakistan issued a fatwā against those who tried to kill her.
The Pakistani Taliban were internationally denounced by governments, human rights organizations and feminist groups; who responded to condemnation by further denouncing Yousafzai, indicating plans for a possible second assassination attempt, which they felt was justified as a religious obligation which sparked another international outcry.
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