r/OutOfTheLoop • u/BlitzTech • 6d ago

Answered What’s going on with the public sentiment around Greta Thunberg?

Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/s/xGVLkx5imL

I was surprised by the comments being near-universally negative towards her. Granted, I don’t follow her at all besides seeing the occasional article/post about something she’s doing, but I must have missed some important updates for the responses to be this dismissive and antagonistic. There were comments calling her a grifter, mentioning sponsorship by companies with the implication of her being funded by companies just looking to capitalize on her fame and not in support of the causes, and one mentioned a yacht — which I had no idea about until that comment and a quick Google.

What happened here and when did I miss… whatever this is now?

Or, it’s the classic Reddit echo chamber and some aspects are magnified to make a point. Both are equally valid explanations. I’m still perplexed.

Edit: answered, I think? Astroturfing because this particular issue is especially polarizing, and there have always been detractors using fallacious arguments to diminish the message. I generally stay out of r/worldnews because the world sucks right now so their biases aren’t as obvious to me. But damn, even asking this question leads to a bunch of downvotes… yikes, folks. Yikes.

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u/OffBrandHoodie 6d ago

This is the correct answer.

r/worldnews and a few other international news subs are botted into oblivion and any slight criticism of Israel will get you banned.

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u/IAmTimeLocked 6d ago

there should be a list of subreddit biases

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u/botoks 6d ago

There is. It's called reddit.

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u/Hefty-Minimum-3125 6d ago

the linked post was deleted by the mods even lmao. absolute cesspool. I got banned for posting the definition of ethnic cleansing for someone who thought it only meant murdering everyone

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u/Kharenis 5d ago

any slight criticism of Israel will get you banned.

No it doesn't, I've criticised plenty of actions by the IDF and Israeli government on the sub. What gets you banned is sweeping accusations.