See this is one of the reasons why I call you a weirdo.
1. If someone says “I can’t believe Wibble did that. That makes me so angry! I’m go wring his neck.” Do you believe they are serious or is it just a phrase? Of course it’s just a phrase.
2. I never said I would go ahead and harm Greta. I said “ I’d like to reacquaint her to rain water in a bucket now. But I’m afraid if I did I might hold her head in it too long. “ So that insinuates I wouldn’t do it. But hey you should join the Labour Party or the Communist Greens Party because they like to twist statements and make something out of nothing.
3. I don’t think Greta frequents the Front Row Forum and logs onto see what’s the chat about the Cronulla Sharks.
4. There is a difference about targeting , harassing and threatening someone directly on their personal social media platforms than making a non direct and in jest non threatening statement on a platform she would never visit.
5. How about this record rain!!! Is that climate change too? If it is why didn’t they predict it? Remember the statement was do not expect any decent rain in the first half of 2020. What a f**k up. It’s a record drop. You mean they can predict what’s going to happen in 10 years time apparently but couldn’t see this in a 3 month window? Ok..........
Do you think any teenage girls might ever read these forums?
If they do, do you think saying you might not have the self control to avoid drowning one might be intimidating, if they wanted to write something here?
I agree that targeting someone on their personal social media platforms is worse than on a platform they will never visit. What sort of thing might you say on Thurnberg's personal media platforms to intimidate her? Not that you lack the control to avoid drowning her, surely, as she must surely see that one as in jest and non threatening.
Rather than insinuate that you would never do it, how about in the intervening posts where you call me a weirdo, you instead (or as well as) outright say that you were obviously being rhetorical, and you would never want a teenage girl to feel she couldn't express her opinion on here.
Anyway, I am not a vulnerable target so feel free to say what you want about me. Even gang up, it won't bother me. But this is a public forum. I know all sorts of things come down to context, and the one statement can be viewed by different people as having different meaning, but would you be comfortable with strangers commenting around your teenage daughter how they want to "wring the neck" / "drown" or perform some other rhetorical act of violence against a teenage girl? Do you think there is a chance this is intimidating?
This is used as a tactic, deliberately, by many on forums and online spaces to shut down discussion from people who feel vulnerable to violence. In a public space, rather than assume that everyone understands perfectly that there is no possible threat when you say threatening things, how about clarify straight away, or better yet, find other ways to make your point?
In regards to your statement about Labor and the Communist Greens, I might just quote ScoMo and say that is your editorial.
I don't know what "statement" about rain you refer to, but doesn't "record" rain alert you that the climate is getting very different?
Your argument about weather vs long term climate was made by Hanson on TV just a short while ago, and was equally ridiculous when she said it. If you are so sure about long term climate being abstruse enough that we can't make predictions, I'll make a bet with you that December 2025 is a hell of a lot warmer than June 2025 in Sydney, even though I can't possibly tell you what the weather or rain will be even next June.
