{"id":993228,"date":"2021-11-10T08:13:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993228"},"modified":"2021-11-10T08:13:57","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T13:13:57","slug":"norwegians-accuse-greta-thunberg-of-anti-democratic-behaviour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/norwegians-accuse-greta-thunberg-of-anti-democratic-behaviour\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegians Accuse Greta Thunberg of &#039;Anti-Democratic&#039; Behaviour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorwegians-accuse-greta-thunberg-of-anti-democratic-behaviour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=993228&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236368042-1-e1636404902230-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A Norwegian newspaper editor and the country\u2019s Climate Minister have both criticised Swedish climate activist Great Thunberg for her recent rhetoric, saying she behaves in an anti-democratic manner.<\/p>\n<p>Kjetil B. Alstadheim, the political editor of the&nbsp;<em>Aftenposten<\/em> \u2014 Norway\u2019s highest-circulation newspaper \u2014&nbsp;slammed Thunberg for creating polarization on the topic of climate change, saying \u201cShe risks leading them into something authoritarian, anti-democratic and downright dangerous. Her rhetoric is just a ploy away from incitement to something beyond civil disobedience.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>On Friday, Thunberg addressed a rally in Glasgow during the COP26 climate summit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-59165781\">saying<\/a>, \u201cThe people in power can continue to live in their bubble filled with their fantasies, like eternal growth on a finite planet and technological solutions that will suddenly appear seemingly out of nowhere and will erase all of these crises just like that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg added that the summit was simply \u201cbusiness as usual\u201d and that those attending were looking to \u201ccreate loopholes to benefit themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreta Thunberg and activists are needed to push from the outside. There is no need for a Greta Thunberg who only spreads contempt and hopelessness,\u201d&nbsp;Alstadheim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aftenposten.no\/meninger\/kommentar\/i\/V95yK3\/politikerforakt-redder-ikke-verden\">wrote<\/a> in an op-ed last Friday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.4713375796178\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Climate activist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GretaThunberg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GretaThunberg<\/a> addresses crowd at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FridaysForFuture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FridaysForFuture<\/a> protest during <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/COP26?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#COP26<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2wpM9GN4ZM\">pic.twitter.com\/2wpM9GN4ZM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1456659358230720512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Norwegian broadcaster NRK <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrk.no\/norge\/thunberg-bor-heller-bli-politiker_-kritiserer-ungdomspartileder-1.15719794\">notes<\/a> that&nbsp;Alstadheim is not the only one to criticise the popular climate activist, with Norway\u2019s<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Climate Minister Espen Barth Eide also criticising Thunberg\u2019s words, claiming rhetoric stating politics has no meaning is \u201cslightly dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that the strong and sensible commitment to make something happen must be converted into political action \u2013 not to reject the whole idea of \u200b\u200bdemocratic political change\u201d, Eide said.<\/p>\n<p>Thunberg also stated that western countries owed a \u201chistorical debt\u201d to countries in the Global South to dramatically reduce carbon emissions due to the history of colonialism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/06\/teen-climate-activist-greta-thunberg-brands-cop26-failure-pr-exercise\/\">stating<\/a>, \u201cThe climate and ecological crisis, of course, does not exist in a vacuum. It is directly tied to other crises and injustices that date back to colonialism and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was not the only climate activist speaking of radical rhetoric at the COP26 conference. Far-left activists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/06\/exclusive-video-cop26-crazies-climate-activists-call-end-capitalism-black-liberation-abolition-police\/\">told Breitbart London<\/a> that the problem of climate change required a \u201csocialist revolution\u201d while others expressed a desire to abolish capitalism.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.030303030303\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exclusive Video: \u2018System Change, Not Climate Change\u2019 Green Activists Call for \u2018Socialist Revolution\u2019 at COP26 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9MMoCPqt2\">https:\/\/t.co\/C9MMoCPqt2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1457680192516788231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Norwegian newspaper editor and the country\u2019s Climate Minister have both criticised Swedish climate activist Great Thunberg for her recent rhetoric, saying she behaves in an anti-democratic manner. 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