There’s been no shortage of outrage directed at activist Greta Thunberg after her passionate speech at the UN Climate Action Climate Action Summit but an Australian comedian has come up with an ingenious solution for her haters.
ABC 730 comedian Mark Humphries shared a satirical video about ‘The Greta Thunberg Helpline’ a service for ‘adults angry at a child’ and it understandably went viral.
The clip opens with a man sitting on a chair: ‘Hi I’m a middle-aged man with an embarrassing problem. I get irrationally angry at a Swedish girl who wants to save the planet.
‘Luckily there’s now a number I can call.’
THE GRETA THUNBERG HELPLINE:
For adults angry at a child. pic.twitter.com/JAtIKyG4Va— Mark Humphries (@markhumphries) September 26, 2019
The video then cuts to a call centre where a woman answers the phone of the fake helpline.
‘If you’re a grown adult who needs to yell at a child for some reason, The Greta Thunberg Helpline is here to tolerate you.’
The 16-year-old climate activist has received criticism from a smattering of sources from conservative commentators to world leaders – who the video notes are largely middle-aged white men.
Piers Morgan expressed his concern over Thunberg’s impact on young people and said she was being ‘melodramatic’ in saying the world is about to end.
This was perfectly picked up in the sketch in which a caller says ‘she’s just fuelling needless anxiety. She’s making the end of the world sound like it’s the end of the world’.
Ooh burn!
The video continues: ‘So before you go full caps lock in an article comment section, let our expert counsellors assess your situation.’
It shows a number of other callers who try to present their issues with the young change maker before ending with the message that ‘when it comes to climate change, we all know she’s the real problem.’
Other negative comments made about the Swedish schoolgirl have included Australian psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg expressing worry about her mental wellbeing expressing fears she is being used as a ‘political pawn’.
His concerns were dismissed by other mental health professionals.
Additionally, a US commentator compared her appearance to that of a Nazi propaganda girl which is really a ridiculous stretch.
But Thunberg had the best flex when she updated her Twitter bio to reflect mocking comments made by President Donald Trump.
But as the famous saying goes: ‘Not all men’.
In fact, natural historian Sir David Attenborough has been vocal with his support for the youth climate strikes.
‘Young people see things very clearly. And they are speaking very clearly to politicians.
‘They are the people who are going to inherit the mess that we’ve made,’ he said.
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