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Anne Stephens's avatar

We should be afraid of the attack on education, universities and schools. Uneducated people are easier to control. And those yelling about it (Mr Kirk) have not attended university.

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Nat Power's avatar

Definitely. Reading new Te-Nehasi Coates collection of essays and one of them is about teachers losing the right to critically engage students on all kinds of topics. I wondered what it would feel like to write a book and have it pulled from a library because it didn't suit the political narrative of the day. I believe I'd rather be 'woke' than asleep at the wheel.

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Clare Stephens's avatar

Omg I listened to a podcast interview with him and fell in love. So clever

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Rosa's avatar

Spot on about Greta. Men on the right and left have always been threatened and frightened of her. I thought was she did was hugely courageous - she put her life on the line to draw attention to the food blockaid. That’s not virtue signalling. That’s showing your prepared to walk your talk!

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Nick Bowles's avatar

You’re

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Rosa's avatar

Thanks for this. I disagree with the premise though that Greta’s work constitutes ‘Insta-activism.’

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Ben Shutov-Gonne's avatar

Perhaps you’re right about the frightened men, but have you read the Suzanne Moore piece?

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/left-wing-activists-greta-thunberg-164928211.html

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Rosa's avatar

Indeed. Thankyou for the correction, sir! Sometimes passion usurps grammatical precision.

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Ginni's avatar

Don't apologise! Best thing I have read all day.

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Gracie's avatar

More please. Living in Ireland, where support for Palestine has been unambiguous for, well decades really, as they know what being occupied and having your entire culture obliterated feels like.

I am glad to see the world catching up. The Madleen was always about visibility and Greta knew that from the beginning. She used her privilege to get the world to wake up and smell the genocide and it worked. A People are being deliberately starved, bombed and bulldozed out of existence.

Greta seems to be uniquely gifted in upsetting awful people and I love her for it. A Nordic Grace Tame.

Thank you for mentioning Bri's Sub. I've missed her chats on her pod. Have subscribed.

And Clare, did your Mum think the twins in Sinners were fraternal? 😉

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Nick Bowles's avatar

Ireland obliterated! Laughable. Irish culture and its economy was booming until just a few years ago. Laughable. Except it is happening now, and it’s not the British who are doing it.

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Maria's avatar

You have nailed what is wrong with the world Clare. If only the powers that be had a nano amount of the determination, courage, empathy and compassion Greta and her friends have demonstrated. I am not a mother but having recently spent six months living with my in-laws in India and helping to care for two beautiful nieces, I totally get what you mean about the exhale that comes with caring for others. Love your work and not about to see you cancelled EVER!!!

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Vanessa Koder's avatar

Hi Clare, I’m confused that you thought you’d be cancelled. These are such well written articulated thoughts. The fact is that Greta Thunberg is a legend. What a strong woman, I would be incredibly proud of she was my daughter. I completely don’t understand at all why more people are talking about her, she’s bloody brilliant. She makes me feel so positive about people power. And it’s not being dark at all!

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Alicia's avatar

I also feel more at peace without the paralysis of choice pre motherhood. It’s school - work - school - activities - chores. No decisions to be made!

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Liya Marie's avatar

I wonder if university is now a waste of time because so many women are going there. For the first time in history.

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eleanor rose's avatar

Love this content Clare! Equally love the lighter content. But this so important at the moment. Your writing is beautiful. Thankyou!!

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Charlotte (has) Baby Brain's avatar

Dad's are definitely applauded more than mums online, I see it with people that post about their kids on here - a dad can make the same observation as a mum and 9 times out of 10 the dad will get a much more enthusiastic response.

It's true that not everyone might be here for your more mumsy thoughts, but they are a part of who you are, and I personally love it when you share on your motherhood experience

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Emma-Kate Wilson's avatar

YES Clare!!

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Romi's avatar

Loved every word. Echo all sentiments x 100. Also devoured Grace’s piece on motherhood, brilliant recommendation. Thank you.

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Kali Acerra's avatar

Thank you for this. I feel like I’m being gaslit daily here in America. We are not living in normal times.

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Vanessa Koder's avatar

The news is so devastating right now, but even more devastating is writers, journalists not sharing our feelings. Thank you so much Clare for being so articulated and thoughtful. You would never ever be cancelled. All the women and men on that Madleen flotilla boat are my total hero’s and give me hope

I did not hear about the guy in Cambridge debating this shite, what an absolute idiot! Not sure want to see this, will make me too angry

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Nick Bowles's avatar

Unemployed climate activist, friend of the UN and the WEF, not educated, not a scientist, merely a social media influencer, antisemite, pro-Palestinian, net worth 2 million dollars with grifting parents who no longer need to work as their daughter is bringing home the bacon. Useful idiot. No one is scared of her.

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Nick Bowles's avatar

You do realize that the allegations against Trump were no more than the way an expense was recorded in his accounting, it was one error that the politicized prosecution team magnified, like a PCR test to make it appear like serial wrongdoing. If you are OK with politicized prosecutions then you are another totalitarian

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Clare Stephens's avatar

Not allegations - he was found guilty. And separately, found liable for sexual assault and defamation. Is it totalitarian to respect the findings of the justice system?

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Nick Bowles's avatar

Guilty of filling in cheque stubs wrong. Right. Whilst the judge’s daughter’s social media company was paid 36 million USD by the Democrats and raised 100 million for democrats during the trial. The judge should have recused himself. As for that sad sack Jean Carol that didn’t know what year she was assaulted in a busy changing room in a department store, didn’t know what she was wearing, didn’t tell anyone, didn’t tell the police, but put her allegations into a man hating book years later along with her fantasies about a stalker, a Mafia goon and a serial killer, and is now writing further erotic fantasies for publication with Biden‘s cousin, and she’s written another book to capitalize on her trial, well that’s all highly plausible. The democrats were laughing all the way to the bank. This is justice?

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KHolbekistan's avatar

He’s a rapist, a pedo, a fraudster, a bigamist, a liar, a cheat, a racist, a thief, etc, etc. Don’t even try to pretend he’s the victim, you DARVO loser.

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