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Interviewer: You have become a hero to young people, yet you were bullied as a kid and socially isolated. It must be sort of complicated now that young people who previously didn’t support you are putting you on a pedestal.
Greta Thunberg: Yeah, I was scared of other young people when I first started school striking. So, it was very weird to have other young people join me; it was a very strange feeling. Because I didn’t know how they would react and how they would think.
Interviewer: What can you tell other young people, both those experiencing bullying and maybe those doing the bullying, to help them move to a better place?
Greta Thunberg: Just to those who are experiencing it that you are not alone. There are many, many others who are experiencing this same thing beneath the surface. And it should not be like that. Children can be very, very mean. But being strange is a good thing. I think most people in the climate movement are a bit strange – very much including myself. And that is a good thing because, if you’re not different, you are not able to envision another future, another world. And we need people who are able to think outside the box. So being different is something that should be celebrated.
KK Ottesen. Greta Thunberg on the State of the Climate Movement
Na entrevista, a respeito de sua experiência com o bullying, a ativista ambiental Greta Thunberg argumenta que