The daughter of an opera singer mother and an actor-turned-producer father born, Thunberg has faced severe criticism — the latest from Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who dismissed her as a"brat" — and been subjected to a swarm of online conspiracy theory.
Some mock her youth or try to discredit her because of her Asperger's syndrome, a diagnosis she has never hidden. Her diagnosis means that Thunberg"doesn't operate on the same emotional register as many of the people she meets," Time magazine wrote. "She dislikes crowds; ignores small talk; and speaks in direct, uncomplicated sentences. She cannot be flattered or distracted" — and according to the magazine,"these very qualities have helped make her a global sensation."
I honestly don't understand why adults would choose to spend their time mocking and threatening teenagers ... for promoting science when they could do something good instead"I honestly don't understand why adults would choose to spend their time mocking and threatening teenagers and children for promoting science when they could do something good instead," she wrote on Twitter in September."Being different is not an illness.
Quite a divisive figure, but certainly the name we all know now. I think we need people like her to help the balance in the world.