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<p>16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg is trying to save the planet from climate change. But it hasn&#39;t been easy. Every step of the way, she&#39;s received pushback from climate deniers ranging from anonymous Twitter trolls to world leaders. What her vocal critics all seem to have in common is that they don&#39;t believe in science and they are full-grown adults who feel threatened by a teenager. Greta doesn&#39;t have time to respond to every single one, though she has had time to <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/climate-change/greta-thunberg-troll-trump-twitter/" target="_blank">shut down</a> quite a few of them, including the U.S. President with just a simple copy-and-paste. Fortunately, she has a LOT of people in her corner, many of them popping up to quickly and cleverly defend her from the swarms of haters and losers online.</p><h2>Here are 10 of the best comebacks to full-grown adults criticizing a teenager for trying to save the world:</h2><p>1.) Zing.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/xwwvsa24vqo31.png" alt="Remote file" width="1220" height="1006"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>2.) Boom.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/zcgkdezawzo31.jpg" alt="Remote file" width="828" height="1792"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>3.) Slaughtered.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/6a39gz1iuto31.jpg" alt="Remote file" width="810" height="1080"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>4.) Hello, 911? There&#39;s been a murder.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/7ryzw8a63dn31.png" alt="Remote file" width="701" height="556"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>5.) The Sun got burned.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/o243xixehgk31.jpg" alt="Remote file" width="656" height="874"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>6.) Call an ambulance.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/enhee9qdqzj31.jpg" alt="Remote file" width="681" height="1026"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>7.) This one&#39;s gotta hurt.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img src="https://i.redd.it/jiotsk0v4mj31.jpg" alt="Remote file" width="828" height="1792"></div></figure></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>8.) Savage.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Greta Thunberg on why powerful men are afraid of her: &quot;I don&#39;t understand why grown-ups would choose to mock children ... for just communicating and acting on the science when they could do something good instead. I guess they must feel like their world view ... is threatened.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/VPbnucCVZF">pic.twitter.com/VPbnucCVZF</a></p>&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1177692016215564289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>9.) This clap-back is a family affair.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Clearly my sister’s paycheck is more important than the world her three adopted kids will inherit. I can no longer apologize for a sibling who I no longer recognize. I can and will continue to call out the monstrous behavior and the bully commentary born out of anger. <a href="https://t.co/afrSuraQqt">https://t.co/afrSuraQqt</a></p>&mdash; Curtis Ingraham (@CurtisIngraham1) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisIngraham1/status/1176340343194669057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>10.) This woman who demolished someone on Twitter for criticizing her over a photo in which she is committing the crimes of eating food on a train.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">that’s a vegan salad, there’s reusable water bottles, unpackaged fruit, and she’s travelling by train which produce 80% less greenhouse gas emmissions than cars, the only travel more environmentally friendly is walking or cycling but you carry on bullying a 16 year old xxxx <a href="https://t.co/MVKixpTeDX">https://t.co/MVKixpTeDX</a></p>&mdash; georgia-anäis (@georgiaanais_) <a href="https://twitter.com/georgiaanais_/status/1176894981392490496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>11.) This person who destroyed right-wing commentator Dinesh D&#39;Souza for comparing Thunberg to a Nazi.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">normally I&#39;d reply with a joke to point out your idiocy but it occurred to me you&#39;re a 58 year old man - A 58 YEAR OLD MAN - comparing a 16 year old who&#39;s never done a thing to you as a Nazi. I know you&#39;re enjoying the attention this is giving you but this will haunt you forever <a href="https://t.co/GwgD0WXy9g">https://t.co/GwgD0WXy9g</a></p>&mdash; Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattOswaltVA/status/1175891442247405568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>12.) But no one responds to her trolls better than Greta herself. Absolute legend.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When your troll president gets out-trolled <br><br>Cc:<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://t.co/MZMoXg6G14">pic.twitter.com/MZMoXg6G14</a></p>&mdash; Jeff Yang (@originalspin) <a href="https://twitter.com/originalspin/status/1176516864274419714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 24, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>She also recently posted this thread, brilliantly responding to the hatred she&#39;s been getting online: </p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It seems they will cross every possible line to avert the focus, since they are so desperate not to talk about the climate and ecological crisis.<br>Being different is not an illness and the current, best available science is not opinions - it’s facts. -&gt;</p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1176931068349468674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It seems they will cross every possible line to avert the focus, since they are so desperate not to talk about the climate and ecological crisis.<br>Being different is not an illness and the current, best available science is not opinions - it’s facts. -&gt;</p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1176931068349468674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">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. I guess they must simply feel so threatened by us. -&gt;</p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1176931201342431234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">But don’t waste your time giving them any more attention.<br>The world is waking up. Change is coming wether they like it or not.<br>See you in the streets this Friday!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fridaysforfuture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fridaysforfuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/schoolstrike4climate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#schoolstrike4climate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/climatestrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#climatestrike</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aspiepower?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aspiepower</a></p>&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1176931580893454336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 25, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Good news: if you&#39;re a full-grown adult who feels the need to lash out at a child for trying to make the world inhabitable for future generations, there&#39;s now a hotline for you! <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/satirical-hotline-for-adults-lashing-climate-activist-greta-thunberg/" target="_blank">Give them a call.</a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="someecards-embed" id="someecards-embed-3746748" data-id="3746748" data-type="post" data-url="https://napi.someecards.com/embed/post/satirical-hotline-for-adults-lashing-climate-activist-greta-thunberg/"><a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/news/satirical-hotline-for-adults-lashing-climate-activist-greta-thunberg/" target="_blank"> There&#039;s now a satirical hotline for adults who are lashing out at climate activist Greta Thunberg. </a></blockquote><script async src="//cdn.someecards.com/assets/embed/embed-v1.07.min.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

12 clever responses to adults criticizing teen climate activist Greta Thunberg.

may wilkerson

16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg is trying to save the planet from climate change. But it hasn&#39;t been easy. Every step of the way, she&#39;s received pushback from climate deniers ranging from anonymous Twitter trolls to world leaders. What her vocal critics all seem to have in common is that they don&#39;t believe in science and they are full-grown adults who feel threatened by a teenager. Greta doesn&#39;t have time to respond to every single one, though she has had time to shut down quite a few of them, including the U.S. President with just a simple copy-and-paste. Fortunately, she has a LOT of people in her corner, many of them popping up to quickly and cleverly defend her from the swarms of haters and losers online.Here are 10 of the best comebacks to full-grown adults criticizing a teenager for trying to save the world:1.) Zing.2.) Boom.3.) Slaughtered.4.) Hello, 911? There&#39;s been a murder.5.) The Sun got burned.6.) Call an ambulance.7.) This one&#39;s gotta hurt.8.) Savage.Greta Thunberg on why powerful men are afraid of her: &quot;I don&#39;t understand why grown-ups would choose to mock children ... for just communicating and acting on the science when they could do something good instead. I guess they must feel like their world view ... is threatened.&quot; pic.twitter.com/VPbnucCVZF&mdash; Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) September 27, 2019 9.) This clap-back is a family affair.Clearly my sister’s paycheck is more important than the world her three adopted kids will inherit. I can no longer apologize for a sibling who I no longer recognize. I can and will continue to call out the monstrous behavior and the bully commentary born out of anger. https://t.co/afrSuraQqt&mdash; Curtis Ingraham (@CurtisIngraham1) September 24, 2019 10.) This woman who demolished someone on Twitter for criticizing her over a photo in which she is committing the crimes of eating food on a train.that’s a vegan salad, there’s reusable water bottles, unpackaged fruit, and she’s travelling by train which produce 80% less greenhouse gas emmissions than cars, the only travel more environmentally friendly is walking or cycling but you carry on bullying a 16 year old xxxx https://t.co/MVKixpTeDX&mdash; georgia-anäis (@georgiaanais_) September 25, 2019 11.) This person who destroyed right-wing commentator Dinesh D&#39;Souza for comparing Thunberg to a Nazi.normally I&#39;d reply with a joke to point out your idiocy but it occurred to me you&#39;re a 58 year old man - A 58 YEAR OLD MAN - comparing a 16 year old who&#39;s never done a thing to you as a Nazi. I know you&#39;re enjoying the attention this is giving you but this will haunt you forever https://t.co/GwgD0WXy9g&mdash; Matt Oswalt (@MattOswaltVA) September 22, 2019 12.) But no one responds to her trolls better than Greta herself. Absolute legend.When your troll president gets out-trolled Cc:@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/MZMoXg6G14&mdash; Jeff Yang (@originalspin) September 24, 2019 She also recently posted this thread, brilliantly responding to the hatred she&#39;s been getting online: It seems they will cross every possible line to avert the focus, since they are so desperate not to talk about the climate and ecological crisis.Being different is not an illness and the current, best available science is not opinions - it’s facts. -&gt;&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 25, 2019 It seems they will cross every possible line to avert the focus, since they are so desperate not to talk about the climate and ecological crisis.Being different is not an illness and the current, best available science is not opinions - it’s facts. -&gt;&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 25, 2019 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. I guess they must simply feel so threatened by us. -&gt;&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 25, 2019 But don’t waste your time giving them any more attention.The world is waking up. Change is coming wether they like it or not.See you in the streets this Friday!#fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate #climatestrike #aspiepower&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) September 25, 2019 Good news: if you&#39;re a full-grown adult who feels the need to lash out at a child for trying to make the world inhabitable for future generations, there&#39;s now a hotline for you! Give them a call. There&#039;s now a satirical hotline for adults who are lashing out at climate activist Greta Thunberg. 

16-year-old activist Greta Thunberg is trying to save the planet from climate change. But it hasn&#39;t been easy. Every step of the way, she&#39;s received pushback from climate deniers ranging from anonymous Twitter trolls to world...