Ask my better half, this has been one of my fantasies, and now it may come true:
Two Swedish lawmakers have nominated 17-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. According to the Associated Press, Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling—members of Sweden’s Left Party—argue that Thunberg’s pursuit of climate change legislation on a global level, in the face of stubborn and powerful world leadership, is “an act of peace.”
Thunberg has received all kinds of accolades for her work to highlight the issue of climate change and pressure world leaders to prioritize the environment. She has spoken in front of thousands, including directly to world leaders at the U.N. this past September. Like most people in the public eye, Thunberg has had to weather the bullying of our country’s commander in chief, but as Thunberg has shown nothing if not integrity, she has easily disposed of the tiny-handed tyrant every time.
Timing is everything here. I don’t know precisely when these awards are handed out, but if there were a god, and she actually cared to dispense divine justice, she would time that award to be announced just as the networks are calling November’s election for the Democrat. Or maybe the next day. Whatever would irritate the orange one the most.
Of course if there were a loving god looking after us, the orange one would be in jail. Still, we can always hope.
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