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Can Greta Thunberg Add Getting Human Traffickers Arrested to Her List of Accomplishments?
This story is absolutely wild.
I have made a conscious effort in the past not to really look into who Andrew Tate in. But, being on social media means you can’t avoid it entirely. Of all the people who have attempted to fight their way to the top of the list for angry, isolated right wing young men to look up to, it’s difficult to think of anyone more vile. The man absolutely hates women, and has taken pride in being a leader of sorts for other right wing wanna-be alpha males who are convinced feminism is the root of all their problems.
So where does the renowned young climate activist fall into all of this?
It all started with Andrew Tate deciding she would be his latest trolling target. He tweeted her an image of him filling up the gas tank for his luxury vehicle, writing:
“Hello, Greta Thunburg. I have 33 cars. My Bugatti has a w16 8.0L quad turbo. My TWO Ferrari 812 competizione have 6.5L v12s. This is just the start. Please provide your email address so I can send a complete list of my car collection and their respective enormous emissions.”
Right from the beginning, it didn’t work out exactly how Tate expected. Thunberg responded, writing:
