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Further ten ships will join the fleet with Greta Thunberg and other activists who will sail towards Gaza to break Israel’s blockade
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://swedenherald.com/article/more-ships-join-greta-thunbergs-gaza-flotilla-to-break-blockade
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Its actually less than it was a few days ago. Down to 47 from 51 ships on the official tracker. https://globalsumudflotilla.org/tracker/
They are actually on the way to Gaza at this point, unless they plan on making a stop in Egypt. Until now they were waiting for more boats to meet up with the main group.
Agreed. This appears to be a second wave.
FFC and Thousand Madleens Launch Next Wave of Boats to Gaza
The nearly 70 citizens on board, from 20+ nationalities and all ages, gender, race and creed, are reinforced by 9 elected officials from the Belgian, Danish, European Union, Irish, French, Spanish and U.S. parliaments who carry the voices of their constituents with them.
The GPS location for each ship updates every 10 minutes or so. You can basically track the whole thing live. The red dots is where ships were fire bombed by unknown… (read IDF)
Once again, it bears repeating that it’s not Greta Thunberg’s flotilla, but the flotilla put together by other people that Greta Thunberg hitches her name and fame to.
I think a better connotation would be “lends.” Greta Thunberg lends her name and fame to.
The media would care a lot less about the flotilla if it didn’t have a household name onboard. “Hitches” implies Thunberg is doing it for her own benefit. “Lends” has the opposite implication.
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Same as you guys. You where nowhere to be found when the last one without her tried to break the siege
I’m sorry I, a random dude in the Midwest, didn’t know about a thing happening in the Mediterranean that no one told me about. I’m so ashamed. /s
What exactly is your point?
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My point is the greta derrangement syndrome you only care about the flotilla when she is there and she is not you don’t care
It’s not that people don’t care. It’s that people don’t know. That’s my entire point. Media pays more attention because a name people know is involved.
If people aren’t talking about it, other people won’t hear about it. That’s why “famous” people get involved, to bring attention to it.
“Greta derangement syndrome”?
No, he said “greta derrangement syndrome”, not “Greta derangement syndrome”. The difference is he doesn’t know how to fucking spell :D
greta derrangement syndrome
Lol
Then it’s a good thing she is on this one, right?
Yes but people should care about flotillas regardless he is in there
Of course, but her being there brings more visibility that the previous one didn’t have.
So. Edgy
Then it sounds like it should be celebrated that someone with significant presence on the world stage lends their name, bringing the news of this flotilla to further reaches.
It’s hardly my fault if news about the previous one did not reach widespread audiences. I would have loved to have followed it, too. I simply never saw anything about it.
I used that term entirely on purpose: you are indeed correct that Greta Thunberg helps the operation by giving it the press time it wouldn’t have without her. But the operation itself helps her stay in the limelight, which is kind of her entire job at this point.
It’s mutually beneficial: her brand and the Palestine operation help each other. And there’s nothing wrong with that.
A person is not a brand
You ruined it at the end. It’s flottilas which Greta is member of. Greta like all the other members are risking their lives.
You sound a little biased, my friend.
What a silly thing to get pedantic about.
