Comment on Israeli authorities have beaten Greta Thunberg, made her kiss Zionist flag
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoThat statement was made by Ersin Celik Turkish activist and Sumud Flotilla participant, not The Canary. All they did was quote the source in full.
Zombie@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Ersin Celik was born in 1982 making him about 43 (depending on month born).
I can fully understand why he would view a small 22 year old as a little kid. She’s half his age.
You can be fully aware someone is a grown adult and at the same time pity them as just a kid, especially one being tortured by a genocidal state.
absentbird@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
He’s old enough to be her dad. Of course she seems like a child from his perspective, if he has a child they’re likely about her age.