Naomi Seibt, the young “anti-Greta” who questions climate change and feminism

He is 19 years old and has decided to stand up to the activism of the millions of followers of Greta Thunberg but, why his brilliant rise? The Washington Post decided to make a profile of this young German youtuber and quickly went viral under the nickname "anti-Greta."

Naomi Seibt achieved fame for denouncing the "Climate alarmism" and call climate awareness against "a despicably anti-human ideology." Even went beyond and facing the fear that tries to instill Greta, she bets on freedom of thought. “I was a climate alarmist myself but after investigating I decided that I had another strong and personal vision on the matter. I don't want you to panic, I want you to think. They give me the chills to see those young people on Fridays for the future who scream totally terrified, ”he says.

This is how Naomi Seibt explains the reason that led her to join Heartland, an influential Think tank conservative based in the outskirts of Chicago, United States, supporter of capitalism and the free market. Presented as the “anti-Greta” by Heartland, this 19-year-old German teenager has become the voice of climate change skeptics.

“Naomi Seibt vs. Greta Thunberg: who should we trust? ” asks in a video the Arthur B. Robinson Center of the Heartland Institute of Climate and Environmental Policy that has the backing of the president of the United States. In this video, Seibt states that “science is based entirely on intellectual humility and it is important that we continue to question the narrative that exists, rather than promoting it. The science of climate change is really not science, absolutely".

Last January, this institution hired Naomi as the youthful face of its campaign to question the scientific consensus that points to the human activity responsible for global warming. "She is a fantastic voice to impose climate realism," said James Taylor, its director.

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Naomi believes that Thunberg and other environmental activists they are causing “unnecessary hysteria” exaggerating the climate crisis. "I do not consider myself a denialist, I am simply not in favor of fostering terror," he said in an interview on the BBC.

"The weather has always been changing for millions and billions of years. We have had glaciations. We have had hot times, cold times. Everything is related to the rotation of the Sun, related to the way the Sun affects the temperature of the planet, ”he said.

"The weather is always changing. It's something natural ... What I don't think is that humans are causing climate change. Climate alarm wants panic to cut our freedoms ”sentence.

However, the shadows also weigh on this 19-year-old youtuber. Many believe that it is at the service of Donald Trump and capitalism and others go further and place it in the most extreme right. "Nazi" or "racist" are some of the insults he receives daily on social networks. Not surprisingly, this young German does not deny her sympathies for Alternative for Germany, the largest opposition party in the German Parliament and of a clear right-wing sign. It is also against radical feminism and uncontrolled immigration.

Activists or marketing products? Who moves the threads of these two teenagers? The controversy is served.