Julia Hartley-Brewer accused of using word ‘autistic’ as insult to attack Greta Thunberg

TalkTV host Julia Hartley-Brewer was slammed for her ‘disgusting’ tweet insulting Greta Thunberg’s autism.

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Julia Hartley-Brewer who is a TalkTV host has come under accusation for mocking Greta Thunberg’s autism. The teenage Swedish climate activist was into a public spat with the social media influencer Andrew Tate earlier this week.

The Ex-Kickboxer and a famous social media influencer Andrew Tate showed off his cars on Tuesday and also asked for Greta’s email id to send the complete list of his car collection and the respective emissions from each car, further the activist responded by asking him to send it on getting a life.com as a comment.

The heated conversation received huge praise from Twitter users. In between all this conversation, Tv host Hartley-Brewer decided that it would be good to add her own thoughts by tweeting Greta’s putdown and adding that she would choose Andrew Tate’s life every single time, over the life of a less educated, autistic, eco-cultist and doom-mongering. She further added that the only car she owns is a diesel Tiguan.


Greta Thunberg calls for climate protest in Glasgow
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Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has called for a climate protest this weekend in Glasgow, where the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) is taking place.

Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has called for a climate protest this weekend in Glasgow, where the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26) is taking place.

"Join the climate strike this Friday (Kelvingrove Park 11am), and the climate march Saturday (11.30am) to make your voice heard. Together we are strong," Thunberg posted to Twitter.

"Join the climate strike this Friday (Kelvingrove Park 11am), and the climate march Saturday (11.30am) to make your voice heard. Together we are strong," Thunberg posted to Twitter.

The message scrawled on the picture she posted said, "Time is running out." Thunberg said change won't come from conferences like COP26 unless there was big public pressure from the outside.

The message scrawled on the picture she posted said, "Time is running out." Thunberg said change won't come from conferences like COP26 unless there was big public pressure from the outside.

The teen green activist had joined protests last week outside the London offices of Standard Chartered bank to demand that financial institutions stop funding the extraction of fossil fuels.

The teen green activist had joined protests last week outside the London offices of Standard Chartered bank to demand that financial institutions stop funding the extraction of fossil fuels.

Later she also joined hundreds of activists who rallied in Glasgow a day before the summit began. It was the biggest protest in the Scottish city ahead of the summit, with demonstrators holding placards saying "actions not words" and "stop fossil fuels.

Later she also joined hundreds of activists who rallied in Glasgow a day before the summit began. It was the biggest protest in the Scottish city ahead of the summit, with demonstrators holding placa..
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Hartley-Brewer’s comment was highly condemned online. The conversation was later joined by Guardian columnist and political commentator Owen Jones supporting the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. After getting trolled by making fun of Greta’s autism, Julia reposted the reply by removing the autistic word mentioned in her comment. Later the left-wing columnist and activist Owen Jones shared a photo of the deleted tweet quoting -Even after deleting the comment, the internet never forgets.

Julia’s take on the controversy and her use of ‘autistic’ as a slur was exceptionally very irresponsible.
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  1. Who is Julia Hartley-Brewer?
    She is a controversial Talk TV host.
  2. What was she accused of?
    She was slammed for giving disgusting comments on Greta Thunberg’s autism .
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