Guardian blames global warming for new generation of child brides in Africa
Just four paragraphs into her Guardian piece on African child brides, Gethin Chamberlain writes, “Everyone has their own idea of what climate change looks like.”
That doesn’t sound very scientific, but she goes on:
For some, it’s the walrus struggling to find space on melting ice floes on Blue Planet II. For others, it’s an apocalyptic vision of cities disappearing beneath the waves. But for more and more girls across Africa, the most palpable manifestation of climate change is the baby in their arms as they sit watching their friends walk to school.
We’ve already heard theories that climate change has been instrumental in the formation of ISIS and created waves of climate refugees, and now we’re hearing that climate change is responsible for young girls being married off in Africa.
Why climate change is creating a new generation of child brides https://t.co/MiyBxcG7kH
— The Guardian (@guardian) November 26, 2017
UNICEF USA picked up on the piece, and its tweet was retweeted by Chelsea Clinton, so expect to hear plenty more about child brides and climate change — what meteorologists would more accurately call, “weather.”
This is NOT ok: Around 1.5 million girls in #Malawi are at risk of #ChildMarriage due to #ClimateChange, the @guardian reports. https://t.co/huA7k185KK
— UNICEF USA (@UNICEFUSA) November 27, 2017
“As global warming exacerbates drought and floods…”
This is a real tweet. 😞 https://t.co/pi9aRALis8
— E Deploribus Awesome (@Citizen_USA1) November 27, 2017
Climate change? Really?
— BEAR (@streetbear57) November 27, 2017
Wow, this is so unscientific , pure hysteria, how can you retweet this crap with a straight face
— Nicholas T. Charlton (@nick_charlton) November 27, 2017
They're blaming child marriage on the fucking WEATHER now? Please get here soon as you can, SMOD, and put us out of our misery once and for all. This level of stupidity is getting to be unbearable! 😢 https://t.co/xgB8iIpPcp
— The Cat Who Knocks at Midnight 🐱💻 (@Bobcat665) November 27, 2017
AGENDA Anyone??!! Climate Change = Child Brides!! Get the f*!# out of ere with that bullshit. Your article is trying to tug at peoples emotions and use it for your agenda!! Unfollowed!!
— Ryan Bayliss (@RyanBayliss11) November 26, 2017
Far-fetched to blame climate change rather than archaic traditions/religions.
— 🚀 (@promethxus) November 26, 2017
It’s caused by the weather. Jeez. Not sick old men from archaic cultures. No. That has nothing to do with it. It’s the weather.
— Fred Black (@fredblack007) November 26, 2017
But not because of the Quran saying so? Hmmm. Interesting.
— The Voice of Reason (@Hart_CVX) November 27, 2017
Would be intersting to identify the religious identity of those encouraging child brides before blaming climate change? https://t.co/y6g6Fjl771
— Sy (@syboat) November 26, 2017
Now do Islam. https://t.co/KPXFdkedCy
— John Groves (@jfgroves) November 26, 2017
Fake news blames Climate Change for child marriage when it's actually because of Islam. Quran 65:4 CLEARLY STATES a Muslim man can marry a girl who has yet to menstruate, but muh Climate Change https://t.co/qKjl1tynBK
— Cristina Laila (@cristinalaila1) November 27, 2017
Wow! You guys are absolutely effing mental, you know that? Just when I think that you cannot come up with any more bullshit drivel, you print this. Yes..yes…climate change is also the main cause for FGM in North Africa 🤔Bloody idiots.
— Lee Cartwright (@fulgore1973) November 26, 2017
Umm this is nothing new for this region and has very little, if anything to do with climate change. Selling their children has always been practiced there to support the family. Maybe birth control is the answer.
— lilith11 (@mythicalangel9) November 26, 2017
Why smoking crack makes you write shit newspaper articles @newsandpics
— Snozzle Banger (@SnozzleBanger) November 26, 2017
In other news. Why record breaking temperatures have contributed towards ISIS throwing more gays off buildings this summer. #ClimateChange 🙈
— Snozzle Banger (@SnozzleBanger) November 26, 2017
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