Greta Thunberg

I found myself getting angered as I read the exceptional opinion piece by David J. Michaels (“Greta Thunberg deals cruel blow to Jews,” Nov. 4). Clearly, Thunberg lacks the very human awareness and consciousness that she aggressively holds herself out as possessing, and which she often sanctimoniously condemns others for lacking.

Like so many others, I feel sad for her and sad about the highly abnormal existence she’s been manipulated into living. Perhaps Thunberg would be better served by developing her own mind rather than mindlessly parroting preferred leftist talking points and narratives. She’s become a cartoon character at this point, as much mocked and ridiculed as she is admired. Full of anger, grievance, hostility, and self-righteousness, always scolding and lecturing others, and ostensibly devoid of genuine inner happiness.

If Thunberg wants to glory in her global platform, she needs to have a lot more awareness, for with that platform comes responsibilities. If she cannot properly meet them, perhaps she should spend less time blowing hot air and tilting at windmills.

Michael J. DiStefano

Jamestown, RI

Liberals vs. Progressives

Joe Battenfeld has it wrong when he claims that “liberals have been calling for a cease fire” by Israel in its retaliatory war against Hamas. (11/2/2023) It’s not the liberals. It’s the self-declared “progressives.” Liberals have historically supported human rights and political and social decency. Progressives, on he other hand, have a hard-left political agenda that is not overly concerned with human rights and decency.

In this nation, there are two groups at the left of the spectrum. “Liberals” are devoted to civil rights, civil liberties, and common decency. “Progressives” care only about their own political agenda.

Harvey Silverglate

Cambridge

Green energy

It should come as no surprise that the green energy movement is dying on the vine.  As your recent editorial stated, less than 10% of new car sales are electric, as they are way overpriced, car manufacturers are losing billions of dollars on these alleged products, and they cost far more than conventional vehicles.  In addition, it takes hours to fully charge an electric car versus the 45-60 seconds it takes to fill up a gas tank.  Do the math: that adds up to overpriced cars for us consumers, most of whom don’t want these products, and a money-losing enterprise for car manufacturers.  There is no way that any industry should continue to invest in a money-losing enterprise for products that consumers don’t want.  I fully realize that politicians who have fallen for the global warming hoax will still push for more electric vehicles, along with wind and solar power, but these are all areas where industries and consumers are coming out behind, and free market capitalism, which is what makes our country great, does not operate that way.

Tony Siciliano
Framingham, MA