Thunberg, meanwhile, showed the test of her mettle by tweeting an eloquent takedown of her own, writing that she was indeed “deeply disturbed” - by the hate and conspiracy campaigns that are allowed to “go on and on and on”.

“I am indeed ”deeply disturbed” about the fact that these hate and conspiracy campaigns are allowed to go on and on and on just because we children communicate and act on the science,” she wrote. “Where are the adults?”

Once more for Bolt and all the bullies in the back: the only aberration in the political discourse around climate change are those denying the environmental crisis. And if you have to resort to cruel jibes about mental health to score points, you’re only confirming that a intelligent and highly articulate teenager really is speaking truth to power, and successfully spreading her message far and wide.

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Greta Thunberg has absolutely no time for nasty taunts about her autism