During ABC’s “The View,” Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg urged her fellow climate change activists to step outside of “legal methods” to achieve their climate goals.
While appearing as a guest during the show’s Friday episode, Thunberg argued that if the people who made great strides in social justice and civil rights throughout history only stuck to using the legal channels they were offered, “we wouldn’t be where we are today.”
The activist advocated that real climate change action can only come from such radical action.
Co-host Sunny Hostin prompted Thunberg’s point by bringing up her recent arrest while protesting at the site of a German coal mine that was slated for a major expansion.
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German police detained the 20-year-old in January for refusing to leave the tiny German town of Luetzerath, which was scheduled to be bulldozed to make way for the mine expansion.
Photos show the young climate activist smiling as German police carried her offsite.
Read more: Fox News
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