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My son and two of his friends took a day off of school to march for Climate Action while Greta Thunberg was in Edmonton. Hearing a lot of media-hype and social-media vitriol around the event, I took the opportunity to march with them and observe the day. With my own family in the throngs, I was escpecially concerned how the event would turn out with a Counterprotest set to disrupt this event. The hype was overblown. United We Roll rolled by, and several disrespectful individuals (of my generation and above) peppered the crowd, jeering, making smartass remarks, trying to egg-on confrontations, and generally trying to make it difficult for those gathered to hear and focus. It is a polarized issue but those is my generation on the "Jobs/Energy" side of the debate do themselves a disservice when the 16-year-old behaves with more dignity and maturity than they... the conversations and comments I observed from the counterprotesters was little more than name calling and belittling. If composure, respect, and thoughtfully articulated arguments count for anyhthing, those with showed up with "I HEART Canadian Energy" scored no points. Perhaps they of were mearly the vocal, radical fringes...