Is that the legit reason? I mean, in the times I grew up in, I would assume you’re being dramatic to prove a point.
Have you considered that you always misunderstood people’s goals and they were actually trying to warn you of this exact coming situation?
This isn’t some stupid timeline, it’s the result of 50 years of very specific effort by the right that the people you thought were being dramatic were just plainly warning you about with the appropriate level of urgency.
I really don’t understand how in the face of all this people still choose to bury their heads in the sand.
Neither of those things were backed by science. Confusing convincing lobbying with science is a problem today was it was then.