Rolling Stone: The Polls Are Totally Wrong On The Importance Of Hotcoldwetdry Or Something

You stupid peasants need to stop believing your eyes with the polls that say the climate crisis (scam) isn’t as important as other issues. Those being polled have totally the wrong feelings on the subject (it’s paywalled pretty hard, you can read it at Yahoo)

THE POLLS ARE UNDERESTIMATING THE IMPORTANCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Polls are underestimating the importance of climate change to the average American. Every election cycle, pollsters hone in on core issues top of mind for the American public. These topics can make or break the American family as parents are getting kids ready for school in the morning and trying to figure out how to pay their bills at night.

Traditionally, we call these “kitchen table” issues, and they encompass everything from the economy, to education, to housing, to health care. But this election season, our climate is driving decisions on where to live, how to consume, whether to rebuild, or even evacuate, for voters right now. What pollsters miss from their ranking of top issues is the fact that if we do not address climate change, every other major issue on the American mind will get worse.

The pollsters are not ranking the issues: the people who respond are the ones creating the rankings. And global boiling tends to be pretty low when compared with those kitchen table issues

Economic and scientific models paint a challenging future. In the era of the climate crisis, costs skyrocket as harvests fail from droughts and extreme heat. Insurance premiums explode as flood and fire risks become guarantees. Real estate values plummet as beach-front properties become submerged by the very beaches they once adorned. As climate change worsens, we can expect human health to take a toll from increased spread of infectious diseases, worsening air quality, and declining mental health from climate anxiety. We see a particular environmental justice burden on women, youth, and people of color, too.

I’m guessing their point is that climate doom is part and parcel of all these kitchen table issues, hence, Hotcoldwetdry is the most important issue!

As a leading progressive legislator and climate movement leader, we agree with that majority. Concepts of a plan are not enough when the American public is being berated with one climate disaster after the next. It is time to treat climate like the kitchen table issue it is, rather than confine it to the margins.

One of the screed writers is Ro Khanna (D-Ca), so, of course he’s excited to push this, as it increases government power. And he spends a few paragraphs pimping Kamala’s Modern Socialist agenda.

And that starts with changing our national discourse so that it truly reflects the reality of everyday Americans. Climate justice frames every other issue on the ballot this fall.

See? Every issue is really about climate doom

The tough decisions that climate change is forcing on American families are not an inevitability or an abstraction. They’re real, they’re ubiquitous, and they’re actively unfolding. We need to start legislating — and voting — accordingly.

But, mostly, legislating, regardless of what you peasants want.

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