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  • I see this all the time on social media, and it’s frustrating. I don’t want to dampen anyone’s passion for combating climate change (because I agree!), but it’s like a feedback loop for rhetoric that gets more and more extreme.

    Something that starts out as:

    “There was a wildfire in _____. This could be part of a larger trend related to climate change.”

    Turns into:

    “This fire was caused directly by climate change.”

    Turns into:

    “The world is on fire! Take shelter!”

    Turns into:

    “Don’t plan for the future. Don’t have children. Move somewhere cold and start prepping for the apocalypse.”

    You can literally watch this same process happen with every issue that gets traction on social media or cable news. Then one side looks at the most extreme comments from the other side and easily dismisses the whole thing.