[squidsurfer]

The problem is the false religion of climate worship. Even prominent democrats are letting the cat out of the bag and admitting it. Climate for these folks is the vehicle that will let them bring their greater vision of socialist change to America. Take a look at the green new deal - much of its focus was on reshaping the economy in a socialist direction.

https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/12/democratic-sen-mazie-hi...

[throwawaysea]

I agree. There is a disturbing abuse of actual issues, primarily from the progressive far-left, where words like 'justice' are used in a vague manner to tie topics like climate change to racism, alleged economic oppression, and other unrelated topics. This is true of the Justice Democrats' platform (the PAC behind AOC, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, etc.), as well as fringe groups like Extinction Rebellion.

For example see Green New Deal details, which pushes for "justice" and equity (equality of outcome) and other policies unrelated to climate change, at https://www.factcheck.org/2019/02/the-facts-on-the-green-new...:

> Promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future, and repairing historic oppression of indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities...

For another example see https://extinctionrebellion.us/demands-principles, which asks for reparations:

> We demand a just transition that prioritizes the most vulnerable people and indigenous sovereignty; establishes reparations and remediation led by and for Black people, Indigenous people, ...

As such, to me it does seem like these issues are being taken over and misappropriated as carriers for unrelated policies, in order to build a deceptive coalition or false consensus on the more controversial points.