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People who really should know better are going around saying that @AOC said the world is going to end in twelve years if we don't take action on climate change. She didn't.
Here's the quote: "Millennials and Gen Z and all these folks that come after us are looking up, and we're like, 'The world is going to end in twelve years if we don't address climate change, and your biggest issue is how are we gonna pay for it?'"
Even absent the rhetorical framing, it's obvious hyperbole, but the rhetorical framing is essential—and its meaning and purpose are obvious.
Progressives aren't being alarmist on climate change. The crisis is huge, and it is imminent, and we are all woefully underprepared. AOC's rhetorical approach was exactly right, and to try to both-sides her on this is crap.
