re: #1 Expand Your Ground

Blame Al Gore.

Really. He thought he could remove himself from politics, divorce himself from his political past and address the issue of climate change in a neutral and non-partisan way.

Instead, he acted like a red flag for a lot of bull-headed deniers and helped turn it into a massively partisan political issue.

Wait. Don’t blame the people who would have attacked anything Gore supported, instead blame the victim? Gore should have become a hermit, maybe? Or chosen some immaterial or objectionable subject to support instead?

No.