I went to a local government meeting...

And most of the people there were Covid-19 anti-vaxxers, 5G conspiracists and climate deniers. I came with a small group of climate activists trying to get some climate-related motions pasted, mostly about emissions targets, tracking emissions and declaring a climate emergency.

I couldn't help myself from speaking up against their anti-science non-sense and had to leave before I was torn apart by an angry mob. Despite my best efforts not to insult anyone I apparently come off as extremely condescending according to one person who yelled at me.

If this is indicative of annual general meetings in your local council then I think we are going to need to get a lot more active people in the space. We need to get organised enough to drown out their nonsense.