Not at all. The OP presented a case of Republican fear mongering, and I merely pointed out it is a tactic used by both sides all the time. No excuses were made, i didnt even reference the substance of the republican tactics.
My point is that in the end the response to global warming from those who support the anthro-centric model appears to be more government regulation, more government control, and more taxes on things the people in power decry as "bad." The word socialism never entered my response until now, and I'm not even referencing it.
I am not saying that the left doesn't engage in fear tactics too but I was concerned with how you tried to use global warming and yet the examples that you listed were facts that most experienced with the field attribute to global warming. So how is stating the facts considered scare tactics?
The fact that you didn't address the republican tactics is part of the problem seeing as how that was the actual topic of the thread. Socialism was one of the fear tactics used by the right in the "playbook" that is why I brought it up.
Furthermore, when corporations can't be trusted to be protectors of the environment as they choose profits over protecting it then there needs to be increased regulations to make sure that they act in the best interests of the public.
It's scare tactics because most of it is speculative. It isnt a direct casual link, such as if you add too much nitrogen to water, algae blooms form, and you get hypoxia. its "higher CO2 may cause higher temps which may cause hurricanes/floods/blizzards/dogs and cats, living together. And since the average person doesnt undertand the science proponents have to go with ZOMG THE WATERZ ARE COMING TO GET YOU!
And plenty of people have brought up the republican scare tactics, I dont have to acknowledge it every single time.
And finally, yes you need regulation, but what level? A carbon tax/trade system/ hard cap isnt regulation, its an attempt to dramatically shift how energy is produced in the country, with the preferred "clean" methods being woefully under-developed for the task.
Honesty would be saying we think climate change is a real problem, thereofre we have to ask you to radically change how you live, and pay tons more for things you take for granted as affordable.