If the ones saying bitcoin will literally die if this proposal doesn't pass have integrity, they will walk away from any association with bitcoin when the proposal fails. There is no other defensible position besides fully admitting their scare tactics were wrong to begin with. If they do not admit being wrong and still hang around, they can be safely muted and ignored by everyone henceforth as deeply unserious boys who cried wolf.(𝐓𝐗𝐌𝐂)