SS - I think it is like my daughter a lot of times. She would say she is an "optimist", but she also will avoid anything she does not want to hear, even sometimes, if it is best for her to hear it. She calls anything that she doesn't want to hear "negative". She is a great daughter, and I love her so much. But, I do think a lot from her generation (she is 30) just want to stick their heads in the sand like an ostrich sometimes, if someone says something they do not want to hear about. Many of these people are progressives, although my daughter is not that. They have learned if they can "label" someone, maybe they can shut them up. Well, that won't happen with GT fans and alums. So, they might as well not try.
But again, I am so glad we have so many fans that are excited about the future, and I am too, but like you, SS, I have to temper that excitement with knowledge and facts.