Opinion

Make the green goons of Extinction Rebellion pay for their cockeyed criminal conspiracy

What a bunch of sanctimonious goons: Dozens of adults throwing tantrums blocked FDR Drive as well as 12th Avenue near the Lincoln Tunnel ramps during Monday morning rush hour, claiming to be alerting us all to the perils of climate change.

They blocked the roadway with cars, then chained themselves across it. Cops arrested dozens, but New York law likely won’t give them the days in jail they thoroughly deserve.

Their moral preening only added insult to injury. “Dear commuters: we are interrupting traffic this morning not to annoy you, but to force the public to confront the true dangers of unchecked climate change,” Extinction Rebellion NYC tweeted.

In fact, such stunts don’t force the public to do a damn thing: All they do is annoy people — and potentially cost lives if an ambulance gets snarled.

Nor do New Yorkers need education on the issue, especially from a group whose “facts” are worthy of a Jan. 6 rioter: “If we do not act today, if @potus does not act today, NYC will be underwater by 2100.”

No, it won’t: Projected sea-level rise doesn’t threaten that — and if it did, Americans are perfectly capable of building whatever it takes to keep the city going.

These idiots are copying the tactics of Extinction Rebellion in Britain, a plague that routinely shuts down transit.

This criminal conspiracy serves no cause except the protesters’ own egos. Arrest them as soon as they hit the streets, keep them locked up if they keep doing it. Whatever you do, don’t coddle them for one moment.