. . . and that is irrational.
In a pigs eye! Not when the congress isn’t listening to we the people. Not when the congress can’t seem to obey it’s constitutional mandates, not when they have abrogated their basic responsibility as servants of the people, not when they take a sacred oath to protect the Constitution yet cannot be bothered, not when they regard themselves a higher authority than the sovereign states, and on and on.
Rather than call them irrational why not go where they hang out and speak your mind without the name calling. They will tell why they believe as they do, and they have lots of history on their side, but they also realize we as a Republic are rapidly moving to a democracy if not already there and something needs to be done before the only one left to intervene is God himself.
Congress has nothing to do with a COS other than the date and location of the convention. That's it.
So yes, all the fear mongering is irrational. The problems you point out are the very reason to call a convention - or do you expect Congress to fix Congress?