Etali Politics

I've been playing Etali and it really seems like my meta overly exaggerates the impact of casting Etali. To the point where it seems like the opinion is they will lose if a single cast resolves. My meta has a lot of blue decks. I try to explain that Etali is RNG and it is very possible that I don't get anything good. Or even to use their interaction to stop chaining Etali's. I've been stopped even when the next player has a guaranteed and visible win next turn and it was their only interaction.

I'm tempted to scrap Etali for a different turbo deck. Is Etali really that scary? Is there a better way to politic or is it a losing battle to keep trying to change their view?