By supporting Classic, they are supporting Classic. You feel that "they are ignorant at best," tho please don't think me rude if I discount your opinion. They've got millions invested and possibly do have a clue. Conversely, if they do not, we're pretty much forked anyhow.
You are not rude, but you are wrong. They are not ignorant for supporting Classic, they are ignorant because of their lack of knowledge in regards to a hard fork. My opinion is valid, because it is fact that people/services/merchants that do not update will be cut off from the network. One month is a small window to upgrade.
If the mining industry is ignorant of what a hard fork implies, I'd say we're forked, no? I mean, with a year's worth of scaling conferences, no one was able to educate them? Or?
Anyone wishing to switch to Classic can do so as simply as upgrading to the next version of Core. Easy peasy.