After my column last week about environmentalists’ apparent desire to make our lives miserable as they try to improve the environment, I heard from progressives who accused me of jumping on the Fox News bandwagon. That’s because I pointed to their latest crusade to highlight the supposed danger of natural-gas stoves.

“I’d laugh my a** off about all the dipsticks freaking out about the imaginary war on gas stoves, but sadly, it’s an indication of just how dumb and easily led so many people are,” wrote one former journalist on Twitter. That echoed a common theme: conservatives are engaged in their latest unsubstantiated freak-out regarding some “reasonable” policy.

Few regular readers could accuse me of jumping on right-wing bandwagons. Despite some overstatement and inaccurate reporting—and try to find any issue that doesn’t garner hysteria on social media—the conservatives are right on point. Climate warriors are indeed trying to ban gas stoves, although they are smart enough to offer a patina of deniability.

[Kind of amazing how the author is torqued about the snark he received when he wrote his first article from “journalists” invested in promoting these very things. Fight the good fight. ~ Beege]