Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here's why

I was recently going through some old radio programs and it was funny hearing how common public health crises were. In the 80s/90s people were being told to toss out their cast iron pans over concerns of metals leaching into the body. In the early 2000s it was aluminum foil - there was a (since debunked) link with Alzheimer's. And people may not be aware how many of the claims against BPA plastics have since been walked back in the last two decades.

In this case, I really don't appreciate NPR framing issue as one-sided - that only social media uses outrage to sell clicks. Clearly journalists and bloggers are doing their part to push these (imho, tenuous) health claims.

And there are real consequences, our state legislature is currently trying to ban gas appliances in new construction. It's hard not to see all of this coordinated coverage as part of some larger movement being pushed from behind.

(BTW, this is probably all going to happen all over again in the next year in regards to "seed oils".)

I'm completely done with partisan politics. I even decided to stop voting so my primate brain isn't tempted to root for my team anymore. I'm not entirely unbiased but I feel like I can look at these things more objectively now. What I see is a very clear trend of the left advocating for freedom reducing policies and the mainstream media inaccurately labeling right wing concerns about it as 'bizarre conspiracy theories' constantly these days. We have states actively trying to ban the sale of gasoline cars. It's not some crazy conspiracy theory to be worried they are going to ban other goods/services you want to consume especially when someone is on record advocating for it. I'm furious at both parties for using deception to push agendas they know will fail at the ballot box or could not make it into law without exploiting loopholes/technicalities.