Last week, I commented that one of the many things that irritates me about the global warming hoopla was the culture war subtext. That and the conspiracy theories.

Paul Krugman says the same thing today.

What I think is that we’re looking at two cultural issues.

First, environmentalism is the ultimate “Mommy party” issue. Real
men punish evildoers; they don’t adjust their lifestyles to protect the
planet. (Here’s some polling to that effect.)

Second, climate change runs up against the anti-intellectual streak
in America…So they’re outraged, furious, at the notion that they have to listen to guys who talk in big words rather than sports metaphors.