"To answer your question as to why the top comment was someone just bullying economists based on a misinterpretation of the headline, the reason is because the

"To answer your question as to why the top comment was someone just bullying economists based on a misinterpretation of the headline, the reason is because the left was never inherently more pro-science than the right. For a long time, the right denied climate change and the left embraced it because ..." It didn't start with climate change, that was just a sequel to asbestos and smoking denialism.