I thought of this thread immediately when I heard that conservatives were wailing and gnashing their teeth because Cracker Barrel (a country-food restaurant catering to rural whites) has added the option of meatless sausage to their menu. They’re angry about the bare fact that in “their” restaurant, someone can choose not to eat meat. They’re angry at the suggestion that everyone doesn’t universally like meat, they’re angry that the situation is changing without their approval, they’re angry that their voice isn’t the only one in the room that matters.
Their love of gasoline is the same thing. It’s exactly, identically the same, but dressed up with “do you know how many XYZ we’ll need” (as if gas stations naturally sprouted up from the ground when we abruptly decided that society would be built entirely around cars).