Here’s why your holiday meal will end in tears
is a column by POLITICO founding editor John Harris, offering weekly perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption.Not technically a lie. The turkey is always dry and stringy and this year is no different—as good as ever, and as bad.Authenticity, candor, spontaneity: fine traits all. Now, however, comes a season to remind us that artifice also has its virtues. Some thoughts lurking on the mind should never reach the tongue.
This means the peevish spirits haunting national life can’t be blamed entirely on the Occupant, or the agitated responses he inspires. Something else—or something in addition—is going on, and it is closer to home. The mood is reflected in the way our fingers tap the keyboard on our phones and the way our feet slam the accelerator in our cars.
The standard explanations don’t cut it. Gerrymandered congressional districts are not to blame. Sure, I am concerned but I am not personally affected by erosion of the manufacturing sector. By appearances the other people were more likely to be beneficiaries than victims of economic disruption. No car was sporting bumper-stickers to signal one way or the other how they felt about you-know-who, or guns, or abortion.
Lately, the forum has taken on a surly tone. People are fuming about the City of Alexandria’s decision to designate a bike lane on a route heavily used by commuters. It’s made traffic worse and is hardly used by cyclists. A proposal to promote more affordable housing by modestly loosening zoning laws to allow some multi-unit dwellings in single-family neighborhoods has inspired a furious response.
“We’ve gotten a lot coarser and we are seeing a lot more vitriol” in recent years, said Alexandria Mayor Justin Wilson. As a Democrat, he added, “I’d like to say it all startedHe said his wife urges him to stay off Twitter and Facebook and list serves, but Wilson is on constantly, calmly answering insults and accusations with detailed explanations of his own views and city policies. He’s still struck by the speed with which people assume bad faith.
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