Anyone who disagrees with the Post is a “self-interested minority”

The self-interested minority at the Washington Post editorial page is urging the Council to build Klingle Road. Their arguments avoid almost any discussion of the merits of the issue. Like most of the opponents at the hearing, their main argument is: the Council voted before to rebuild the road, and so we should push on against all objections—and anyone raising those objections must be a “self-interested minority.”

Never mind that a majority of Council members, a majority of attendees at a hearing, and most of the emails I’ve seen on neighborhood email lists advocate for a park over an unneeded road. Anyone advocating for the environment must be “few but powerful”. Few but powerful may better describe the Post editorial page; few, certainly, but hopefully not too powerful.