Demonstrating one’s point with predictable facts can be dismissed on ad hominem grounds. For example, using the second paragraph in this article as empirical evidence of what the JLF has been saying is likely to provoke recriminations to the effect that the speaker is probably wearing a tie made by child slave labor.
In the last four years, members of Asheville City Council have asked developers to add meandering sidewalks, pay for traffic calming, change their signs, redesign, articulate facades, add buffers, widen buffers, terrace retaining walls, delete units, rent-control units, change windows, vegetate the roof, remove a gate, widen easements, limit hours of operation, and more. Supposing any of this comes with a price attached will likely remain as absurd to the Progressive mindset as assuming federal funds aren’t free or people aren’t entitled to subsidized three-bedroom homes with designer kitchens.
