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Marc may personally feel one way, and credit to him for writing that essay; his wife and family may have a different opinion, and in families, we "disagree but commit" all the time

The letter was signed first by Laura, who did not co-author the essay.

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If you actually viewed NIMBY-ism as a major societal problem you don't just "disagree but commit", and if you do, you deserve to be called out as a hypocrite.

You disagree and commit when you need to choose one option from multiple. In this case, Marc could just choose to not sign the letter.

Ahh, I see you aren’t married.

You might be in an unhealthy marriage.

you're just telling on yourself here, tbph

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