Why Does It Matter If YIMBYs Are Annoying?

And why professionalism and earnestness matter

One thing I think about a lot is this question of whether it makes sense to dismiss a whole viewpoint or political philosophy, or at least to distrust it a bit, based on the way the people who support it comport themselves.

You see this with a frequent debate between a subset of the YIMBYs (“Yes In My Back Yard,” housing advocates/zoning reformers) and s…