I think there is something to this sentiment. People support things that reflect positively on them, even if they are personally against it for some specific r

I think there is something to this sentiment. People support things that reflect positively on them, even if they are personally against it for some specific reason. This was going to share UP lines in some areas (the peninsula, for example). There is no way people in San Carlos or Menlo Park were going to uproot their homes… but they expected everyone in the valley who needed to move, to move. The metoo phenomenon had some of this too. People who engaged in some of the things the movement stood against were some of the same people caught up in the zealousness. Also see Yimbys vs NIMBYs.