‘Personal grievances/vague prejudices’

1943 illustration by Norman Rockwell based on his experience attending town meetings in New England, where he lived, first in Vermont and then in The Berkshires.

“Only people who have witnessed Town Meeting Day in an isolated Berkshire hill town can appreciate its significance….Major political parties don’t come in for much attention…for it’s all a matter of ‘one side’ and the ‘other side’. Personal grievances and vague prejudices are usually the platforms adopted by the ‘sides’’’

— WPA Guide to The Berkshire Hills (1939)