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  1. benson,

    I hear you, and sometimes I do roll my eyes (ears?) at the tone deafness of some on the liberal side. (I will refrain here from saying what I think about some on the other side, but you can guess.) But there is a bunch of gray area in that thread. For example, propjoe wrote some of the most overtly anti-Italian garbage. I would hardly assume he is a liberal democrat. Who knows what he is? Also, is there room to mock architecture on a real estate blog without engaging in offensive cultural stereotyping? It can descend into cultural condescension really fast but I am not sure where the line is absent truly bigoted statements. Not to mention all the cracks about stroller moms and c-f everytime the Slope comes up. Sometimes Mr. B was accused of race/class warfare for postings about crime in Clinton Hill. Sometimes for not posting. So there is a lot of stereotyping and sensitivity to go around.

    Nonetheless, I am glad you keep posting about the good things to be found in the outer parts of southern Brooklyn.

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