Comment 112564

By Borrelli (registered) | Posted July 06, 2015 at 15:45:30

The Hamilton Institute has cornered the local market on meaningless rhetorical garbage. I'm sad I was hoodwinked into wasting precious minutes reading a screed that is so disingenuous as to be breathtaking. It doesn't surprise me that a bunch of anonymous concern trolls would post excerpts of their "essay" around town, though I would expect at least that they would want to open up some constructive conversation on the issue.

But no, seeing their recent reply to Matt Jelly, someone they attack ad hominem, its clear they are not interested in a discussion. They just want to tear down whomever they've judged to be insufficiently authentic.

This tripe is almost guaranteed to turn-off anyone who might consider a reasoned conversation about gentrification. I'm already cringing at the anticipated knee-jerk reaction from some of my neighbours that will sound a lot like, "Gentrification, can't happen soon enough if it means pushing these bums to the East End." Thanks for further polarizing an already contentious debate.

If it weren't for the hilarious and audacious demonstration of hypocrisy the author(s) show by censoring comments, refusing to meaningfully engage with other citizens (incl. those they attack), and hiding behind jokey caricatures like "The Hamilton Institute", that "essay" would barely merit any mention at all.

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