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You got to face it. It isn't that you're a conservative. It's that you're a philistine. You have...no taste.
And you've never addressed these issues of taste; probably because you know it's a lose/lose situation, that you haven't a leg to stand on vs the crowd making the accusation.
Who Ford might more typically get support from are, well, ordinary-Joe builders and teardown specialists who can count on Unca Rob to slay the bureaucrats on their behalf. But...really?!? Is that good?!?
Within a UT context, why on earth would you side with that crowd?
LOL. You could not be more wrong about me if you tried, and I fail to understand why I'm being attacked for my use of the term "leftist"/"socialist" when you're being given carte blanche privileges to label me a "philistine" in every post of mine that you reply to. I'm highly gifted in the arts, have had my work featured in the Toronto Star (surprised it wasn't the Sun, eh?), the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, the San Francisco Chronicle and in a number of webzines. I once made I guest appearence on a CBC TV program in my teens to discuss issues of social justice and multiculturalism in Toronto. People here on UrbanToronto have seen my many attempts at cartography; as well I'm also a novice poet, painter, sculper, musician, comic-book illustrator, and screenwriter. I have an adept understanding of contemporary Canadian, US and global politics taught at the university-level to feel confident enough to back someone like a Rob Ford. It's a necessary evil, so to speak.
My family's background may be blue-collar and I currently find myself working in such a profession; but I'm ambitious, determined to succeed, and will not be phased by the disparaging remarks of haters. I have not let my past successes go to my head though. I still remember where it is that I came from and all the people that I knew growing up for whom the system has failed them. Maybe I'm siding with that crowd because they have just as much right as you and I to enjoy living in Toronto, to feel comfortable in their own skin. The average Torontonian does not value the "aesthetics" of a home over its pricetag. Affordability is what mainly matters nowaways in this post-recession economy. To say so does not make me a philistine, it makes me a realist!! People purchasing a fixer-upper with the expressed purpose of a demo-rebuild should be commended and praised by their neighbours for breathing new life into run-down parts of town. Some houses just aren't worth the time, money and energy to preserve. I know quite a few people in this predicament who are finding this out the hard way and now want to sell and go live in a condo.
And if so, why are you in UT?
So you would like to be rid of me, then. Let's not discuss our differences, let's not try to reach an understanding and see whether we can agree on some matters. Let's pretend that everyone's the same and presume that everyone will universally fall into the same categorical mindsets or else risk being an outcast. This is why I cannot understand how, for lack of a better word, leftists can claim to be tolerant of all peoples and viewpoints when their attitudes purports to anything but. You and others here have made several insensitive comments about those with learning disabilities and the overweight, for instance, yet fail to see how offensive you are being to nearly 65% of the national population.
No offense, but my understanding of anything really isn't something for you to judge from your self-promoted high chair of truth.
No offense, Miller et al is just as involved with the project - and were instrumental in wringing concessions from the proponents. Interesting how you turned reality into a RF only show though. I can understand your eagerness to do so however.
No offense once again, but your previous postings suggested the rationale for supporting him is that he is the BEST candidate for the job, not an exercise in strategic voting. At least be consistent for once.
I'm not understanding the hostility here. It was Rob Ford's ward, he was immediately involved, just like Sandra Bussin was immediately involved in placing a streetcar storage yard in the middle of Leslieville which threatens to kill local business down there and gave Tuggs proprietary rights without a public tender (why did you gloss over that accusation, nfitz?). I struggle to find a single news article, any negative press whatsoever coming out of Ward 2 in regards to Ford's leadership. You'd think that after a decade in office some skeletons would have emerged from Rexdale by now. Within this crop of potential mayors, simply put Ford is the best candidate for my interests. What you see is what you get with Rob Ford. He's not polished nor spohisticated; but he speaks his mind without hesitation (gift/curse), is pliable to public consensus, and has demonstratively gone out of his way to help the lowly citizens of this city, the ones that can't afford to wad a Councillors' pockets with "campaign donations" in exchange for assistance. I don't trust that anyone else will fulfil even one-third of their electoral promises, and lord help us with the ones that they do try to ram thorugh. So to me it's strategic, as the other candidates have simply failed to live up to my expectations of public service. They address their narrow base and then that's it.
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