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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does Janney compare to Key?[/quote]

close but slightly ahead in top tier order rankings:
1. Janney
2. Key
3. Lafayette
4. Mann[/quote]

But you left out the handicap of having to deal with Janney parents, which moves it down the list several pegs.[/quote]

You are prejudiced.[/quote]

I suspect you are trying to be sarcastic, but I do want to ask the PP: how many Janney parents have you actually met?[/quote]

I am not a Janney parent but live in the neighborhood, and I think what really bothers me about this Janney parent bashing that has recently flared up on multiple threads is the hypocrisy of not recognizing it for what it is. You guys are probably (hopefully) all condemning bigotry against Blacks, Jews, Muslims, gays, etc., yet things can't get nasty enough when it comes to Janney parents. Jonathan Rauch, in The Atlantic, once said, "Neurotic hatred of the political class is the country’s last universally acceptable form of bigotry", and the same seems to be true about Janney parents on DCUM. I guess everybody needs an outlet for their hate.[/quote]

This idea of jealousy/hatred/whatever would make more sense if it weren't for the fact that Mann, Key, and Lafayette neighborhood are all actually completely or partially wealthier than Janney.  True, the wealth of those neighborhoods leads many of those families to private schools.  More importantly, it seems to lead to more confident individuals who have less of a need to smear their vanity and insecurity all over DCUM.  And when you do that, sooner or later you open yourself up to ridicule.  The chickens apparently have come home to roost.[/quote]

I didn't say anything about the motivation for the hatred, and it really doesn't matter at all. The point is that hating on a group of people, a few of whom may be obnoxious but the vast majority of whom are most likely good people, is bigotry, period.

And it's even worse when you do it based on what you read on DCUM, where it's impossible to know who is real and who is a troll.[/quote]

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