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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This means that the 550-student campus will be built on [b]our [/b]relatively small park (Hardy Park and Rec Center).[/quote]

It's not your park.

So I read that whole thing, and I can't tell what the point was. Certainly there was no "aha" moment where I thought, "hmm, she's got a point, I never thought of that..."

So once again, arguments that seem powerful to Foxhallers are completely unpersuasive to normal people. [/quote]

I am seriously laughing and enjoying the comment, " arguments that seem powerful to Foxhallers are completely unpersuasive to normal people."  The whole Foxhall fight against the school is totally insane. I live here and it's so nuts ..it not like they are building a garbage dump or nuclear power plant or sewage processor...it's a freaking school which most communities would welcome a new school or community center or stuff along those lines. And um...they say they are using just 5% of the Hardy park so what's the big deal!! Get a grip.[/quote]

But that's the point, isn't it? The FCCA is reacting to a proposal to open a public school in much the same way as it would if the city were planning to build a nuclear waste facility in their backyard. And that tells us all we need to know about what they think of public school children. Once upon a time in Connecticut, a bunch of rich white elitists tried to claim a public space as their own. Here's what happened: https://youtu.be/0zr8rVYlNPk?t=698. Something similar needs to happen to Foxhall and "their" park.[/quote]

The relevant segment is at 11:35.[/quote]

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