tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post8667037951682009077..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Armory Activists Out In ForceClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-72947011285865438662017-06-23T13:54:30.146-04:002017-06-23T13:54:30.146-04:00I think you're great Cea. Your work is unparal...I think you're great Cea. Your work is unparalleled. But maybe you're too close to the action. I think you'll see that we've come to the same conclusion, even if I'm not crazy about some of the actors at NYCC.<br /><br />Everything I said was true. Some of the activists did not know the specifics of what they were protesting. That's fine. But I call it like I see it. That they were shutting down conversation only adds to my, and others, frustration. But of course the 1st Amendment allows it. I'm not asking that they be removed.<br /><br />As to offensive - I hardly see criticism as necessarily offensive. That's what I've been hearing from a lot of people when you dare have a difference of opinion. I think it would be great if people could step back from the brink and remember that there's is not the only opinion with airing. I don't claim to be the NY Times. I claim the opinions for myself only. That's why I insist it's a blog, not a journalistic enterprise.<br /><br />As to my post, I stand by it. You may disagree, but there is nothing "inaccurate" about it. Read it again when you're less agitated.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-80745637666670228202017-06-23T13:49:06.451-04:002017-06-23T13:49:06.451-04:00hi tim,
FWIW, and I obviously really love the CH...hi tim, <br /><br />FWIW, and I obviously really love the CHTU, but the implications of what you are saying here about NYCC are upsetting, offensive, and really distorted. <br /><br />NYCC (and before that, ACORN) have been organizing in Crown Heights since like 1982 -- well before you or I moved to Brooklyn! And well before many of the CHTU members were born or moved to Crown Heights. The CHTU started in 2014, and I know that because I was there. I am obviously really devoted to the Crown Heights Tenant Union and love and respect their work, so it's not a critique of the CHTU there - its just a fact that NYCC members have been fighting for housing in Central Brooklyn for over thirty years. Some of them have actually participated in some really historic wins for permanently affordable housing, and some of them are still fighting for their lives. This is simply not true for any of the other groups in this fight, and its actually grotesque to erase their work. <br /><br />Do NYCC members somehow matter less because they are members of Citywide organization? I'm confused about that logical twist. <br /><br />You really should not use this blog to silence the voices and the collective power of long time people of color who are under increasingly and escalating pressure thanks to gentrification in their neighborhood. They are fighting this fight because THEY NEED TO FIGHT THIS FIGHT TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES. I don't know how you assume that their experience is any different from that of the CHTU members who are also here to fight this project. <br /><br />I'm happy to talk more about this offline but respectfully with regard to NYCC this whole post is just like woefully inaccurate. I'm around!<br /><br />- ceaCea Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164166091576763446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-33548833612907741802017-06-23T13:45:23.155-04:002017-06-23T13:45:23.155-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cea Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12164166091576763446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-81082642901649949222017-06-19T15:08:31.988-04:002017-06-19T15:08:31.988-04:00Objecting to any kind of redevelopment that's ...Objecting to any kind of redevelopment that's not 100% affordable housing is ridiculous. So ridiculous. Just tell me when it's time to vote Eugene out, and I'll be out there to vote. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com