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Against Apartment houses, You Must Hate Minorities Then?

Well that's what a Federal Judge ruled in case against Garden City Long Island.

It would appear in this enlightened everyone is the same world - that is except for whites because they are so full of hate ya know - you can't decide what type of community housing you want in your own neighborhood.

If you don't want apartment buildings in your neighborhood because of concerns about traffic, parking, over crowding schools and taxes having to go up to cover all that stuff, etc., well it turns out - according the the federal government, you are just trying to keep non-whites out of your neighborhood.  Yep, all those legit concerns are considered racist, or according to the federal government just a cover for "racism".

The federal government must think apartment buildings are for non-whites and other assorted minority types who can't afford a real home or something like that, and frankly if I were a non-white I would find that mindset is racist in and of itself on the part of the federal government and that judge. What are they trying to say?  As a minority I can't afford a single family home?

I had fully expected Garden City to lose this case and their appeal will fall on deaf ears.  The cookie cutter was set in 1983 in Mount Laurel NJ , and repeated in Westchester county and a few other places, BUT GET THIS...  In this case, the judge in this case, also found "inference of race-based animus".  WOW! 

So, clearly this judge and the federal government he works for are stating if you don't want an apartment building in a mostly white neighborhood, the only reason you really don't want one is because you simply have "animus" for non-whites.   For those who aren't wordsmiths animus means " a strong feeling of dislike or hatred"

So there we have it folks... if you are white and living in a mostly white neigborhood the only "legit" reason you don't want an apartment house being built next to you is because you hate non-whites. 

I would like to hear your opinions on this but you likely don't care; that is, until some building contractor/developer wants to make a killing on a huge apartment complex in your area.  And if your neighborhood is mostly white and your local town (the residents) don't want one, well you are all out of luck because as we - I mean the federal government knows - you just don't want one because you have animus for non-whites and overcrowding,  schools having to ramp up to handle the extra load and all that kind of stuff is just a "cover for racism". 

Ladies and Gents, are you sure we still live in a free country?




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