this is a personal opinion disguised as a rational argument and general truth. It essentially reads as "I don't like brutalism, nobody does, it sucks and therefore this has nothing to do with it". It's intellectually dishonest and cheap.

Brutalism was never about stripping buildings of all aesthetics, a common misconception or often heard derogatory argument against many forms of minimalism. Minimalism does not eliminate design. It is more about rejecting purely decorative elements and working directly with the structural elements and building material. Recognising aesthetic choices is therefore not fraudulent or dishonest, but your lack of understanding what brutalism is about.