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In reply to the discussion: What My Bike Has Taught Me About White Privilege - great blog post [View all]72. I'm in SF and frustrated with cyclists like you describe
I think most of them aren't like this, but the proportion who ride aggressively is definitely up in this city in the past few years.
Sometimes it does take some effort to avoid being hit. That's bad. It's a bike, there should be practically no threat.
Cars are still more worrisome to me in downtown SF than bikes, but unlike years ago, I really do have to worry about cyclists now and that's new.
And don't get me started about the critical massers who surrounded a car one evening. I asked them if they were detaining the people in the car and if they were, I offered to call the police to come to take over. The massers bolted.
Not a fan.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1427597
Now do you understand how the analogy is not a good one?
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Really? After many of us have shared our pain and countless examples of things we warn out kids
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#62
I'm sorry if my attempts at understanding don't live up to your expectations.
Arkansas Granny
Sep 2014
#68
You are ridiculous! You understand nothing! You insult and ridicule. Shame!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Sep 2014
#71
Exactly. I'm baffled by this. If this is "the best explanation" of white privilege--not the personal
Liberal_Stalwart71
Aug 2014
#63
I have friends who are cyclists but a lot of cyclists have become road Nazi's.
bamademo
Aug 2014
#10
In most places, roads are built for cars, and bikes are only tolerated as an afterthought
bhikkhu
Aug 2014
#67
Perhaps where you live it is common to see cyclists patiently waiting at red lights
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#23
And why again did you leap to law breaking in a thread about race privilege?
Gormy Cuss
Aug 2014
#25
Someone comes up with an analogy equating black people with persistent lawbreakers
Nye Bevan
Aug 2014
#38
Why do you insert yourself into discussions about race relations in the USA...
CreekDog
Aug 2014
#35
The same way an observation that "pretty much all Blacks are thugs and welfare queens"
Ms. Toad
Aug 2014
#49