Will DC resume commuter traffic patterns in the fall?

[Anonymous]

30 year old white guys borrowing the language and tropes of the Civil Rights movement to promote...bike lanes. Love it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 year old white guys borrowing the language and tropes of the Civil Rights movement to promote...bike lanes. Love it.

Actually the first recorded use of the term "bigot" was in 1660.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigot

I am several decades past 30, and I've never, ever been a white guy.

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:30 year old white guys borrowing the language and tropes of the Civil Rights movement to promote...bike lanes. Love it.

It's pretty offensive. It trivializes people who live with actual bigotry.

[Anonymous]

It's rare on DCUM that so many would politely offer someone a lifeline. And even more crazy that the PP refuses to accept it and instead prefers to drown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's rare on DCUM that so many would politely offer someone a lifeline. And even more crazy that the PP refuses to accept it and instead prefers to drown.

Agreed. That poster just refuses to use the word bigot as defined. Must be because being called out for your prejudices is uncomfortable for most people.

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

There are plenty of words in the English language you could use to get across your point. Obviously, you chose "bigotry" because you are trying to like white guys who think they have an inalienable right to ride their bikes wherever they please to African-Americans who suffered under Jim Crow. It's offensive and couldn't hardly be more tone deaf. But I think you should keep saying it because it makes you and other bikers sound like idiots.

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

There are plenty of words in the English language you could use to get across your point. Obviously, you chose "bigotry" because you are trying to like white guys who think they have an inalienable right to ride their bikes wherever they please to African-Americans who suffered under Jim Crow. It's offensive and couldn't hardly be more tone deaf. But I think you should keep saying it because it makes you and other bikers sound like idiots.

I chose "bigotry" because bigotry is the right word for your anti-bicycling bigotry.

The right word for Jim Crow is racism.

[Anonymous]

This cyclist guy is seriously disturbed. I’m not sure that there is really another way to describe it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

There are plenty of words in the English language you could use to get across your point. Obviously, you chose "bigotry" because you are trying to like white guys who think they have an inalienable right to ride their bikes wherever they please to African-Americans who suffered under Jim Crow. It's offensive and couldn't hardly be more tone deaf. But I think you should keep saying it because it makes you and other bikers sound like idiots.

Since you're going to trample all over the definition of bigotry no matter what anybody says, would "irrational hatred" make your fee-fees hurt a little bit less?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

There are plenty of words in the English language you could use to get across your point. Obviously, you chose "bigotry" because you are trying to like white guys who think they have an inalienable right to ride their bikes wherever they please to African-Americans who suffered under Jim Crow. It's offensive and couldn't hardly be more tone deaf. But I think you should keep saying it because it makes you and other bikers sound like idiots.

I chose "bigotry" because bigotry is the right word for your anti-bicycling bigotry.

The right word for Jim Crow is racism.

You sound like an anti-car bigot.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I ride my bike as often as I can, including commuting to work and taking my kids around town, and I think it's absurd to say people who don't like bicycling are bigots. Bigotry, to me, would require prejudice against people for some immutable characteristic; being on a bicycle is not that.

That’s not the definition of bigotry.

You still can't be bigoted against people on bikes. You could against members of a religious, racial, ethnic, or national group, or people of a certain sex or gender or sexual identity. Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball? Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.

Yes, of course you can. Does it make sense? No, but that's the whole point; bigotry is irrational.

Also, no, bigotry doesn't have to be based on an immutable characteristic. Just think about all of the people who are bigoted about this or that religion, or even religion in general. Or people who are bigoted against fat people. Or people who are bigoted against poor people.

There are plenty of words in the English language you could use to get across your point. Obviously, you chose "bigotry" because you are trying to like white guys who think they have an inalienable right to ride their bikes wherever they please to African-Americans who suffered under Jim Crow. It's offensive and couldn't hardly be more tone deaf. But I think you should keep saying it because it makes you and other bikers sound like idiots.

I chose "bigotry" because bigotry is the right word for your anti-bicycling bigotry.

The right word for Jim Crow is racism.

You sound like an anti-car bigot.

That's exactly who they are, a bigot. And they are a bigot doing what bigots typically do, trying to project their bigotry onto others to justify their own bigotry. Pretty sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This cyclist guy is seriously disturbed. I’m not sure that there is really another way to describe it.

So anyone who holds a view different from yours has a mental illness. Another prejudice, perhaps? Hope not.

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Anonymous wrote:This cyclist guy is seriously disturbed. I’m not sure that there is really another way to describe it.

So anyone who holds a view different from yours has a mental illness. Another prejudice, perhaps? Hope not.

They are disturbed because they are obviously a bigot.