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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lot of hostility on this thread towards disabled people. [/quote]

Try being a cyclist . . .[/quote]

Sorry, no, this is ridiculous. Cyclists face a fraction, at best, of the hostility that disabled people do on a regular basis. And if you don't want to face hostility as a cyclist, you can just... get off your bike.

I bicycle all over the place and commute by bike far, far more often than I drive to work, but this comparison is (a) false, (b) inappropriately dismissive of what it's like to have a disability, and (c) also completely unhelpful for the pro-bike infrastructure argument.

There's a smart way to put in bike lanes that accommodates people with mobility issues, who in theory should be better off if the streets are designed better to allow uses besides only driving in cars. D.C. can figure it out and fix it moving forward.[/quote]

Good job creating a strawman. The reply was specifically responding to a post about hostility in this thread. I’ve read none directed towards people with disabilities. Whereas virtually every second post here is spreading some ridiculous nonsense about cyclists.[/quote]

There is a post here saying that disabled people should just expect to sit in traffic, and that since the number of people who might hit them on bikes might be lower than the number of drivers who would that's acceptable.    There is no post here saying that cyclists should risk their children's  or their own lives.  So, yes in this thread the ableism is more horrifying than the comments about people who cycle as a hobby.  [/quote]

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