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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

That’s not the definition of bigotry. [/quote]

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.[b] Can you be bigoted against people who like baseball?[/b] Obviously that makes no sense; neither does being bigoted against bicyclists.[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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

The right word for Jim Crow is racism.[/quote]

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