• Ogmios@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    I frequent both right and left wing areas of the web to try and keep tabs on what everyone is talking about, and literally the only place I’ve ever seen this sort of anti-cyclist circle jerk is on reddit.

    • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      It absolutely happens many other places, including Facebook, nextdoor, local blogs, and get this, irl. I have been threatened more than a couple of times directly, and even more times indirectly. People fucking hate cyclists. All because they dare to not drive a fucking car (sometimes).

      I used to be annoyed by cyclists because from my perspective I thought I could easily kill them by accident and they were clogging up the road. That was a very selfish attitude but it was mine. I don’t know if that’s what others are thinking but the hatred is very, very real.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeOP
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      3 months ago

      It definitely still happens in the conservative tabloids, although that has been around for many years already.