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by mellosouls 874 days ago
Motor vehicles are WAY more dangerous, and it kind of seems bad faith to suggest anything otherwise

The original context was shared country trails; I guess your comment was due to a misreading rather than intentional goalpost-moving but the way those arguing for cyclists seem to leap immediately to deny all and any misdemeanours and bridle at any criticism doesn't help good faith discussions.
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sagarm 874 days ago
The original context was road cyclists; the digression to country trails was to justify aggression and violence towards them.
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mellosouls 874 days ago
No, the root of this branch of the cyclist discussion is the country trail; which was highlighted to point out cyclists are just as bad as any other group in their behaviour at times.

Suggesting it was to justify aggression and violence towards anybody is bad faith at best, a lie at worst. Please don't use such tactics here, and certainly not with me.

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