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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by mike_d on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:45PM (#29156310)
Responsible bike riders should publicly condemn Critical Mass. They are the type of people that make drivers and pedestrians hate people on bikes, and go out of their way to escalate confrontations due to some bike rider victim complex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflicts_involving_Critical_M...

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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by mjmahone17 on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:36PM (#29156644)
I’m not sure why responsible riders wouldn’t want to see huge groups of riders asserting their equal right to public space?

Critical Mass helped spur NYC’s bike lane growth. If you’re against direct action that’s fine, but it’s hard for me to see what works better in initiating long term transformation than direct action protests like Critical Mass.

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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by mike_d on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @04:23PM (#29167669)
No doubt violence and intimidation is an effective way to get what you want, but isn't what is best for a civil society.
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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by sokoloff on Monday November 08, 2021 @07:58PM (#29156398)
I cycle to work on fairly rare occasions. My kids ride on city streets every so often. There is nothing that I’ve seen Critical Mass (or events like it) do that I think is positive.
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