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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by jessaustin on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:07PM (#8297257)
Is Critical Mass a protest? I never noticed it being that. I thought it was just a bunch of folks riding? Maybe you just don't like them personally?
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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by BashiBazouk on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:18PM (#8297319)
Originally in the 90's it was a protest of "cyclists reclaiming the streets". It may have morphed into something else. Still, causing traffic jams and blocking people from getting home on a Friday evening seems a bit selfish and more annoying than a way of garnering support...
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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by bcoates on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:10PM (#8297280)
As far as I can tell Critical Mass is propaganda of the deed against pedestrians.
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Re:Participate in the “Internet Slowdown” with one click by jessaustin on Wednesday September 10, 2014 @12:22PM (#8297339)
Well that's not cool. I don't support that either. In my experience (limited to places I've lived), Critical Mass is more about bicycles in the street with the autos than about bicycles in the sidewalk or crosswalk with pedestrians.
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