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I'm all for bike activism and fuck cars. But what they're doing is illegal and the driver likely had no idea what's happening. If they weren't riding the wrong way, then everything would have been perfectly legal (at least here in Germany). As long as the cyclists form a mass, they're considered one long vehicle and can even pass red lights that way, as long as the first person did so with a green light. But riding on the wrong side of the road and expecting everyone to know what is going on is kind of a dick move and just brings more hate on cyclists.
Running people over is also illegal. A defensive driver would stop and wait for the road obstruction to clear, or take a wide-berth, safe alternative path around it.
Why can't the bikers stay in the right lanes. What about anyone walking, get out the way and fuck them too.
That's awesome. I love that.
But that's not the situation here, so already what you consider tolerable behavior and valid protest is law breaking in the context of the video. Surely you can see that reasonable people can also disagree on whether crossing the centre line is valid protest.
proceeds to selectively ignore their activism and promote car centric infrastructure and viewpoints
I don't see banners. How the fuck is the driver going to know what the fuck this is about? Critical Mass in Germany is also inconvenient as fuck but completely legal. You won't find dicks riding in both lanes. Get fucked.
forget which sub you're in?
They're called communities here. Should have known I was dealing with a redditor. I know plenty of people (most of them preferring the bicycle over the car) who are fed up with this kind of "protest" as it just widens the divide. The conservatives jump on that and weaponize it.
Conservatives jump on anything and weaponize the tiniest bullshit. You can't just cede a battleground because "oh well they might get their panties in a bunch"
Telling us your tactics?
No idea what's happening? Who doesn't know what critical mass is? Even if you didn't, if you're so cousin-fucking stupid you can't look at this situation and see that this is obviously an event you shouldn't drive into, then you should be locked in a rubber room and not be allowed near sharp objects, let alone be allowed to drive a car. You're too stupid too be allowed in public.