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This was a Critical Mass event, which is why the bicyclists are taking up all of the street as a way to reclaim the streets and protest the lack of safety for riders under usual conditions. It's not legal, but protests are never useful if they're fully legal now, are they.

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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 83 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Protests need to make sure that no one is ever inconvenienced or made uncomfortable. That way people can just ignore it and we can all feel better about ourselves

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Be idealist all you want. If you try to convince someone to join or support your cause by angering them, it won't work. You form enemies, not allies.

If the purpose of this was to make the bikers feel good while turning people against bikers, I'm sure it worked. This protest isn't going to make someone in a car 30 minutes late and think "hey those cyclists just going through red lights, the wrong way, making me late, they got a real good point."

People need to be realistic and realize that whimsical ideals don't seamlessly translate to reality.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You are the white moderate MLK warned was worse the Klan members.

[–] Lightor@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Not wanting people to drive bikes into traffic and through red lights makes me racist and worse than KKK? That's a reason to bring up race and go after my skin color? Damn you are racist AF...

You live in a fantasy world and are doing nothing but use the actions and words of great people to push your nonsense agenda. You should be ashamed.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's why the best protests are done by leaving a very mildly offensive joke on mastodon.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] destructdisc@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

Oh, oops, thank you. I got stuck imagining that you were referring to something that actually worked 😂 hoo boy not my shining moment.