I’m a Republican, and in nine months of advocating for safer streets, I have yet to meet another one.

You're a hbthe wrong crowd...

Yet somewhere along the way, we turned roads into a political argument

Yeah. You know who is "we" here? Republicans

"I thought something obviously stupid because nothing is real unless it affects me. But then it affected me! ¡Que sorpresa!"

But when Republicans talk about freedom, the progressives hear privilege. Aren’t the Left and the Right essentially saying the same thing?

No. The fuck is wrong with you?

Welllllll, bike lanes ARE DEI! They're inclusive of people who don't have cars.

I don't think you could explain the ideas behind DEI to a conservative though.

They only care when it impacts them personally. Fuck them, selfish pricks.

What in the stupid?

Republicans and Democrats are often arguing for the same thing using completely different languages.

That's where I stopped reading.

Why is it always the left that has to dumb things down for the right?

Classic republican. Doesn't give a shit about a problem, until they're personally affected by it.

I hate people so much. Oh, whats that? The big authority man told you thing was bad? You're just gonna accept it at face value and let him do whatever he wants? Oh nooo, your fucking beloved family member is dead now, and nothing less would have convinced you. Guess authority man was wrong about this one little thing

The Left loses the Right as soon as bike lanes are tied into identity politics. Multimodal equity is simply “freedom of movement” to a Republican.

Bruh. Are you fucking kidding me? Everyone who has been arguing for bike lanes and public transit has been calling it something along the lines of freedom of movement for years. We've been mocking how "muh freedum" people also see a veritable tank as the only reasonable means of getting from place to place, and oppose everything else. You DO NOT need knobby tires and 4WD and a 6 inch lift to go to Sam's Club. You'll be perfectly fine doing it in a stock Toyota Corolla.

I’m sorry for the loss, the road did indeed fail, and I am happy there’s at least one Republican who cares about road safety, but …….

There’s a whole lot of twisted logic trying to make it seem like “both sides the same”. I mean, I wouldn’t argue it since she does see the light after it affected her personally, but wtf

Maybe she should look into some of the other things she thinks are dismissable identity politics, other than the one that personally affected her.

Leopards Ate My Face moment

There's something about being in a car that makes people fucking nuts.

I was walking home from public transit yesterday and the street I was crossing (admittedly, jaywalking) was in a red light and the car I was crossing in front of was slowing down, coming into a stop behind another stopped car.

The motherfucker still rolled his window down and yelled: "Use the crosswalk!"

All I did was slow him up for one second, going into a stop, behind another car, at a red light.

Probably stupid, but I stopped, turned, and thanked him profusely and politely (though sarcastically too) for thirty seconds and the cowardly little prick didn't even have the balls to keep his window down.

Street safety and bike lanes are not a culture war

Yes they fucking are. The OP was just on the wrong side of the culture war, same as on all other subjects it looks like.

The fact that the culture war itself is bullshit propagated by capital to stop workers organizing is a separate discussion.

lol what an absolute fuckwit. This is a truly majestic and impressive lack of self-awareness.

Yes, they are DEI, and that’s the point.

I love a story with a happy ending. The only good conservative is a dead conservative.