Dannihilator

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Theres...t/190080667052

Report this loser and help towards getting it pulled.

Square & Compas

Done:

The creator of this page is inciting illegal activity by encouraging others to hit, injure and kill cyclists. This is not protected by the 1st Amendment. this is intended to cause harm and as such is not protected under Freedom of Speech. Please remove this page and block the creator of it from setting up another account and remove any other accounts this person has set up.

Wogster

I have reported this to Facebook, it will be reviewed by their administrators and they will take whatever action they deem appropriate. I encourage any others who belong to Facebook to do the same. I expect it will take a few days before anything happens though, so maybe check the page in a couple of days.

avmanansala

Done.

gitarzan

31,184 fans...

cudak888 

The figures aren't good on this end:

The active member list is a pretty depressing figure, considering BF is one of the largest (if not the largest - don't know offhand) U.S.-based online cycling sites.

-Kurt

The Human Car

Anyone up for creating a "There's a perfectly good expressway right near here you stupid motorist!"?

Arkansan07

It blows my mind how many people are intollerant of cyclists. My fiance is one of them lol, not violent by any means, but hates getting behind them. I think she has cooled off now that shes with me haha.

BTW here is my facebook account I welcome any friend requests from fellow cyclists.
https://www.facebook.com/Arkyduckslayer?ref=profile

AdamDZ

A large percentage of population are stupid and have emotional/mental issues. Nothing you can do about that, it's an epidemic of stupidity, pandemic actually. If you put these people behind the wheel it just gets that bad. This is particularly true in USA where people are marginally educated and kept dumb by the media.

Unfortunately, a lot of cyclists are "infected" too....

The media is pushing the American Dream: a big house, a big SUV, people work their asses off to catch up with Joe next door, forgetting about basic pleasures in life. Parents have no time to be with their kids because they work too much so the kids grow up to be angry idiots. This rush, rat-race life style creates anger, anxiety, depression amongst people. That mixed with the general stupidity paints a really bleak picture.

Adam

The Human Car

You have a freind request When riding in the city I am amazed how many drivers freak out around cyclists but have no issues with double parked cars.

I-Like-To-Bike

Leave no stone of stereotypes and generalizations unturned, eh?

cudak888 

Well then, ILTB, do you have an alternate explanation for the phenomenon? I'd be interested in hearing it.

-Kurt

I-Like-To-Bike

What is the "phenomenon"? Is it someone writing or believing something stupid? A lot of people believing something stupid? Is that supposed to be a recent or US only "phenomenon"?

genec

Well the conversation was regarding the intolerance of cyclists...

Do you feel there is any such intolerance? And if so, why?

I-Like-To-Bike

That may have been what some posters were conversing about; I responded to the poster who decided to toss out every clichéd stereotype he could think about to explain his contempt for everybody in the U.S who is not as smart and perfect as he thinks of himself.

As far as Facebook, I don't participate so I don't know what was posted but I can always read wacky comments on BF and elsewhere if I choose to; if I was more capable in foreign languages I might be able to read stupid comments from elsewhere on the Internet(assuming the powers that be in those countries allow unfiltered commentary on the Internet).

bfree

Slightly off topic, but I believe that a lot of the issues in the US are a result of the perceived "ownership" of the road. Phrases like "share the road" only hurt the cyclist cause as they use the same terminology. In part due to the size of the US, and in part due to the prevalence of automobiles (cemented by the Eisenhower system), many cities have severely inadequate public transportation. As a result, the "American" lifestyle includes a personal automobile. Many people see their cars on the road as an extension of their private property, and this possessiveness shows itself commonly as road rage. The following article shows how people with bumper stickers see the road more as their personal property and are more common in road ragers.
https://archives.chicagotribune.com/2...-behaviorjun17

Whatever nitpicking over legalities occurs between cars and bikes is just a form of rationalizing the anger.

z415

Awesome, I can C&P my reasons for reporting.

genec

That poster you reference threw out his comments as to "why" there is cyclist intolerance. So you missed the point.

And you have still not answered the question regarding intolerance of cyclists. Do you feel there is such intolerance, and if so, why.

That was exactly what "that poster" was trying to answer... but you stepped right over the conversation, and threw in your "judgments... " building your own stereotype and showing your own intolerance.

urban_assault

Done.

Square & Compas

I have a really stupid question. How or where do I find a link to my Facebook page so I can post it elsewhere? I have not been a Facebook member for very long and have yet to find something that says something like link for other web sites, etc. I have tried to copy and past the link from the URL in the address bar but it does not seem to work very well.

LesterOfPuppets

It's facebook.com/( user name )

If you don't know your user name, log in.
Click on Settings and you'll see the username line
You can change it from the Change link there.

I-Like-To-Bike

Right back at ya. The stereotype "bomber" didn't post a word about cyclist intolerance nor the content of the Facebook blurb nor any other problem other than his long list of generalizations. He could have just as well been ranting about the "reason" for fast food or WalMart or TV shows or any other hot button cultural issue for a PC know-it-all.
As far as "cyclist intolerance" what is your definition? All I know about it is what I read about it from various BF ranters prone to over-the-top rhetoric.

And what I know cannot be applied beyond my own personal experience without some credible references.

rumrunn6

this appears to be extremely regional and very specific to certain roads

RedRider2009

If you have a facebook account, I would urge you to use this link as your status. Below it add a request for your friends to report the page.

Dave

The Human Car

"David only shares some of his profile information with everyone"