Advocacy & Safety - Bike hate group on FaceBook

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BILLYPATT
01-26-10, 05:56 PM
Maybe this is old news but I found a bike hate group on FaceBook at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Theres-a-perfectly-good-path-right-next-to-the-road-you-stupid-cyclist/190080667052?ref=mf
The name of the group is "There's a perfectly good path right next to the road you stupid cyclist!". I have complained to FaceBook and expect no help there. Their moto is:

"No matter how far to the left you are, you're taking up my road.
My car is hard, and i am not slowing down!"
"There's a perfectly good path right next to the road you stupid cyclist!'s Photos - Cars are hard, cyclists are not"

There are reportedly instances of advocating explicit harm to cyclist but I have not chased anything down.

Any suggestions on if/how this might be pursed through the advocay community to pressure FaceBook to not allow a "hate group"? I'm not one to get upset about this sort of thing but this chaps me.


cooker
01-26-10, 05:57 PM
How about post calm, factual rebuttals?

mikeybikes
01-26-10, 06:29 PM
How about we stop posting this stupid thing.

One thread is enough. (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?612547-Anyone-have-a-facebook-account&highlight=facebook)


BILLYPATT
01-26-10, 07:13 PM
Sorry about that. Didn't see the other thread.