Originally Posted by
Velo Gator
That's a sad comment on our society. Of course it's a bad thing to call someone.
It's complicated. As the OP states:
Originally Posted by
patentcad
And it does occur to me that there is more unmitigated dooshbaggery in this sport than in any other hobby or past time on the friggin planet. Particularly in amateur bicycle racing. The flip side is there is also some phenomenal camaraderie. It's complicated.
Anyone who talks about comrades is obviously a Communist -- which anyone from the Cold War era (such as pcad) will tell you is bad. As camaraderie is the flip side of dooshbaggery, I can see how someone could think being a doosh would be a good thing. Either that or this forum is populated by nitwits.