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Old 01-22-09, 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by staehpj1
Whether you like his politics and methods or not, a rider touring getting national press is a good thing for bicycling and touring. I respectfully disagree with our moderators that discussion should be limited to the technical aspects, but agree that the politics and personal stuff should be left out.

There's one problem with this though. At what point do you separate the person (Ryan) from the "cause" he was promoting. While it was a bike tour, that's the personal aspect. As to the "cause", of gathering people, and raising awareness it was the methodology that many objected to.

There's a news story in how someone can use Obama's name in order to obtain goods and services for themselves that is separate from Ryans so called accomplishments. I will say for a fact that some mainstream media outlets are aware of these threads and were following before and after they were censored (and there's no other word for it). What was a lively discussion and offered differing viewpoints was manipulated in and of itself by the blatent excising that occurred.
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