'The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest'
06-11-20 | 08:19 AM
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'The Bicycle as a Vehicle of Protest'
'Bicycles take over Flatbush Ave. during a protest.
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
06-11-20 | 08:33 AM
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'Bicycles take over Flatbush Ave. during a protest.
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
'Bicycles are powerful things--inexpensive, versatile tools that can be used by dissenters to sneak up and speed off, to organize and mobilize and elude.'
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cu...cle-of-protest
I grew up during the later 60s and we protested and stayed to get arrested.
06-11-20 | 08:42 AM
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You are a better person than I. I did indeed attend a protest at night on my bike, and did a lot of speeding off. I feel like a horrible person for admitting this, but it was the most fun I had in a long time.
06-11-20 | 10:04 AM
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Next time toss a pair of women's panties under the bed and wait for the wife to find them
06-11-20 | 01:53 PM
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06-11-20 | 02:45 PM
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06-11-20 | 03:34 PM
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After reading the article I now understand your tactics of protest. You are s bike hero. Thank you
06-11-20 | 05:48 PM
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Now I understand why I keep seeing so much video of cyclists being [pick your action verb] by the police during these protests.
06-12-20 | 06:32 AM
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Sorry to the OP if i derailed this very important topic of the use of a bicycle as a tool of civil rights. Because if Rosa Parks ran out of the back door instead of staying and getting arrested, she would of been just another unnamed person. Staying take courage.
Staying and being "counted" is more important, in my opinion, than using a bike to hit and run.
Staying and being "counted" is more important, in my opinion, than using a bike to hit and run.
06-12-20 | 08:02 AM
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