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@Jezston
Excuse the cynicism in me, but with all this shit I can't see things getting better for us any time soon. Recent deaths and campaigning has put the focus on cyclists recently - and yet all it appears to have done is bring daft nonsense anti-cycling bullshit further into the mainstream.
This was in the metro today:
Which is sure to be followed up by a ton of responses in tomorrows metro slagging the author off saying it's all cyclists faults for running red lights, not wearing hivis etc.
Then on 'progressive' 'liberal' site Reddit, this was the most popular response in the London subreddit to a photo of the die-in:
And then when I hear people I know who don't even drive slagging off cyclists saying they bring it upon themselves, right in front of me knowing I'm a cyclist, I can't help thinking the only thing that's going to make me safer on the roads isn't activism, isn't trying to change minds, but to carry a fucking gun and just look out for myself.