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You don't understand. He has seen some cyclists blow a stop sign, so he is entitled to endanger the life of any cyclist he comes across.

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He didn't say that, and you shouldn't put words in his mouth like that.

It is exactly what he is saying. He's justifying "drivers intentionally try[ing] to drive [GP] off the road or hit [GP]."

I am not putting words in his mouth. I am pointing out the logical error in this memetic argument that cyclists are tired of reading again and again.

Whenever we mention that drivers harass and kill cyclists, there is somebody retorting that "cyclists don't follow the rules of the road", as if it somehow justified road violence against all cyclists, law abiding or not. It is a complete non-sequitur that pops up every time we point at the main source of death and dismemberment in our cities: drivers. [0] [1]

[0] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=351000...

[1] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=131001...

I read it as doing a mimic of the bad logic in the argument he replied to in order point out the flaw there via sarcasm. Random anecdotes don't prove anything about large classes of people, whether cyclists or car drivers.

> "cyclists don't follow the rules of the road"

Boy, have I got news for him about car drivers...

If nxm isn't saying that, I cannot imagine what the point of their comment was? Would you care to explain what you think it was?

Why would anyone ever type that comment as a response to the comment above?

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