Again like I said before I could not care less about your argument about cycling but when you make an offensive comparison that trivializes the complete oppression of a race of people by both the government and society for the better part of 100 years you are wrong. Do you even understand what the Jim Crow laws were and how devastating they were to African Americans?

You need to apologize!!!!


Joel

I don't actually care what you are saying about cycling (I have never been involved in your argument about cycling nor do I care about it). You are being offensive when you use a situation concerning the wholesale subjugation of a entire race by the government and society in an argument about cycling. You are offensive and need to apologize for trivializing the sacrifice of Rosa Parks. You should be ashamed.


Joel

600 cyclists are killed every year by motorists. How about you don't trivialize that.

Nobody is trivializing cyclist deaths. Nobody. But your use of that analogy is ridiculous. There are two options here: (1) You really are tha much of a dumbass who's unable to think of a better analogy or (2) you're too damn stubborn to admit you should have used a better analogy.

Anyone can choose to be offended by anything they want. That's not my fault. I did not intend offense.

Look at it this way. Picture Rosa Parks is on the bus deciding to sit at the front despite there being empty seats in the back of the bus. The bus is full of people who believe that's wrong and inappropriate. It angers them. They threaten her. Others have been killed for being so bold. Some even think her actions will increase white vs black animosity. But Rosa knows she has a right to be there, even though the law says otherwise. She persists.

Now how is that NOT similar to Rosa Bikes riding in the roadway despite there being a wide clean empty shoulder off to the side? Full of people (in cars) who believe that's wrong and inappropriate (actually, not nearly as many as you might imagine). Some threaten her. Others have been killed for being so bold. Some even think her actions will increase motorist vs cyclist animosity. But Rosa knows she has a right to be there, and the law backs her up. She persists.

Why do you support Rosa Parks but oppose Rosa Bikes?

Or would you rather dismiss the question as being offensive than answer it? Sometime it's not fun to examine your own thinking. Don't shoot the messenger.

Nobody is trivializing cyclist deaths. Nobody. But your use of that analogy is ridiculous. There are two options here: (1) You really are tha much of a dumbass who's unable to think of a better analogy or (2) you're too damn stubborn to admit you should have used a better analogy.

As usual, you completely miss the point that others are making. No one is saying that it wasn't an analogy....they are saying it was a poor analogy and potentially offensive to some.