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Have you notice how the general opinion is that people getting hit by cars somehow deserved it? My best friend was hit by a text-and-drive kindof woman. He was an athlete and now he can't walk more than a few hundred meters.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never seen people supporting a driver for honking or attacking someone who was legitimately crossing the street...

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And good for you pretending that it's the pervasive attitude, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"I never saw it so it doesn't exist".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"This totally exists, just trust me bro"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm gonna take a wild guess and imagine your'e driving a car on the daily, dont ya?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nope, I just live in reality. You should try it some time.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In reality all of the people I know who are cycling got hit by a car. Hell in this very thread you can see people talking about it. What's your point exactly?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That has nothing to do with your claim...

Your claim says that the majority of people would applaud the driver who hit them. Which is nonsense.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A vocal minority of people definitely would. Now if you can stop invalidating my experience both on the road and speaking to people, it's unpleasant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A vocal minority is the exact opposite of a majority...

Now if you can stop invalidating my experience both on the road and speaking to people, it's unpleasant.

You're doing that yourself.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine siding with the polluters lmao.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Imagine being logically consistent.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sorry, this is what you think "legitimately crossing the road" looks like?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah yes we're only supposed to cross the road when our motorized overlord allowed us too.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Good job contradicting yourself, kiddo

[–] KombatWombat 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Two of the links are discussing lawful fact, not morality, and even if they were, the commenters are saying "no, you can't use your car to 'encourage' people to move". The other two have commenters saying the driver committing vehicular manslaughter is crazy and obviously in the wrong. Particularly the last link has people expressing sympathy for the victims and animosity to the driver.

Nothing here suggests that victim blaming is common when someone driving does something illegal and injures a pedestrian.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah yeah I get it. You do not want to see the problem, so there is no problem. Again, I guess my friends getting hit by car, or the several attack I personally had been subjected too for cycling too slow or crossing the street counts for nothing.

[–] KombatWombat 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it doesn't count for nothing, and I'm sorry you and your friends went through that. But if people blamed you when the drivers were clearly in the wrong, that takes a special kind of being an asshole that the average person just isn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Not sure. Like yeah ramming into someone intentionally is not the norm, you are right. But I have seen most of my friend and family being negligent on the road as well. It's a norm here.

[–] eskimofry 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago