That’s like saying “I’m pro-life and anti-gun control”.

Oh. Wait.

Edit: Guy confirmed that he is, indeed, pro-life and anti-gun control.

  • 9488fcea02a9English
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    3 days ago

    Hey, i fall into the dentist group! But i totally advocate for bike lanes, and i’m not white…

    There are dozens of us at the local critical mass ride!!! I make it a point to show up in my ridiculous spandex gear to show people the dentists aren’t all assholes. Also, good spandex is really comfy.

    Why the hate?? Yeah i sunk a lot of money into my hobby, but thats what people do. People spend tens of thousands on camera gear, gaming rigs, etc. Why hate on others’ expensive hobbies?

    I’m actually not that rich, but living car free and biking every day has allowed me to allocate a lot of money towards my hobbies. Cars are a total money sink… 10yrs ago it was around $6k/year TCO. I’m sure it’s more now…

    You should put an additional qualifier on your dentist description… Carries their $20k bike on top of their $80k SUV. Drives 2 hours out of the city just to ride around for an hour…

    • infinitesunrise@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I didn’t say that all dentist-types are vehicular cyclists, just that all vehicular cyclists seem to fall into those two groups. One-way taxonomy. If you advocate for accessible bike infrastructure, good!

      I’m actually white and male, myself. Fit, though I’d stop short of claiming athletic. But for me, taking up cycling was an eye-opening first hand example of disperate privilege. Both in how cycling is treated compared to driving, and how level of access to cycling itself changes depending on who you are. While I was already primed to understand social justice, cycling is a small way for white bros to really emphatically experience it along one vector, even if temporarily. Some of us gatekeep it as a result, but like you or I some of us use that experience as motivation for advocacy.