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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around | Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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Why is the right at war with cyclists? We’re not ‘wokerati’ – we’re just trying to get around | Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Riding a bike is not a political act, yet cyclists have become the bete noire for the anti-woke, anti-green, anti-liberal crowd, writes Zoe Williams

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Yeah, definitely. It’s not really surprising that the group most likely to cycle is also the group that’s socialised into taking risks!

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