None of the killed cyclists were Jews? Is this some twisted antisemitism?
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2026
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The motorists killing cyclists are so antisemitic they don't want Jews touching their cars.
Yeah, and the clear implication that they would have to have is that they were killed because they were cyclists?? Otherwise, I'm positive hundreds if not thousands (idk the demographics) of Jews were killed by accident, killed in hospitals, killed for other identities, over gambling debts etc.
Sure, more cyclists were killed, but the real question is who is more smug? /s
There's a super old joke (I first read it in a Leo Rosten book), that an antisemite claimed that the Jews had caused the war; the reply was: Yes, the Jews and the bicyclists. Why the bicyclists? Asks the antisemite. Why the Jews? asks the other.
Maybe this is referring to that?
Sounds like they should all fucking leave.
Car supremacists have entered the chat
Typical 2-wheeler IQ argument. Stick to handlebars kid your not ready for wheel power.
Lol you have to drive on the special track like it's disneyland
Cyclists are not well known for their capacity for long-distance travel, really they are better suited for commutes and the like (not that it can’t be done)
Edit: people it’s not that deep I was just poking fun at bikes not being great for ‘just leave’-ing (I assume OP did not intend for them to be returning)
Wait till you learn about buses and trains' capacity for long distance travel.
tell me more about this frequent long-distance travel that humans must make
I don't know, but I when I travel long distances for vacations and things like I try to take a train if it's available.
I would wager most people could not do that.
Because they are too fat and unfit from sitting on their moving fossil fuel powered sofa all day.
That's like me telling other people that deadlifting 600 or so just takes practice.
I mean it's true. Deadlifting 600 does just take practice.
No, it isn't. A significant number of people could never move that conventionally, or possibly in any other form.
Even among competing strongment and powerlifters you have to have a certain luck with your baseline genetics--and even lucky smaller lifters may have problems.
Some of my biggest movements are over a thousand pounds. Many competing strong men will never reach that number on any particular lift. And you know what? I bike for shit and do cardio for shit.
It's irresponsible to pretend that anyone who cannot commit themselves to impressive feats of physical activity is just fat and lazy.
It was a joke. What isn't a joke is America's built in car addiction. Even if you want to bike the fossil fuel industry and and auto manufacturers have subjugated urban planners and locked in dependency on their products. If you live urban or suburban and can't live your daily life without a car there is a serious design problem in your environment.
Which group?
What a tone deaf thing to say
About the Jews? Yeah 100%. How many hate crimes are done on Muslims, and how many dollars are sent to Israel to murder Muslims?
No the cycling thing, get off your high horse. Comparing your choice of transportation to experiencing antisemitism? Get over yourself
Which one leads to violent deaths? Which one is therefore, more important?
Kinda delusional but you do you I guess
Delusional is talking about something that's manufactured propaganda in order to get you on board with Israel, despite it doing genocide in the middle east.
Better to pay attention to a real issue, cyclists dying in our streets.
Lemmy is such a shitty place sometimes. Being against antisemitism and being against Israels crimes are not mutually exclusive. They have, in fact, nothing to do with one another.
Sure. But if you read the original post, it's about someone saying that jews are not safe in Canada. And this is then contrasted with how bicyclists are being killed in Canada but jews are not being killed. Directly contradicting the presented narrative.
So then you might wonder: why did someone feel that Canada was unsafe? And you'll find that the answer was "because they heard a few people criticize Israel."
In my own experience, the people saying "jews aren't safe" or "this is antisemitism" often aren't jewish or representing any jewish people; they're just pro-evil.
I can't speak for Canada. In Germany, Jewish people are at higher risk of harassment than the general population. Synagogues have armored doors, panic rooms and police around them, especially on Jewish holidays. Much more cyclists die every year than Jews. That doesn't negate the problem of antisemitism though.
Alright, I'm just gonna leave you to your ramblings and block you now, have a nice day
Aww its also delusional, must be a disease going around
Transportation is rarely a choice. At least, not one made by the user. Being a cyclist is more political than being jewish.
I'm sure it is if it's all you get upset about
If you just want to hear your own voice, you don't need to be inconveniencing the rest of us with it.
Sure, let me know how those bike camps affected your great grandpa. I'm sure him and mine would really bond over it