*"Isn't this same fear & hatred of Others what is behind car driver road rage against bicyclists?"*
I don't think it's only fear and hatred, it's also arrogance and ownership, and expectation of privilege, but I feel the correlation on a personal and systemic level. - Some people feel they can shout at me, or buzz me with their car, because I "don't belong" on "their" roads. - Other people feel that they can do anything at all to anyone who "doesn't belong" in "their" neighborhood, country, forum, etc. Thank you, Grant, for speaking up. Philip Santa Rosa, CA On Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 11:16:09 AM UTC-7, John Phillips wrote: > > Dear Grant, Thank you for your Blahg post. > > Isn't this same fear & hatred of Others what is behind car driver road > rage against bicyclists? > > My wife is a proud Rivendell Betty Foy owner, and a Mexican-American, born > here in the U.S. to parents born here in the U.S. to grandparents born here > in the U.S. If you go back two or three generations earlier, her ancestors > were born Mexican. As they say, "We didn't move, the border did!" > > Trump pardoned Sheriff Appaio for his crimes of arresting and > incarcerating Mexican-American U.S. citizens without cause. Now Trump is > separating children from parents as a tool of terror. > > I am a proud Rivendell Hunqapillar owner, descended from Jews who moved > here from Germany to make money in the gold & silver rushes of the 19th > century. They missed the Holocaust, but were terrorized by the huge KKK > rallies and marches of the 1910's & 1920's, and have denied their ancestry > ever since. > > This administration has expressed views against civil rights, immigrants, > non-caucasian citizens, women & mixed-race marriages. As Rivendell owners, > we feel distinctly in the cross-hairs of the agenda of this administration. > > If one doesn't want to speak up for human decency, compassion & human > rights, one should remember the French revolution and the examples of > authoritarian regimes of the 20th century: innocent or guilty they may come > for anyone next. > > Again, thank you Grant for your gracious words, > > John Phillips > > > > On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 8:07:07 PM UTC-7, Justin, Oakland wrote: >> >> Glad to see you voice your opinion on the Blahg/Blug/whatever it was. >> >> -Justin >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
