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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You’re overthinking this. I mean, you’re right in general, but I have a hard time believing all this is going through their heads when they see a cyclist.

I think it’s just different. Conservatives dn’ t like seeing change or difference. Clearly only cars should be on the road, and everything else is change, different, an affront to the “rules”

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I don't think it's happening consciously. Most people don't introspect that clearly or often

But you may also be right that a generalized, acontextual, resistance to change may be a factor. Like if bike lanes were common and someone wanted to remove them, a lot of basic conservatives would resist that just because it's a change.