Comment by mrgoldenbrown
12 hours ago
I think the wikipedia page downplays how often it's used to try to hurt or annoy cyclists, pedestrians, or anyone who looks liberal/foreign. It's not just anti environmentalists who do it, it's a general MAGA thing.
"Try" to hurt?
Half-burned diesel particulate is absolutely cancerous, it can enter the bloodstream and cross the blood-brain barrier and they're generating clouds of it, probably thousands of times more than what a modern 18 wheeler puts out in half an hour of driving. And they're doing it to someone breathing hard.
If I sprayed some cancerous chemical in someone's face, I'd be arrested within the hour. I'd be on the regional news, even.
The double standards around motor vehicles never cease to amaze.
> If I sprayed some cancerous chemical in someone's face, I'd be arrested within the hour. I'd be on the regional news, even.
No you wouldn’t. You’ve just described 2nd hand smoke which you can easily get hit with walking down any sidewalk in the US.
Wtf people are doing this on purpose? What's wrong with people?
The "people" doing this are exactly the type of people you'd expect...
Just the first thing that came up in a youtube search, there are thousands more:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYPMbLO4pAY
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A nasty combo of sadism and tribalism and stupidity.
Chest-thumping
I’m sorry, but while I’m sure there’s a few people on earth who have intentionally done this…to imagine its happening around you all the time vs people being just lazy about issues on their vehicle…is quite frankly lunacy.
It’s always fascinating to run across the MAGA-style conspiracy theories on the far left, they’re ironically very similar.
“I get coal rolled every time in step on my bike!”
Happens to me every time the car rental place gives me a hybrid.