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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 3h

Chat paint a picture of Nixon, Kissinger, Cheney & Regan w/ a ball gag all with their hands on Trump’s shoulders while his eyes are closed and his urine bag has exploded on the floor. Thank you.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 4h

Canceling school on Election Day is voter suppression.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

If you have a problem with this, fine. I'll just block you and we'll be done.

David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

I don't presume to question the veracity of that claim. But I am angry at how often a discussion about bicycles online turns into a scolding session about helmets rather than a demand for safer roads, better infrastructure, reduced speeds, and harsher penalties for drivers. Cars kill people.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

Your helmet won't matter. We know this because so many cyclists wearing helmets have died this way. I was hit and my helmet shattered into pieces. Because I lived doesn't mean my helmet saved me. You say you have family members whose lives were saved by helmets. I'm glad for you and for them.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

I don't know why you have a hard on for "errors". I did not equate my statement that helmets do nothing to protect cyclists with the industry quote saying helmets aren't designed to protect you in a car crash. But I did say helmets do nothing to protect if you're hit by a car going highway speeds.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

Helmets then become the issue, rather than drivers and infrastructure and a car-centric legal system that absolves drivers of responsibility whenever there's a scapegoat they can point to (ie, a dead, helmetless cyclist).

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

I'll give you a scintilla of the benefit of the doubt in case you're not paying attention. In this country, cyclists are blamed, in the press, for their own deaths when they're not wearing helmets. This, despite the fact that many cyclists who were wearing helmets are also killed in traffic.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

Good lord. I didn't say they were. I AM saying if you're hit by a car going more than 30 mph while on your bike, your helmet isn't going to helmet you. I'm not playing word games. But when a cyclist is killed while not wearing a helmet, they're blamed for their own death.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

I don't argue with people online. I stand by what I said.

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David Veloz @3daydog.bsky.social · 27d

Enjoy.

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