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    May 11, 2007 Road Rage Incident
    Example of hate speech directed at peaceful demonstrators.

    Hate and misinformation cycle repeats:

    
    
    Harlan Head yanked his wife and dragged her away from the scene, with no evidence of physical disability.
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    SCIPIOXXX of youtube writes:
    
     Wheels of Change?  (July 26, 2008)
    
    You should be ashamed of yourself. So, let me get this straight; you
    and a hundred or so of your "bicycle thugs" attack some, poor old man
    and his wife that are just trying to make their way down the street
    after you and your faux hippy freinds created an impassable traffic
    obstacle in their path. Then, when you surround this feeble old man
    and his wife like some angry mob, leaving them no other option, he
    runs over a couple of your bikes? So,...what's the problem? Good for
    them! I'm glad they ran over your bikes - you're lucky he didn't run
    over you and your friends too (which he would have been completely
    justified in doing). Just think about it for a second: its a hundred
    or more 20 twenty-something young people on bikes against and old man
    and his wife in a van. Oooh, I'm sure you and your friends were
    petrified! The poor old man probably has little to no motor control
    and take two steps without feeling some sort of pain and hear you are
    trying to make yourselves out to be the victims. You make me fucking
    sick...you and your sniveling, snot-assed faggot friends on bijkes. I
    hope you get cancer of the ass and die a slow, miserable death (which
    is only the least of what you deserve when it comes to terms of
    collective karma). From now on in I'm starting a campagin to encourage
    people to attack bicyclsits sight-on-scene; punching them in the face
    and braking their bicycles. Looking forward to seeing you soon, you
    lying, scum-infested, yellow cunt
    
    
    WHEELS OF CHANGE REPLIES:
    
    
    
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    Re: Wheels of Change?  
    
    Hi ScipioXXX,
    
    Weird name you've got there.
    
    No, I shouldn't be ashamed of myself, but you should be for taking
    this insane position. Where did you get your misinformation? Are you a
    pawn of the auto industry?
    
    There is no age limit for using a gun or car or knife as a weapon. In
    this case the driver used two of those. He attacked a group.
    
    My role is legal observer and advocate for people's rights.
    
    There is a lot written about this at the BCLU faq on the topic:
    
    http://bclu.org/20070511/quickfacts.html
    
    Moreover, I'm concerned about your violent attitudes, threats and sick
    language. It's totally out of order. You may not agree with people's
    rights, the U.S. Constitution, critical thinking, compassion,
    protecting the environment, etc., and may have some pathological
    aversion to people who you perceive as different from you, but it
    doesn't make you right and it doesn't justify violence.
    
    Thanks and get well soon!
    
    Jason Meggs 
    Your ally for a better world.
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    p.s. If you happen to see the driver, please let him know he still
    owes restitution and to make a public apology. You just owe me an
    apology.
    
    
    
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    SCIPIOXXX of youtube replies:
    
    RE:  Wheels of Change?  (July 26, 2008)
    
     Re: Re: Wheels of Change?  Its people like you that make me be an
    advocate for public exection. Assholes like you should be stuffed in a
    barrel, set on fire, and rolled down a hill (with what's left your
    faggoty little bike once I run it over with a car).
    
    There is alot written about this topic and a discussion of resoluition
    issues at http://www.holocaust-history.org/
    
    Morever, I'm concerned about your apparent dellusions and lack of any
    connection to reality. Not to mention your ugly, sick hippy shit you
    shell and your faggoty ways - it makes me fucking sick.
    
    People like you should be deported
    
    Frankie Sardines your ally for a better world
    
    p.s. If you happen to see me on the street and I take my fist and ram
    it into your face, please don't expect an apology.
    
    
    
    
    

    MEDIA: Contact Jason Meggs, (510) 725-9991 for
    original footage and terms for broadcast.

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IMAGES:

The attacker. He barelled across a large intersection to collide with the demonstration,
which was proceeding in an orderly fashion after passing through a green light.


The aftermath: three bicycles crushed by the attacking motorist.


These poor children, who had been traveling in a bicycle trailer, were
very traumatized by the attack, which was terrifying for the group.


Earlier, the demonstration traveled without incident through Berkeley.
This ongoing event is now in its 15th year of monthly rides.

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