Post #2550165
2026-04-30 11:17 UTC
Flatly refusing to accept that placing a sticker on your vehicle apparently gloating over causing death on the roads is funny isn't demonstrating a lack of humour. It's recognising that the roads are not a place for violence, and any hint that death on the roads is something to be glorified is unacceptable and risks encouraging the kind of behaviour that stops vulnerable road users feeling safe sharing public space. 3/
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@ravenbait@mastodon.scot 2026-04-30 11:21
It punches down. I'm not sure at what point cyclists came to be seen as a legitimate target for punching up, but I've even heard jokes about violence being done to cyclists on a Radio 4 comedy panel show, and they're normally pretty good at picking valid targets. Defending jokes about killing cyclists sits adjacent to defending jokes about sexually assaulting women. I don't see how anyone can defend the other tally targeting wheelchair users -- it's not even in the same postcode as humour. 4/