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Doug Gordon Dec 26, 2022

For my own sanity — and as the unofficial moderator of The War on Cars account — I'm actively muting anyone who thinks "Not everyone can bike everywhere, you know" is a cogent argument against reducing car dependency.

I've taken the attitude of @notjustbikes to heart and simply don't have patience for it anymore.

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Børge Dec 26, 2022

@BrooklynSpoke @notjustbikes Good! There has to be a limit to how long we have to explain the same, most simplest of facts. Maybe we need some sort of version of https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/, where we can link to a crowdsourced bedt possible reply to each of these simple, stupid arguments every time we see them, instead of having to type the same thing over and over and over...

Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies

A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought, and they're often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. Don't be fooled! This website has been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly, incoherent head.

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Børge

@BrooklynSpoke @notjustbikes I might be interested in working on such a website/wiki, if others will join in and help!

First thing to do is gather a list of common arguments. I've started by asking on @FuckCarsReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars/comments/zvy4qj/what_are_the_most_common_and_stupid_arguments_you/ Feel free to chime in with more arguments there, and/or upvote for more people to see it :)

What are the most common and stupid arguments you hear about why we can't make cities less car dependent?

I'll start: "Not everyone can bike everywhere"