Just get a bike, and stop moaning.

Muslim fascists and Western fascists are on the same side here. They both want the same thing... a world defined by hatred of the other.

There is zero contradiction on opposing both of them.

If the local baker is a racist, then I'll buy my bread elsewhere. It's pretty simple.

You really look at my original comment and think - "yeah that deserves a BIIIIG round of downvotes?" And then I come back and engaged and then you think I'm digging myself in a hole?

I'm having a substantive debate on a difficult issue with different perspectives.

Woof.

And to be clear, I did engage with his point, if only indirectly.

Saying "noyb" isn't the EU is like saying a major influencer like Tucker Carlson isn't the U.S. government. Technically correct, but underrating the influence and alignment it has inside the bloc.

"Yes, noyb (None Of Your Business) is highly popular and influential in the EU. Founded in 2017 in Vienna by prominent privacy advocate Max Schrems, the non-profit organization functions as a leading strategic litigation center that enforces the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)."

It really pains me that even after all this effort, you get downvoted 'for cause.' the discussion unfortunately continues to get worse here.

How is "LGBT" left wing??

Furthermore, I'm not in the US, but "US politics" doesn't seem to have much left wing about it either.

Unfortunately from a US perspective being a sexual minority/trans is left wing by default because our right wingers hate them.

> how are all the people who insult Trump on social media still alive or not locked up

I think you'll find that some of them actually are locked up, and a few of them are dead.

> in The Netherlands it was €210 for a 40 minute ride

That's much more than taxis cost in the UK, and pretty expensive even for the Netherlands. You have great cycling infrastructure, and public transport though.

Renting a car is an affordable alternative to ownership, if you need to go to occasional concerts or birthday parties, and public transport happens to be inconvenient for your specific destination. I did that for years - the rental company would deliver and collect from my workplace, so it's super-easy.

> If your children play football you really need a car.

A friend of mine used to ferry his son 1000s of km per year to ice-hockey matches around the country, so I know what you mean. I don't understand it though - if the whole team is travelling, why don't they just rent a bus? Personally, I don't think it's healthy for a child's hobby to consume so much of the parents' time - of course, your choice.

What??

On what planet is getting your groceries on a bike "more privileged" than driving?

I'd say that the vast majority of people who live in a city both work, and socialise almost exclusively there.

Unfortunately not. Average distance to work is 19,9 kilometers. That is well outside the city they live in. Most people can’t afford to live in the city they work in. In Amsterdam my entire team lived outside the city.

Unless they lived in another big city, this is completely off-topic. Suburbs tend to have hit-or-miss public transit access, and the vast majority of people who live in a big city work in that big city (20 kilometers away would usually be just another district within the same city).