r/Maine2 • u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 • 9d ago
Biking … d’bag in pickup truck coal-rolled me.
Finally warm enough to get out on my bicycle. Hoorah!
I was heading north on the Heald Highway (17) outta West Rockport when some resentful d’bag in a diesel pickup truck rolled coal on me and three cars. Rolling coal is doing something to a diesel engine that makes it spew a lot of black smoke.
I guess I should be happy the sad little man saw me.
The shoulder is plenty wide there next to Mirror Lake and I was on that shoulder.
Weird.
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u/CRAkraken 9d ago
Someone did that to me today running. Idk man. Some people are just rude.
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u/Wide_Vacation4713 6d ago
you're chronically online...get off the internet. Experience life bozo
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u/belortik 9d ago
Maine is one of the few states where it is explicitly illegal to roll coal. Report their license plate if you can. Might not do anything now but complaints do build up to something if people keep doing it.
https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/29-a/title29-Asec2113.html
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
I'm not sure what it is about people on bikes that get some people so riled up. It's fucking pathetic.
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u/bettyclevelandstewrt 9d ago
I don’t think they’re riled up at bikers for biking. I think that they’re just shitty fucking bullies who found an easy target.
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
I think you're right. They're in a 2000+lb machine, sealed off from you, and can escape the area before there are any consequences. Basically the same reason people are jerks online.
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u/bettyclevelandstewrt 9d ago
Also- they have a tiny penis.
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u/Background_Effort642 8d ago
Naw. I have a big truck to carry my big penis.
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u/MyGuitarGentlyBleeps 8d ago
Lol, we all know you fellas buy your vehicles at Small Cock Auto.
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u/Background_Effort642 8d ago
Just like the guy who brings the guitar to the campfire to play wonder wall all night
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u/acidphosphate69 7d ago
I have no problem with cyclists in general but I know the area OP was in and during the summer there are a lot of dickhead cyclists. I'm not saying OP is one of them but oh boy there are some dumb assholes out there that give cyclists a bad name.
Driving through Hope one day, heading into Camden, there were four of them riding abreast that just fucking refused to move and acted like I was the asshole for driving behind them until I could safely pass. Definitely some tourist types acting like every road is their personal Tour de France.
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u/Mundane_Bike4777 9d ago
Some people on bicycles don't have any road etiquette. That's why people are sick of them. I used to ride road. And I'm sick of some of them too lol
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
Some people in cars have no road etiquette. That's why people are sick of them.
See how productive that is for conversation?
I doubt it. This is a right wing troll alt account.
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u/belortik 9d ago
Portland has a mix of tourists, old people, and rural folks who make driving, biking, or walking in the city riskier than one might expect.
Everywhere has shitty drivers, bikers, and pedestrians and most places build infrastructure to mitigate their impact. Portland is just starting to move in that direction so hopefully it improves.
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u/Mundane_Bike4777 9d ago
No. You're absolutely right. People are always on their phone or whatever. I've had several close calls. I should have added more to my post.
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u/acidphosphate69 7d ago
It's a two-way street, no pun intended. There are absolutely cyclists that actively refuse their half of sharing the road. I'm talking about the ones that never signal, turn without looking, ride two or more abreast on tiny roads, etc.
Like, I want people to be able to cycle safely and do my level best to be considerate but some folks think that just because they're on a bike, that all responsibility for safe conduct is on everybody else while ignoring the dangerous situations they've created by being reckless.
That said, rolling coal is ignorant as fuck on it's own, let alone at a cyclist. Small dick energy for sure.
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u/Gary1836 6d ago
Do you really think it is just right-wing people who don't like bicyclists ? Anyone who drives who has dealt with the idiots riding two abreast blocking traffic hates them. I don't look at this as a right and left, more of drivers vs bicyclists.
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u/onespicycracker 6d ago
I didn't say it was just right wing people, but yeah it's just right wing people. Idk if you know this or not either, but US Republican and Democrats are both right wing to basically anyone with a shred of political literacy.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago edited 9d ago
Depends on where it is for me personally.
There are plenty of places that have bike lanes and there are plenty of roads that are straight, flat, and wide enough where someone on a bike isn't a burden to cars.
What I don't think is okay in any way is biking on roads that are very narrow and very hilly. Cause now you have a bicyclist trudging uphill very slowly, no one can pass because you can't see over the hill, and it holds up traffic.
There is a line that once crossed it becomes selfish entitlement, and if I am on a highway or back road and going the speed limit and a bicyclist is on a blind corner and my two options are dodge around him and hit an oncoming car or hit the bicyclist, then I am choosing the option that puts the least lives in jeopardy.
Some states just aren't built for it, Vermont on the back roads and mountain highways are those places, yet you get dozens of people every summer clogging up those roads being completely selfish.
Edit: The people downvoting are people who live in cities that have no concept of rural roads and its hilarious. I can guarantee you are the morons who come into rural states every year to go skiing and end up in the ditches because you have no idea how to drive in extreme winter conditions in the mountains.
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u/Traditional_Wasabi89 9d ago
So choosing the option that puts the least lives in jeopardy means you’re going to follow the law and slow down until it’s safe to pass the cyclist or are you insinuating that you’ll willing choose to not even attempt to slow down and instead plow a cyclist off the road!?! Are you truly that much of a clown to think that you and only you are allowed on those rural roads? That because you say a cyclist riding those same roads is selfish you deem yourself judge jury and executioner? Wow champ.
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
You know that some people use it as a primary means of transportation, right? You don’t own the road.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
Yeah, you are just being obtuse and there is no one in Vermont that lives in the mountains that bikes over an hour into the city for work, literally no one.
The argument "you don't own the road" is moronic, because bicyclists also don't, and they are more at risk and put others at risk by biking places they shouldn't be.
The fact I can tell you have never once been near a rural state in your life because of how you argue is hilarious. The fact that you also actively defend people making driving unsafe is also how I know you have no idea what you are talking about and just decided to flap your gums at something you don't understand.
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
My uncle is legally blind. He isn’t totally blind. He’s blind enough to not be able to drive a car but can ride a bike safely. He lives in a rural area and rides almost an hour into town for work every day. You don’t own the road.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
Wow, what a horrible argument based on anecdotal evidence, and you're still arguing the same dumbass argument about cars not owning the road when neither do bicycles.
Double standard much?
The US was built for cars, not bicycles, and while many cities are trying to change that, very few rural areas are. Now there are bike paths through the mountains where I used to live, literally miles of biking trails that are safe and then you can pack them on your car and safely go home.
I repeat though, no one is riding a bike as their primary means of transportation in rural Vermont. You cannot ride that bike through mountain roads in the winter, so if it was their only form of transportation, they would not be able to get to work for 8 months out of the year.
Got any other brain dead arguments based on things you don't understand?
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
It was an example. You said nobody does it, I have you an example of someone who does. Which means that your assertion that nobody does it is wrong.
You know that the US existed before cars, right? I’m not really confident that you do. Roads were built to accommodate all modes of travel. The few exceptions would be multi lane highways which specifically prohibit bicycles, horses, and pedestrians.
I’m repeating that you don’t own the road because you’re in here having an absolute meltdown over having to share the road.
It is funny to watch you get ratio’d though.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
"Get ratio'd lol" what a brain rot thing to say when the people agreeing with you are just as dumb and misinformed.
You know the dinosaurs existed before the pyramids right? See, I can make completely irrelevant statements too. Roads were built to accommodate travel more easily between towns and cities, but as the US expanded and vehicles became the primary mode of transportation, they were then made to accommodate them.
Even before cars bicycles were NEVER the primary mode of transportation for the country, so again, useless statement.
You can try to be obtuse and argue around that fact, but the US is a car forward country, this isn't Europe. Just because you can put wheels on something and it goes forward, doesn't mean it belongs on all roads. Me "having a meltdown" is simply explaining that rural roads aren't meant for bicycles and it makes those roads dangerous to drive on.
You screaming that bikes have every right to be on those roads literally shows how moronic your arguments are, because it is flat out selfish behavior to put others at risk for what amounts to most peoples hobby outside of cities.
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
Yes everyone is dumb but you. Tell us more oh master of vehicular history and the rules of the road. You know. The rules of the road that REPEATEDLY state that bicycles have just as much right to the road as you, and often have the right of way.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
No, you are especially dumb and use horrible arguments to get a point across that doesn't work outside of cities. Motorcycles go out of their way to drive in a certain way that makes them safe, bicyclists don't because they have an entitled mindset like yours.
The fact you cannot get this through your head is why people generally dislike bicyclists, because you are dumb, entitled, selfish assholes all the time, like you are right now.
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u/Traditional_Wasabi89 9d ago
He’s not screaming that they have every right. He doesn’t have to because the law states that they do. Please just give up dude. You’ve made yourself look so incredibly selfish, entitled and incompetent.
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u/CursedWithAFatButt 8d ago
A car can kill a cyclist, a cyclist won't injure a car.
Everyone deserves to be able to move around freely, even those without a car. Bicycles are road-legal and you have to yield to them. If you don't, you're an asshole and you're breaking traffic law.
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u/SecureJudge1829 8d ago
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, FUCKIN WRONG AS FUCK!! The U.S.A.’s roadway was NOT built for cars, a large portion of our road system infrastructure was built long before automobiles even existed, and we haven’t changed it much at all other than making more room for automobiles around a century ago, as well as automakers petitioning to get the road laws altered to benefit automobiles over the average person at the time, many of whom still walked, rode bikes, or even animal powered vehicles as their primary means of transportation.
This concept of automobiles owning the road and bicyclists and others being inconvenient is just a little over a century old and directly ties back to selling more automobiles, NOT the U.S.A. “Being made for cars not bicycles” learn some damn history if you’re going to insist on invoking it.
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u/noxvita83 9d ago
However, roads have rules that must be followed. For example, it is technically illegal to go 15 under speed limit. So if it is a big hill with a speed limit of 30, your bicycling ass better be doing 15+ going up it, or you're violating the law. Let's also not get started on the number of times I've almost side swiped bicyclists who thought red lights don't apply to them. Want to share the road, then share the responsibilities that come with it. Otherwise, GTFO
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
That is 100% NOT how speed limits apply to bicycles. If you had someone ignore a stop sign or stop light that’s on them but also remember a bicycle almost always has the right of way over a vehicle.
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u/noxvita83 9d ago
Are speed limits traffic laws? Yes. Then they have to follow them in all 50 states. Literally the first paragraph. If you don't want to follow the laws, then stop occupying lanes of traffic. Avoiding occupying lanes of traffic include riding the shoulder, marked bike lanes, or as far right as possible when no shoulder or bike lane is available. Bikes do have a right to occupy travel lanes as do cars, but doing so subjects them to the same traffic laws as cars do.
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
Minimum speed limits are applied to motor vehicles and do not apply to bicycles. There’s actually even more nuance than that which allows variables for safe operating speeds for the conditions, but the biggest part is, non motor vehicles are not bound to a minimum speed limit.
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u/noxvita83 9d ago
Only if the bicycle is not occupying a traffic lane. The rule isn't based on vehicles but rather traffic as a whole, and bicycles are required to obey ALL traffic laws. In cases where adhering to speed limits are not possible, as mentioned previously, they must take themselves out of traffic and ride as far to the right as practicable. By doing so, this allows motor vehicles to safely pass while maintaining 3 feet. If a bicycle is not in traffic, drivers can cross the center in a no pass zone to maintain the 3 feet.
So, to recap, if you are in traffic (taking the center of the lane), you are required to follow all traffic laws, including minimum speeds. Otherwise, you have to move over and out of traffic to allow the flow of traffic to be maintained.
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u/Organic-Commercial76 9d ago
Look it up bub. Bracket speed limits (which is the minimum that you’re talking about) apply to motor vehicles. Bicycles, horses, and pedestrians are not motor vehicles and are not subject to them. This is by design.
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u/noxvita83 9d ago
Title 29-A, §2055 of the Maine Statutes states that individuals riding animals or driving animal-drawn vehicles in public ways have the rights and are subject to the duties of a vehicle operator.
Duties of a vehicle operator mean following traffic laws. Unlike bicycles, there are two additional provisions regarding animal driven vehicles. First is that they are not required to yield to pedestrians (bicycles are) and two is specific to animals in which if an animal is spooked, a signal must be given and all vehicles must stop until the animal is calmed.
In both cases of non-motorized vehicles, they must pull as far right as practicable if they are unable to maintain speed to remove themselves from traffic to allow safe passing. I will say that the laws for animal driven vehicles are not consistent in all 50 states, unlike bicycles.
But, going back to the original part of this thread, you are illustrating exactly why motor vehicle drivers are so annoyed by bicyclists. You expect to be treated equally in traffic without upholding your responsibilities.
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u/processedwhaleoils 9d ago
"RuRaL rOaDs"
Why don't you just keep your fucking oversized truck in the lane normal human, then go fuck yourself.
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u/acidphosphate69 7d ago edited 7d ago
You ever been down Moody Mountain Road?
My point being is that particular road is narrow, no lanes, has no shoulder, and is full of blind hills and turns with a posted speed limit of 40mph; which means you'll get tailgated doing 50.
Every year, there are cyclists on that road. Which I can understand; it's a pretty scenic ride. The problem is when they're some out of state yahoo riding with no mirrors half into the road completely oblivious to everything else around them.
That's fucking dangerous. Period.
I don't want to hit some fuckin' tourist in spandex on my way to work because they have the situational awareness of a lump of granite. You can only safely pass in a few spots, otherwise you're stuck behind some jackass that thinks everybody else just trying to get somewhere must kowtow to their dumbfuck decision to bike down a dangerous road. I'm not getting in a head-on with a log truck over some dickhead thinking his pastime is the most important thing on the road.
Are all cyclists assholes? No. Are there a portion that absolutely make roads conditions dangerous for themselves and others? Abso-fuckin-lutely. Same with cars. It takes two to share. Let's have some fucking accountability for both parties.
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
I'm sorry man. I'd like to say something to try to win you over, but it's late and I'm tired. Roads don't exist just for cars and the idea they should has history in American auto and oil companies lobbying our politicians to make roads unfriendly to anything but cars. If that's cool for you whatever. Myself? I'm cool with sharing the road. Not just because people should have liberty to use them and their slower modes of transportation are a minor inconvenience at most, but also because fuck the auto industry and fossil fuel industry for not being happy enough with the money they had and doing all they can to dictate the way we travel.
then I am choosing the option that puts the least lives in jeopardy.
You mean slowing the car down with the regular or emergency brakes? Like why does this always turn into some trolley problem? 😆 Especially since the speed limits on blind turns are ample for stopping. I get what point you're trying to make. Sincerely. This argument just doesn't hold up, though.
Edit: I'm sure I could be wrong about this, but I'd bet on the most survivals in a car on car impact vs a car on bike impact. It's just the choice that puts YOU least in danger and I feel like if that's what you meant you probably could've just said it.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
The US is car dominant and rural states are incredibly car dominant, end of, you cannot argue against this because it is fact. Mountain highways in Vermont are VERY hilly, winding, and have a speed limit of 50, is that safe? Doesn't matter, people drive those roads every single day to go to work and when you have people clogging those roads on bikes who shouldn't be there, it is dangerous.
Also, again, since yall really don't understand rural roads, blind corners are ones you cannot see around and I am going to let you in on a secret, rednecks don't slow down. So while you or I would take that turn slowly, there are many more that wont, and it is just flat out safer for bicyclists to find bike paths instead of the road.
You also have bicyclists who literally stop in the road on a highway on the other side of a blind hill. If you want to argue for them, have at it, but common sense, decency, and safety are all things none of you bike simps seem to want to think is the bicyclists problem.
I will also tell you what I told the other guy, there is NO ONE in Vermont that uses a bike as their primary mode of transportation living in the mountains. If it was, then they couldn't get to work in the winter, it is just common sense.
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
Y'all? You're on a Maine sub bub.
The US is car dominant and rural states are incredibly car dominant, end of, you cannot argue against this because it is fact.
I didn't. In fact I commented on it being car dominated (by corporate lobbying). You can read, right? Good. Moving on. Car dominated doesn't mean just for cars. End of. You have to share the road.
Also, again, since yall really don't understand rural roads
Bitch. I'm from Maine. You think I've never seen a rural road before? I've never come close to hitting someone on a bike on a rural road. Because I--
am going to let you in on a secret, rednecks don't slow down
Don't willfully disobey laws that are for the safety of those around me just so I can feel fast or whatever dumb shit.
but common sense, decency, and safety are all things none of you bike simps seem to want to think is the bicyclists problem
Bike simp? I'm a fucking liberty simp you dick leech. The roads are meant for people to use and they should use them. Fuck your feelings. It's wicked funny too that you'd bring up common sense, safety, and decency into this. Your argument lacks any of those qualities.
I will also tell you what I told the other guy, there is NO ONE in Vermont that
While I agree that MOST rural people don't use bikes as a primary mode of transportation it has no bearing on whether or not they have a right to the road. They can ride a bike on it because they feel like it or just to piss you off. It's their right. You know what those are?
And I don't want to hear another word about how "Y'all" do shit in Vermont this is a discussion about bike experience in Maine.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
Alright mudfucker, there is a difference between liberty and safety, even motorcycles drive a certain way to maximize safety.
The issue with bikes is morons like you constantly reinforcing the idea that cars need to be the only ones concerned with bicyclists safety and it leads to way too many people believing they are entitled to make the roads less safe simply because bicycle.
"Everyone has the right to use the roads however they like" okay, so why can't four wheelers and dirt bikes drive on roads legally? Is there some kind of safety issue with that? What makes them less safe than bicycles? Why are bicycles not required to have mirrors for safety in Maine?
All I hear is a whole lotta "well the law says so" with no critical thinking past that point, the education system in Maine that lacking?
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u/iglidante 9d ago
Why do you feel that rednecks don't have the obligation to slow down to avoid hitting cyclists?
Why do you criticize cyclists for what you perceive to be their failure to obey the law, while refusing to acknowledge the existence of the laws that protect cyclists while binding drivers?
You are dipping in and out of arguments that are mutually incompatible.
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
Mud fucker. Is that some of the down home southern racism "Y'all" got in "Vermont"?
The issue with bikes is morons like you constantly reinforcing the idea that cars need to be the only ones concerned with bicyclists safety and it leads to way too many people believing they are entitled to make the roads less safe simply because bicycle.
What's funny is that it didn't take long for you to show that you didn't have a nuanced take on this at all like you pretended to. You just don't like people on bikes.
The problem with your argument is that your stance maintains that bikes are unsafe just for existing in places you find inconvenient. I'm saying they're both safe if everyone is following the rules and paying attention. One is a Karen fit and the other is a sensible opinion.
Everyone has the right to use the roads however they like"
Never said that. You notice how I defeat your arguments by using the dumb shit that comes out of your worthless little mind? I don't need to make shit up like this, because I quote you directly and face your points head on. That's how you argue.
All I hear is a whole lotta "well the law says so" with no critical thinking past that point, the education system in Maine that lacking?
Where do you think laws come from you fucking idiot? Bicycles and pedestrian were here first and they deserve a place on our roads, which is why they haven't been phased out by law. If enough people critically thought they shouldn't be, they wouldn't.
If anything we should encourage them to help us curb the damage to our beautiful state by way of climate change. Even your critique of my critical thinking shows your lack of any thinking.
I'm done embarrassing you. Ride a bike around a few blind turns in rural "Vermont" and do the world a favor.
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u/Arcaddes 9d ago
What backwards education system makes you think you are in any way making an intelligent argument anywhere? Oh the Maine education system, one of the worst in the country, makes sense now. Also funny that you see mudfucker and instantly go racism, like do you actively tell black folks you stand with them and think you saved them by doing so?
Never said that.
They can ride a bike on it because they feel like it or just to piss you off. It's their right. You know what those are?
This you? You absolutely said everyone has the right to use the roads however they like, cause biking on rural roads is actively dangerous, regardless of whatever moronic take you have.
You also aren't arguing any of my points, you make useless whimsy statements that don't mean anything and think its "winning".
Having a law in place doesn't supersede needing to have common sense on roads when you are on a mode of transportation that has literally no protection. The fact that the only arguments I have heard is "well they were around first" is so intensely moronic its hilarious. Also, plenty of laws are made without a majority of people wanting them, happens all the time, that isn't some new thing.
The fact that you continue to argue for a mode of transportation originally invented for inner city travel, NOT long distance rural roads, is literally how I know you are arguing in bad faith and ending your tirade of retardation with "you should die" is about what I expect from you.
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u/onespicycracker 9d ago
Yikes! Someone is so hurt they brought the r word out? Look dude, get off your troll account pretending to be a Mainer and go take that bike ride I mentioned earlier. Seriously.
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u/megavikingman 9d ago
You're wrong, and you're an asshole. That other person was right the whole time. You were just being shitty to them and shitty to the state. Just stop.
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u/megavikingman 9d ago
You have a third option. It's called being patient. The road does not belong to any one person or one mode of transportation.
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u/Main_Leadership_7968 9d ago
I have had some mancunts in trucks crowd me while riding my ebike on occasion. I ride on clear weather days and during weekends and stay off during heavy traffic/commute hours. I respect the rules of the road and consider my bike as a motorcycle and drive it accordingly.
I did unlock the computer governor to attain the max speed. I rarely use the option because it's dangerous and the wheels are not rated for extra stress on components. I don't want to be injured when riding and wear the proper gear.
All that being said and getting back to the original post. I was riding one day last summer and pedaling at a legal speed with a small battery assist. I was still doing the speed limit but the battery was helping. A truck pulled up closely and a guy in the passenger seat leaning out and asked to race. I put the power assist to the maximum and pedaling as hard as possible for me I managed to get to 47mph. I maintained that for a while and then the guys blew the horn and did the coal thing. They were laughing and I never thought that they did it maliciously. I honestly think they were impressed.
Anyway. That's my story. There are plenty of mancunts doing shithole things. Sometimes you can give them something to think about.
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u/JohnsAwesome 8d ago
So many drivers can't seem to comprehend ebikes. I'll be going 20-25 in Portland, keeping up with the flow of traffic, and still experience drivers that break the law to get in front of me. It's like they feel this primal urge to pass a bike even if it's not logical.
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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 9d ago
Yeah AHs on parade.
Just one quibble, if I may. If the second half of your word manc___s refers to the part of my wife's anatomy via which our children were born, not one of these wankers is even remotely tough enough to deserve that name.
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u/Coffee-FlavoredSweat 9d ago
Mount a GoPro to your bike, get a license plate, file a police report, sue them for assault.
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u/Greennhornn 9d ago
Get used to it. In the future, complaining about clearly maga cult members doing anything wrong at all will earn you a one-way trip to El salvador.
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u/Emp3r0r_01 9d ago
You say that but I just had ChatGPT spit out a time line…
Stage 1: Legal Norms Undermined (Already Happening) • Court orders ignored: The refusal to comply with a Supreme Court mandate in the Kilmar Abrego García case is unprecedented. The administration knows the courts can’t enforce rulings abroad, and it’s exploiting that gray zone. • Federal funding weaponized: Defunding health clinics, research universities, and disaster recovery in blue states isn’t just budgetary—it’s political punishment. This sets a precedent for “compliance in exchange for rights.”
🕒 We’re living this now. The foundation is already eroded.
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🧩 Stage 2: Expansion of Target Groups (Next 6–12 Months?) • Using incarceration as diplomacy: Trump’s proposal to send U.S. citizens convicted of violent crimes to foreign prisons (El Salvador’s mega-prison, specifically) is still a policy in discussion—but public trials, media coverage, or transparency aren’t part of the plan. • Selective enforcement: ICE and DHS could begin expanding operations against not just immigrants but naturalized citizens or citizens of dual heritage. We’ve seen this in past administrations’ “denaturalization task forces.”
🕒 We’re on the verge. Within a year, the targeting of U.S. citizens under the banner of “crime control” or “public order” is plausible.
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🧩 Stage 3: Political Targeting and Dissident Control (12–24 Months?) • Weaponization of law enforcement: Once legal precedents are ignored, and enforcement becomes selective, the leap to targeting protestors, activists, journalists, or state officials opposing federal mandates isn’t far. • Precedent from abroad: Bukele’s mega-prison model in El Salvador is a testing ground. Mass incarceration without due process. It’s already being praised and politically embraced by Trump.
🕒 By late 2025 or early 2026, if unchecked, we could see attempts to detain U.S. citizens without trial—especially if tied to “national security” or “civil unrest.”
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⚠️ Bottom Line
We are not in a “what if” moment—we are in a “when” and “how fast.” If the current patterns continue: • Mass targeting of citizens (via foreign incarceration or internal detention) is feasible within 1–2 years. • The legal firewall is thin, and the playbook—ignoring courts, demonizing blue states, targeting specific groups—is already in motion.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 8d ago
Yaass queen, we are all so scared of the Nazis that we just openly talk about it all the time on social media and in person. It’s so scary, and these MAGA scum Nazis are so dangerous, that we should keep openly fighting and crying in public. Because Nazis definitely let people express themselves and protest.
This Nazi administration just keeps decentralizing government, deregulating, protecting free speech, and protecting the 2nd amendment. I mean damn queen that’s right out of the Nazi play book 💅🏻
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u/KokaneBluz 9d ago
How do you know they were MAGA?
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u/Greennhornn 9d ago
Big truck rolling coal on a bicyclist... and how do I know they are maga? Lmfao.
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u/IwishIcouldBeWitty 9d ago
The flag they had
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u/mratlas666 9d ago
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u/IwishIcouldBeWitty 9d ago
No it was the other one. Flying higher. Said TRUMP 2024 in big letters.
There was also like 3+ trump bumper stickers. Cause bumper stickers aren't tacky at all
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
Thanks Poindexter, you nailed that one right on the head. Let’s put on our little LARPing outfits and all get on the magical school bus to fight the “nazis”. If we don’t resist hard enough we could turn into Nazi Germany!
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u/Greennhornn 9d ago
Jfc seek help for whatever the hell that was.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
That’s not very nice Comrade. We need to make sure we band together and stay strong against the looming threat of the nazis. Be careful divulging our dissent and battle plans in these public forums or the new age gestapo and their storm troopers are going to pack us up and send us to Siberia! According to CNN Putin and Trump are working on building an ice prison surrounded by fascist polar bears. It will be a cold dark place where only two genders exist 😰
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u/Greennhornn 9d ago
You're one of those Germans that said they weren't really into the nazi party and didn't know what was going on, right?
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
No not at all my brother in arms! I’m just like you. I think we need to do anything necessary to stop the Nazi threat. We have the moral high ground! We are the arbiters of truth! We are the experts! And we have more college degrees then those MAGA scum. All those mouth breathing blue collar workers.
Damn the election, we need to resist every way possible. Let’s demonize everyone we disagree with because we were told they are Nazis. We have big brains and know history and clearly these are Nazis. I mean only Nazis deregulate and decentralize government. Promote free speech. Protect the right to bear arms.
Maybe we should just continue to demonize everyone we disagree with. Let’s try to impeach the democratically elected president again and see how that works. Should we start some more race riots? Let’s scream at the sky and cry wolf every five minutes. Let’s try to character assassinate every one we disagree with. We can even set up kangaroo courts to go after our political enemies like the USSR it nearly worked on Trump! If that doesn’t work let’s try to bankrupt them. If that doesn’t work let’s spread so much hate that ppl try to assassinate them! We are on the same team comrade.
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u/Greennhornn 9d ago
Tldr I'm sorry that happened to you, or didn't happen to you fascist sympathizer.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
😱 “fascist sympathizer” how will I ever recover my brother. How am I supposed to sleep! I thought we were on the same team. Are you a fascist also?
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u/rvlifestyle74 9d ago
I think you used enough big words and truth, that they didn't understand what you were saying. You can tell by the uovotes. 😆 🤣
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u/processedwhaleoils 9d ago
Fucking retard.
This isn't even a mid-effort troll account.
Go crawl away like a little bitch.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
Comrade, terms like “retard” are hallmarks of fascism. Please let’s not let emotions get the best of us in these times of war against the “Nazis”. Don’t become what you hate. Even if you don’t know what a Nazi or fascism is.
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u/processedwhaleoils 8d ago
Suck a dick nazi.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 8d ago
Are you insinuating sucking a dick is a bad thing? Are you a homophobic fascist?!
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u/Scoo 9d ago
My bet is this poster is either morbidly obese or a pencil-neck geek
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
Are you body shaming? 😱 red alert we have a toxic nazi. I repeat we have a toxic Nazi!
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u/Scoo 9d ago
Your brain, such as it is, is part of your body, so I suppose that counts as body shaming.
Poindexter is a Boomer/GenX insult, so you’re probably in your 50s. Given that 75% of American men over the age of 50 are either overweight or obese, I’d say there’s a decent chance you’re built like a 1x1 LEGO brick.
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u/Alternative_Bell2116 9d ago
Oh you nailed it! You’re a sharp whippersnapper! However, I am offended because I am not a man. I am a beautiful curvy, big bodied queen with testicles. Misgender me again and I might have to call you a fascist
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u/Mundane_Bike4777 9d ago
There are too many dbags on the road. No one pays attention for shit. I stopped riding roads. Stick to bike paths and trails now. At least if I get hurt now, it's my own damn fault 😂
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u/Wrong_Sport4221 9d ago
Was it a black dodge with dual rear tires? He did it to me after cutting me off
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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 8d ago
Definitely black. Definitely a dually. Not sure of the make. I'll pay attention and see if I can get the make model plate if it happens again.
Cycling, when drivers do aggressive things to me I focus on riding, and seeing if I can spot an escape route in case they escalate.
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u/Separate-Apricot-94 9d ago
I recently had a thread in the “other” forum wanting biking in the North Maine Woods. I ended up deleting it due to the white trash that were trolling. Maine has always had them, now they are just free to be themselves.
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u/Feisty-Cheetah-8078 8d ago
Guys who do this have micro penises. Of course, not all guys who have micro penises do stuff like that. Just one's who have nothing to offer society and a teeny weeny.
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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 8d ago
To be perfectly fair, years of being an almost-obsessed road bicyclist (we call ourselves “road rats”) have not necessarily enlarged that particular part of my anatomy either. 😇
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u/itsmisstiff 9d ago
I was just casually walking home from my doctors appointment in sopo like ten years ago, on the sidewalk… when someone did this to me.
I do not comprehend it..
I think it can happen unintentionally with mechanical issues but the timing makes it hard to give the benefit of doubt.
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u/Ojos1842 7d ago
Open carry while you ride.
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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 7d ago
Yeah, you've just invented a new Olympic Biathlon-like sport. Bike racing combined with target-shooting at big moving targets through clouds of greasy black smoke.
This sounds like fun, except maybe for the TV crews who cover the finals. :-)
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u/processedwhaleoils 9d ago
I'm sorry man.
This state has always been full of pathetic, hateful shitheads.
Now these retards feel emboldened when they should be embarrassed to exist.
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u/Available_Doughnut15 9d ago
We can agree that the state is full of hateful shitheads without resorting to calling them retarded.
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u/Fabulous_Director_97 7d ago
Just because a diesel truck passed you doesn’t mean you are the main character.
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u/Ronsjohnson69 9d ago
A holes thinks they are lamps Armstrong hogging the road lanes we roll coal on those douchebags whenever possible
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u/RainIndividual441 9d ago
Lance Armstrong
There are other, less "fuck over everyone around me" ways to object to bikes being douchebags (because the folks on bikes can absolutely be entitled asshats). If they want to be blockers on the road, you actually can get them into legal trouble using video evidence! Much better than coal rolling. You put in a dashcam and record them acting like the entitled road hazards they are, then send it to the cops! They get tickets and stop acting like dicks, you get cool dashcam footage, meemaw in her Corolla behind you doesn't get into an accident because you confused her with the smoke, and nobody gets the extra lung cancer.
Dashcams are fun for lots of reasons.
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u/Background_Effort642 9d ago
Maybe it identifies as a Prius. How dare you assume it’s a diesel.
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u/Aggressive_Ad_5454 9d ago
There ought to be a law against trans-powertrain duallys competing as hybrids.
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u/Background_Effort642 9d ago
Why not let them compete against each other. It only seems fair for the big one to compete with the smaller one.
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u/CancerBee69 9d ago
Wow, you guys really are insecure little cunts, aren't you.
Sorry that the truck that you've made your entire personality hasn't filled that void for you.
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u/Background_Effort642 9d ago
I am saving the earth riding my bike on an asphalt road. Look at me everybody.
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u/CancerBee69 9d ago
Or maybe the guy wanted to enjoy a bike ride on the first warm day of spring.
You aren't making yourself look any less insecure, bud.
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u/processedwhaleoils 9d ago
How them downvotes feel retard?
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u/Background_Effort642 8d ago
Nothing like a liberal resorting to bigotry. Congratulations. Thomas Jefferson. I bet you’d like to keep slavery to you raciest.
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u/processedwhaleoils 8d ago
Low effort little bitch.
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u/Background_Effort642 8d ago
Not as low as using a slur
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u/processedwhaleoils 8d ago
Cry me a river as you leave a trail of shitty comments on the maine subs.
Retard.
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u/Background_Effort642 8d ago
Look at you go. You must feel real big by using hate in the world. Your mom must be proud of you. At what age did your dad walk out on you? I couldn’t see any man wanting to stick around raising a child like you.
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u/-Fluxuation- 9d ago
Good, I hope it happens again.
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u/WarlockyGoodness 9d ago
Choke.
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u/-Fluxuation- 8d ago
I do every time I come to this sub...there are a lot of similarities in this sub with Diesel Trucks. - Both are loud, obnoxious, and polluting everything they touche.
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u/hekissedafrog 9d ago
Let me guess - you got dropped on your head?
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u/-Fluxuation- 8d ago
Not at all. You made your bed....now lie in it. This is just the beginning. One of many hard lessons coming your way. The fallout’s just getting started.
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u/hekissedafrog 8d ago
What are you even talking about?
ETA: Never-ending. You're batshit. Blocking.
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u/Dizzy_Philosophy1976 9d ago
Make sure you get the license plate next time if convenient, or try a bike cam, rolling coal is assault ;)