Posted on 04/17/2023 9:04:29 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Pete Buttigieg, our Transportation Secretary, hates roads.
He has a point, though: roads are racist. They hate Black and Indigenous people. They hate Black people so much that they kill them at higher rates than White people.
I think Ku Klux Krashsites would have worked better but alas, no edit button. š¢
ā Gordon "Soros-Backed" Kushner (@Gordon_Kushner) April 17, 2023
Racism. Is there nothing it canāt do?
Some wag on Twitter noted that the rambling discourse from Mayor Pete was so absurd that even Al Sharpton appeared not to buy it.
Perhaps, but Sharpton always looks sour and I wonāt pretend to be able to read his mind, such as it is. What I do know is that Mayor Pete makes absolutely no sense and, as usual, isnāt required to explain how a road can be preferentially designed to kill Black people. Imagine if a real journalist actually asked him to explain, not just assert, this ridiculous claim.
I will take Buttigiegās word for it that there is a strong correlation between race and traffic deaths. Iām not going to bother looking it up becauseā¦well, why? It has no relevance to my point. Given my own experience driving in my neighborhood, which is majority-minority, I can certainly believe it.
Traffic rules here are not even seen as suggestions. They are largely ignored. As are sidewalks, looking both ways before crossing the street, and all the normal behaviors that make driving or walking safer. Donāt believe me? I will take you on a drive in my neighborhood.
Is the most likely explanation that race and traffic deaths are correlated that there is some characteristic of the roads, which are not variable, that makes them especially deadly to minorities? Is there a genetic component to how a personās body reacts to road conditions? What is the connection here?
Hmm. If I were to design a study examining the connection I might throw in a few other variables and test whether they correlate.
You could test a number of variables. For instance, in many urban areasāareas with disproportionately high proportions of minoritiesādriving safety is not especially valued.
šØMemphis Police Are Asking For The Publicās Help After Video Shows Cars Stopping Traffic, Spinning Out, Doing Donuts Across The Road And Hanging Out Of The Vehicle While Holding A Gun#Memphis | #Tennessee pic.twitter.com/enUUqbrzB7
ā NĢµĢĶĶĢØÄ«nĢ·jĢ·Ć„SĢøĶĢĢĢĢĢĢĢ³Ģ®Ģ„Ģ®Ģ±Ģ£Ģ¦tŅuĢ·nĢ·tŅZĢ¶ĶĶĢĢĶĢĶĶĢĢØ (@Ninja_StuntZ) April 11, 2023
Obviously, race does not CAUSE bad driving behavior, but at least in urban areas it highly correlates to it. Being Black doesnāt make you an unsafe driver, but perhaps other variables that correlate with race do.
Perhaps, then, Mayor Peteās point is that we shouldnāt design roads to go to areas where the population is less likely to wear seatbelts, drive according to the rules, and not pull dangerous stunts.
It would be like noting that NASCAR car crashes are caused by being White since most NASCAR drivers are White.
While hardly a majority of fatal car crashes, some of the most spectacular accidents come from cars escaping from crime scenes. Lots related to carjackings too. Here in Minneapolis, the perpetrators are usually young Black teensāoften younger than driving ageāwho are on joyrides with the intent of driving the car to destruction.
Was it racist to build roads where they got access to victims and their cars?
Race is not an all-purpose explanation for every disparity, despite what liberals keep asserting. You know that. I know that. And liberals like Mayor Peteā¦
He knows that too. He has better access to the statistics than you or I. Not that he cares about them.
Which all goes to show that you can trust absolutely nothing a liberal says. Itās not that they are always lying; itās that they are utterly indifferent to whether they are.
They have a point they want to make for whatever reason, and they will shape the āfactsā to make the point.
I am certain that Mayor Pete could come up with some reason why roads are sexist, anti-transgender, hate gay people, or are designed to murder Muslims.
Name a victim group, and Mayor Pete will explain how the White heteropatriarchy is using roads to destroy their well-being, and how investing trillions in light and high-speed rail will save victimsā lives.
Never, ever trust a liberal.
Roads are black, therefore if you drive over themā¦you must be a racist!
“Never, ever trust a liberal.”
Bears repeating
No one listens to Howdy Dowdy with the enlarged sphincter.
More here:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4146232/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4146236/posts
šš
Because road signs aren’t written in ebonics?
Then maybe they shouldn’t be allowed to drive.
Butti..whatever is racist as that’s all he thinks about.
Yes indeed!
Anyone can see that black asphalt with a white stripe down the middle is KKK code for a noose...
In foggy areas, there used to be a squiggly white line added along with the white stripe as the road came to a stop sign. Now I see why they don't do that anymore; the noose resemblance was obviously just too in-your-face.
Concrete roads are white, though. Hmm.
Part of civil engineering is designing road curves fatal to people of color.
It’s a whole sub-discipline of honkey road stuff.
sickening little puke
This Administration is full of incompetent idiots.
Roads are racists. Is that why any street named after Martin Luther King, Jr. is always dangerous?
The roads kill gays, they encourage tailgating...
Roads designed to kill black people......ok sure....maybe I-94 in my area should be renamed AR-94....
Alfred E. Newman can do a better job than the idiot look alike... š¤.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.