road.cc live blog: BBC guest likens cyclists to Nazis, big Black Friday deals and more

I personally met Mr Hook recently, sat him down and had a friendly chat.

It was friendly until I told him I was an avid cyclist and asked if he might tone down his comments as a media voice that had the effect of making it more dangerous for me to ride my bike.

He went a little red in the face but I persevered and invited him to come cycling with me and my fellow club mates so he could get a new perspective and maybe see my point of view. He took my phone number and said he would call to arrange.

I'm still waiting Mr Hook, when you have the guts, you have my number.

Haters hate; if they aren't allowed by law to hate because of sex, religion or skin colour, they'll just have to hate those it's legal to hate; cyclists.

He's just a sad old man who only knows how to hate.

Well, they knew what Hook was like before they invited him, so some clown in the Nolan show team really neefs the kicking. George's brain is probably too mashed to notice any more.

If you haven't already, you may like to read Peter Walker's piece in the Guardian:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/nov/17/why-are-cyclists-the-one-minority-group-the-bbc-feels-its-ok-to-demonise

You represent the Islamic community, who break every known law of the land, for whom women mean nothing, for whom personal freedom means nothing, for whom pubs mean nothing, for whom religious freedom means nothing. There is an entitlement among the fanatics – and they are, they are fanatics.

OR

You represent the cycling community, who break every known law of the road, for whom red lights mean nothing, for whom pedestrian crossings mean nothing, for whom one-way streets mean nothing, for whom pedestrian ways mean nothing. There is an entitlement among the fanatics – and they are, they are fanatics.

Try posting the first quote on a BBC comments page and if it doesn't get moderated into outer space I would be amazed AND infuriated. But what's the difference between quote one and quote two?

Getting quite militant here of late!

@ BTBS - you posted an image of a letter from one of the schools implementing the licence plate policy in the comments Are you Road.cc's source of the story and/or a parent/carer of one of the pupils ? 

If so, Sam Jones (Campaigns & Communicaions Coordinator) at Cycling UK would like to hear from you... campaigns [at] cyclinguk [dot] org

I always have to think when I see/hear people make comments similar to what that old grumpy looking bloke said.

Replace the word cyclist with another minority group (homosexuals, muslims, jews, etc.etc.), if it makes you sound like a right-wing psychopath - probably best not to say it.

It just seems that a lot of the general public deem it acceptable to voice what is essentially hate speech.

The silly old fool (who is I suspect younger than me!) Is the very image of the old buffers that hoot at me as they pass after deeming that my failure to ride through the pot holes at the side of road, has impeeded their progress by a few seconds! A blow hard with too little brain and far too much access to the mass media is best ignored.

What a horrible scumbag. He's the type of person you'll never have a reasoned argument with, it's his way or the highway.

Why was George given airtime, and why is he not being arrested for hatecrime? 

Just submitted a complaint to the BBC about it. Absolutely disgusting that they broadcast that kind of hate speech.

Is that supposed to be a nazi salute in the photo?

Comparing cyclists to Nazis is somewhat ironic. Hitler hated cyclists with a vengeance and was very much a supporter of cars instead (especially VolksWagen). You can quite easily draw the parallels between Nazi philosophy and the "might is right" philosophy out on the roads.

Time to make a complaint to the BBC I think.

Can't have dickheads like this being paid out of the license fee.

Nolan Live is particularly spiteful show. They specialize in bringing experts in to the panel & then ignoring them to give the crazies a run-out. Cannon fodder to make sure that his early morning radio show here in Norn Iron (The biggest show in the country as he likes to remind you every 9 minutes) gets lots of traffic with people ranting about what they saw the night before. Instant switch-off material. His bias makes me sick.

Distasteful and adds more insult to injury after yesterday’s incident with a cyclist here in NI. 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-northern-irelan...

I try to use this word sparingly, but what a fucktard.

George loves to cause a fuss. If it's not commenting on a rape victim: “Is there no blame now to the person who puts themselves in danger?” it's Nazism and cyclists. Fully discredited yet still given airtime

Given the evils that the Nazis actually did in WWII, it's an insult to the victims that this troll is making such  a vapid connection. He should be ashamed. But he probably doesn't have sufficient intelligence to understand why.