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Hail to the chief: cyclist gives Trump the middle finger

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  • Started 6 years ago by crowriver
  • Latest reply from nevelbell

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  1. crowriver
    Member

    Woman makes her feelings clear as she is overtaken by the US president’s motorcade on its way back from golf club

    (With photo capturing the moment for posterity),

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/29/hail-to-the-chief-cyclist-gives-trump-the-middle-finger

    I'm sure many of us have felt this way while being overtaken. Pass doesn't look that close, but certainly not "the width of a car".

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. unhurt
    Member

    I like this lady.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  3. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    Yes, sometimes a lone protest can be as loud as a huge demo (if there's a photographer there to capture the moment). I remember a cyclist held up the fuel protest on Princes Street in 2000. He/she refused to move bringing the lorries, taxis etc to a halt. I've often wondered who that was and what happened after they got arrested. Anyone here?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  4. gembo
    Member

    Pass not too close in photie, who can say what else might have occurred but anyway no excuses needed to flip grumpy trumpy the bird

    Posted 6 years ago #
  5. neddie
    Member

    I’m surprised the cavalcade pantomime even allowed a bike to be there.

    Bikes are well known for their ability to carry explosives & are the terrorists tool of choice for assassinations, no?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  6. gembo
    Member

    @neddie-h Yes, somewhere on tinternet is the picture I saw of Vietcong bicycle rocket launcher. Makes sense.

    Posted 6 years ago #
  7. Frenchy
    Member

    Bikes are well known for their ability to carry explosives

    There's an American folk-punk band called This Bike is a Pipe Bomb. Multiple incidents have occurred after a fan put one of the band's stickers on a bike: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Bike_Is_a_Pipe_Bomb#Controversy_over_nametstr

    Posted 6 years ago #
  8. ih
    Member

    Looks like the middle finger woman, Juli Briskman, has lost her job.

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/woman-trump-middle-finger-fired-juli-briskman

    If there is an upside, it seems she is a marketing consultant, and I'm sure her protest will have brought her plenty of publicity and she won't be out of work for long.

    Edit: IWRATS beat me on the spotted thread!

    Posted 6 years ago #
  9. nevelbell
    Member

    It's a great photo.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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