Reposted by Max Anderson
a few years ago, references to Simon of Trent or Leo Frank trutherism were a sign that someone was an intensely Christian and/or Neo-Nazi right-wing antisemite but now formerly-normal lefty politics influencers who stayed on Twitter casually reply to Mamdani with 15th century blood libel posts
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People who become right wing because they get annoyed by leftists are weak willed, most leftists are annoyed by leftists every single day.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:c3liusihpe5y4fh6hyilawgt/bafkreiccuyl2lbvpywvnvksg4ldo3ojfolrwoc77ha355crjgjvam34nvm)
![[59] The question, then, is this: is there a rational connection between the purpose of reducing traffic congestion and the decision to increase the number of lanes for motor vehicles by removing bicycle lanes? The respondents were required to establish that there was no such connection. The appellants were not required to establish that the legislation will prove effective in reducing traffic congestion.
[60] Common sense provides the answer here: increasing the number of lanes available for motor vehicles must, at least to some extent, and for some period of time, be capable of contributing to reducing traffic congestion. The legislation is therefore rational. Assumptions grounded in everyday experience and common sense need not be established empirically: Gosselin v. Québec (Attorney General), 2002 SCC 84, [2002] 4 S.C.R. 429, at para. 56.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bumu6s332o24fppobse7j3ms/bafkreienb36anol5lhe5bysgujtctbbldmjjth6jc4cybrowrmllarjrea)
