Post AdLD8MXOrxvWEG6KPI by mina@berlin.social
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 (DIR) Post #AdLD8HZhJznGpw8anI by mina@berlin.social
       2023-12-30T10:37:55Z
       
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       I did a lot of hitch-hiking from the late 80s and during the 90s.Have you ever? What are your wildest stories?Do the poll and boost, if you like.Did you ever hitch-hike?#HitchHiking
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8IQAAvlFSegUZU by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-30T11:36:52Z
       
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       @mina I don't do polls, but I DID do a Toronto to Vancouver to Seattle to S.F. to Detroit in 2009—when I was 50.I started hitching in high school, from '72 to'82, with a big break in between.Hitching in 2009, with the Big Crash and Obama as president, was a great time to hitch, with only a few of us on the road, and long-haulers intrigued by the inspiring sight of the thumb and the sign As usual, Indiana was still the worst place to be stuck on the side of the road. (With a nod to New Jersey, which has always used their turnpikes to systemize their hostility).
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8JFv4VA43AtpFA by mina@berlin.social
       2023-12-30T11:39:29Z
       
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       @_chris_real This must have been a beautiful round trip. Lovely!
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8K75snhCi5mI7s by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-30T12:10:16Z
       
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       @mina It was full of cops harassing me, and motorists coming to my rescue, and expressing their indignant anger at how I was treated.It wasn't beautiful, but it was very inspiring.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8KrB7SYj11L5xQ by mina@berlin.social
       2023-12-30T12:21:53Z
       
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       @_chris_real Well. Cops in general, and the US-American variety in particular, are truly a rather nasty breed, aren't they?!
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8LFHfpqEDmcLWy by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-30T12:25:26Z
       
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       @mina If, being from Germany, you wonder if U.S. cops ignore the law with hitchikers, yes, they do it regularly.American cops are sadistic thugs, even when they aren't shooting unarmed black men in the back.Fortunately, even the most conservative motorists will often bend over backwards to help out a thumbing traveler, cuz we also inspire THEM.My rides would often tell me this, outright. This has included off-duty cops.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8LgE3fONZLDrWa by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-30T12:26:34Z
       
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       @mina I must've read your mind. Check a previous add-on post.😀😄
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8MXOrxvWEG6KPI by mina@berlin.social
       2023-12-30T12:30:18Z
       
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       @_chris_real I saw it. Just, what I was thinking. I guess, the prospect of being able to harass people without ever being held responsible, attracts the worst kind of people.Even though, I have known and had contact with a number of decent cops in my life, the general observation holds.
       
 (DIR) Post #AdLD8NFiDDN8RgpiTY by _chris_real@kolektiva.social
       2023-12-30T12:52:49Z
       
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       @mina The exception proves the rule. And the "decent" cops are in DEEP denial.Fun Fact for Foreigners:U.S. "highway cops" (with authority in a gray-zone—outside cities, but overlapping counties) were originally created to catch escaped slaves.They were even called 'slave patrols'.