People often seem to forget the new cycling infrastructure isn't primarily intended for existing cyclists who rode before the accommodations were installed but rather to attract new cyclists who weren't previously comfortable biking on streets the way they were designed. The HRM's Integrated Mobility Program (IMP) document which lays out the transportation direction of the metro area for the coming decades emphasized the benefit of an all ages and abilities cycle network which has been consistently show to encourage rates of cycling and reduce trips by motor vehicle - if the network is cohesive and interconnected. And that's a big if, since having disconnected sections might be good for official stats but not so much in practice.
So basically, smearing new infrastructure based on stereotypes of existing cyclists doesn't make sense.
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"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." - George Bernard Shaw
Don't ask people not to debate a topic. Just stop making debatable assertions. Problem solved.
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