@ascentale@nsousanis A8: Honestly it's that we exist at all and "take space away from" "real" road users, who are of course drivers who drive cars.
As the guy in the pickup who very, very intentionally tried to force me into cross-traffic at an intersection with his truck in order to get me badly hurt or killed screamed at me as he roared by, "GET THAT PIECE OF SHIT OFF THE ROAD!"
(This was when I was in grad school at the University of Kentucky. Why there? That is... a long and stupid story.)