every time i see e-bike discourse it's some of the most inane nonsense i've ever read, without fail the people who complain about e-bikes are doing the exact same thing drivers do to cyclists as a whole and somehow they are incapable of self-reflection to realize this.

small electric vehicles are good, being a dick to others on the streets is bad, it's not fucking rocket science. I don't give a singular fuck what you're riding in the bike path so long as it's small enough, quiet enough, and you go a reasonable speed.

Here in sweden it's become quite normal to have small electric moped cars (yes that's how we define them) use the wider bike paths when convenient and like.. it's a slight annoyance at worst, because they're work vehicles and the drivers know they're being a bit cheeky by using the bike path and thus they try very hard to be considerate.