If you are a cyclist or a reader of the Washington Post Metro section, you might have read Post columnist Courtland Milloy’s latest, wherein he accuses those who ride bikes of being bullies and terrorists and implies that motorists would be justified in running cyclists down in the road.  

“On Wednesday, the Washington Area Bicyclist Association’s Bike Ambassadors will ride to the NoMa Summer Screen viewing of ‘The Muppets’ ‘to hand out surprise goodies to people who biked.’ There’ll be kids and bikes and Muppets, as if Kermit is supposed to make us forget about the biker terrorists out to rule the road,” Milloy writes.  

Sigh. WABA and others have responded with point-by-point rebuttals  of Milloy’s nonsense and HOH’s first inclination was to answer with what we do best, which is pithiness and scorn. But firstly, we wanted to give Congress’ pre-eminent cyclist, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., a chance to respond. The man from Portland chose to, ahem, take the high road.  

“Mr. Milloy should get out more. I’m happy to take him on a bike ride.”  

Classy.