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I said that might be a possibility if I pass too slowly while giving them too much space. I don't personally pass in scenarios where that is likely to happen.
The point of that argument wasn't to say "It's okay to swerve into the cyclist," so you acting like that's what I'm saying is a strawman. The point of the argument was to say "Cyclists shouldn't be upset and act self-righteous every time someone doesn't crawl past them completely in the other lane of traffic."
I can go slow, but I'd have to give you less space. Or I can give you more space, but I'd have to go faster. If I go both fast and close, I'd be a jerk, but it's not going to be neither. It's going to be one or the other.
The talk of swerving was an explanation of why it would be dangerous to pass slowly in the wrong lane of traffic. To portray it as anything else is extremely disingenuous.