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Now the Left Is Coming for Your Pickup Trucks, America — and Their 'Logic' Couldn't Be More Ridiculous
Red State ^ | 01/30/2023 | Mike Miller

Posted on 01/30/2023 7:58:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Like spoiled children, liberals never give up when they want something, and they can never get enough. Whether it’s more redistribution of taxpayer money, more acceptance of unacceptable behavior, or another cookie, left-wingers always want more. Perfect example: Rather than “only” coming after our evil, planet-destroying passenger cars, the left is targeting our pickup trucks as well, my fellow Americans.

Moreover, the idiocy is neither new nor driven only by the left’s hatred of internal combustion engines.

As I first reported in January 2021 — and this is laugh-out-loud hysterical — pickup trucks not only brazenly project “petromasculinity”; they’re also the personification (or would that be “truckification”?) of “glorification of violence and domination.” Incidentally, one of the many benefits enjoyed by conservative political pundits is never having to make crap up; the left’s got you covered on a regular basis.

The glorification of violence and domination. #unnecessarytrucks


#petromasculinity pic.twitter.com/gb6Dxqq9hN

— Mathew Bond (@mrmathewbond) January 17, 2021

Fast-forward to today. Nothing has changed.

Make that, the left has grown even nuttier about the evils of pickup trucks and their owners. The Federalist contributor Chuck DeVore, chief national initiatives officer at the Texas Public Policy Foundation and a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, dropped a thought-provoking op-ed on Monday about the left’s ongoing war on “big and scary” pickup trucks, first drawing a contrast between the right to bear arms vs. truck ownership.

Unlike with the right to bear arms, there is no constitutional amendment protecting our right to own vehicles — other than a generally recognized right to move about freely (Crandall v. Nevada, 1867) — and, with almost all roads owned by the government, this could become a problem.

With that, the ongoing campaign against “Big Truck” — or, as we call them in Texas, simply “my truck” — is bound to lead to additional restrictions to “save the planet” and “save the children.”

The latest push against large pickup trucks takes two basic forms: They’re large and scary and hurt people, and they’re bad for the environment, especially with people not really needing them for anything practical.

Before we continue, the ingenious deviousness of “climate activism” gives the left — in their loony minds — the right to attack or attempt to ban anything and everything they ridiculously decide contributes to anthropomorphic climate change — pickup trucks included.

Here’s a perfect example (emphasis, mine):

Crashes killed 16 children under age 18 during the first nine months of the year — at least 23% higher than any full year under Vision Zero, and five more children than were killed in all of 2021.

13 were killed by large vehicles like SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, or buses.

Get the message? Of course, you do. I can see it now: “assault trucks,” “trucks of war,” the whole bit. Sarcasm, of course, but the message is the same — as are the assumptions and flawed “logic.”

Crashes killed 16 children under age 18 during the first nine months of the year — at least 23% higher than any full year under Vision Zero, and five more children than were killed in all of 2021.

13 were killed by large vehicles like SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, or buses.


pic.twitter.com/nPVqVJOwSY

— Transportation Alternatives (@TransAlt) November 3, 2022

To make their point even “clearer,” Transportation Alternatives tweeted:

SUVs + pickup trucks are up to 3x more likely to kill or seriously injure people during a crash than smaller cars.

NYC must shift to a weight-based tax to discourage people from driving cars that are too big and too dangerous for our streets.

And there it is: a “weight-based tax.” To discourage people from driving the personal vehicles of their choice, no less, vs. the “choice” of the climate lunatics.

SUVs + pickup trucks are up to 3x more likely to kill or seriously injure people during a crash than smaller cars.

NYC must shift to a weight-based tax to discourage people from driving cars that are too big and too dangerous for our streets.https://t.co/IXWLSddDFN pic.twitter.com/N2MpuDCjbs

— Transportation Alternatives (@TransAlt) November 3, 2022

“The large and dangerous argument goes like this,” DeVore wrote:

Americans only drive big trucks because Americans are vain, and big pickup trucks have become a status symbol, with mostly suburban owners citing their truck’s “ruggedness” and “power.” As further proof, detractors claim most of these large rides don’t even have a trailer hitch.

Of course, one thing many Americans don’t much take a liking to is other people telling them what they must do with their purchases and lifestyle. I don’t own a large pickup truck — yet — but if these pearl-clutching busybodies don’t mind their business, I’m sorely tempted to go out and buy one.

Neither do I own a pickup truck. Coincidentally, more than a few of my good buds do — and most of their rides are pretty sweet. Big V-8s, awesome tires, “scary” grills; the whole bit. But, along with Chuck DeVore, I’ve considered buying one. Then again, after finally shooting a couple of weapons of warassault rifles AR-15s recently, I have one of those bad boys on my shortlist, as well.

Anyway, in summary, here’s how millions of normal people see pickup trucks:

AP/Reuters Feed Library

And here’s how the left sees pickup trucks:

AP/Reuters Feed Library

Any questions? Me neither, but do try to contain your shock and amazement, won’t you?



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: automotive; climatechange; donate; greenenergy; pickuptrucks; trucks
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1 posted on 01/30/2023 7:58:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Those crybabies should just stfu and drop dead.


2 posted on 01/30/2023 7:59:52 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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To: SeekAndFind

MONO LABE!


3 posted on 01/30/2023 7:59:57 PM PST by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: SeekAndFind

okay


4 posted on 01/30/2023 8:00:09 PM PST by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: SeekAndFind
One thing is for certain, there's none of that "petromasculinity" showing here...


5 posted on 01/30/2023 8:03:49 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: SeekAndFind

Remember Rush’s Paul Shanklin sendup:
In a Yugo
.....to the tune of Elvis’ In the Ghetto.

As the snow flies
At a used car lot on the edge of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo
And they drive with pride
Cause if there’s one thing that this world needs
It’s environmental friends who’ll take the lead
In a Yugo
They say, “people don’t you understand
Those suburbans are ruining the land”
But they’ll wish they had a full size van one day
They point fingers at you and me
They say we’re too blind to see
But do we simply use our heads
And choose another way?
As those small wheels turn
Fifty miles to the gallon
And their knees on their chest
They’re gonna save enough gas
For all of the rest
In a Yugo
Then one day on the interstate
They suddenly lose control
They swerve to miss a baby duck
They’re squashed beneath a produce truck
But they drove with pride...
And as the crowds drive past a little flat car
You know they saved a lot of gas
But they didnt get far
In a Yugo
And as they’re trapped inside
At a used car lot on the other side of town
A liberal guy and a liberal gal
Buy a Yugo...........And they drive with pride...


What were the 16 killed driving ?


6 posted on 01/30/2023 8:05:38 PM PST by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'll go ahead.)
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To: SeekAndFind
But ISIS overdosed on "petromasculinity"...


7 posted on 01/30/2023 8:06:30 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
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To: SeekAndFind

They’ll give you crappy battery powered pickups instead.

You can hook up loudspeakers that go vroom vroom and be a pretender


8 posted on 01/30/2023 8:07:53 PM PST by NWFree (Somebody has to say it 🤪)
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To: SeekAndFind

Some people are in dire need of a good physical thrashing, while being told they should keep their dum bass opinions to themselves unless they want more.

We’ve had not only enough from them, but too much!


9 posted on 01/30/2023 8:08:18 PM PST by Alas Babylon! (Gov't declaring misinformation is tyranny: “Who determines what false information is?” )
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To: SeekAndFind

Okay, fix your own plumbing.
I should start asking who they voted for, oh you voted for Biden, yeah FO


10 posted on 01/30/2023 8:08:22 PM PST by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: SeekAndFind

I think I like petromasculinity.


11 posted on 01/30/2023 8:09:35 PM PST by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: NWFree

Just like the old Rush Limbaugh commercial...


12 posted on 01/30/2023 8:10:52 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: SeekAndFind
“petromasculinity”

Wow! Didn't know my little ol' truck made me such a horrifying terror ...

13 posted on 01/30/2023 8:12:51 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: SeekAndFind

The title reminds of the words to a song I heard years ago:

They’ve come for your property
They’ve come for your guns
They’ve come for the minds of your daughters and sons.


14 posted on 01/30/2023 8:12:52 PM PST by euram (allALL)
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To: No name given

“Those crybabies should just stfu and drop dead.”
They will do neither. Leftists never stop. They never sleep. They purue their redical anti-freedom agenda 24/7/365.
Their Modus Operandi is to Wear you Down. They want to wear you out so that you eventually succumb. Because you grow tired of the fight for your freedom and eventually just give up. This is the exact same long-term strategy of the Islamists as dictated by the Koran against Jews and Christians.
Wear them out. They are weak. In the long term, they will grow weary. And, we win.


15 posted on 01/30/2023 8:16:01 PM PST by ocrp1982
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To: cowboyusa
"MONO LABE!"

Isn't that supposed to be Molon Labe?

16 posted on 01/30/2023 8:21:08 PM PST by jackibutterfly (May the 10 just men lacking in Sodom be found in America, for our sake of survival.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The proliferation of 4 door pickups reflects the disappearance of big sedans. People want big cars.


17 posted on 01/30/2023 8:24:17 PM PST by arthurus (covfefe v)
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To: SeekAndFind

liberals are miserable beasts who can never have their appetites satiated- enough is never enough with them-


18 posted on 01/30/2023 8:26:41 PM PST by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

Liability insurance on my truck is nearly three times that on my car. I only drove it 1650 miles last year. Nearly 20 years old, near perfect shape, everything works.


19 posted on 01/30/2023 8:33:02 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

Too many are alive because it is illegal to kill them.

Lots of busy bodies not minding their own damn business.


20 posted on 01/30/2023 8:35:35 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance.)
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