Decius wrote:
] This is an awesome post. I'm going to go back and edit this
] reply with some thoughts about this, but for now, I thought
] I'd pop it into my MemeStream so that others can take a
] look...

This entire thread contains some interesting points. That being said, I am lurking this one out.

I'm so tired of this anti-SUV stuff. You have _no_ idea how much. I can't tell you how many times someone has asked me what kinda car I drive for some random reason, then proceeded to bitch me out with the same damn collection of points I have heard 9,324,244,465,234 times. Most of them unequally applied and bent to fit someone's issue specific rage.

I'm tired of the whole thing. If you want to feel like you are oppressed, buy an SUV. Your friends, their friends, and random folks all over will bitch at you all the time. Really, no shit. You will get exposed to this wave of hatred unlike anything else.

If anything, this is the reason my next car will not be an SUV. I'm tired of being bitched out. There, the "community action" worked, happy folks? I will not buy another SUV. NOW PLEASE STOP BITCHING AT ME. (that comment is not aimed at any directly, rather, to the world at large.) I just want to get from point a to point b, be able to move what I need to move, still have room in my car for people, and have a little more control in bad weather conditions then a mini-van offers. LEAVE ME ALONE!!

As evidence of how impassioned people are over this SUV issue, I give you this thread. Currently the largest thread on MemeStreams (I think).

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