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Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • vmaxer
    vmaxer Posts: 5,117
    The world is getting crazy.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    Business as usual in the Big Apple.
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    BMW side windows are definitely stronger than Tesla's.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    Manhattan....and no cops around ?
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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    I just watched both video clips. Very sad state of affairs, pathetic!
  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    If only the driver had a case of twisted teas. Lob them out the window like sweet little grenades of justice.

    :D
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    sarcasm: Looks like a mostly peaceful protest. /sarcasm
  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,856
    It is time to start culling the herd...Death wish style........why the driver didnt floor it and take out as many of these aholes is beyond me......worse yet is the lack of any response from onlookers......
  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,018
    Don’t mind the maggots
  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,856
    edited December 2020
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    this this would have fared better than the bimmer lol with plenty of backup under the drivers seat ;)
  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    You know these young men will all grow up into responsible, Tax paying, Law abiding citizens one day...
  • NotaSuv wrote: »
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    this this would have fared better than the bimmer lol with plenty of backup under the drivers seat ;)

    Nice JL!
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  • motorstereo
    motorstereo Posts: 2,145
    Seeing things like that makes me so glad I live far away from big cities. Remember all the burning and looting we had right after the first stimulus checks went out in the spring? The 2nd checks are starting to arrive so it shouldn't be too much longer before the delinquents are out and about again.
  • Rich502
    Rich502 Posts: 146
    I was in the city yesterday roughly around the same time just several blocks away. Can’t say it’s surprisingly these days, but disturbing to see. Wonder what provoked the young teenagers actions, I’m guessing nothing. Looks likely they’ve arrested one at least so far.
  • DaveHo
    DaveHo Posts: 3,536
    Losers will be losers...
  • Strong Bad
    Strong Bad Posts: 4,278
    NotaSuv wrote: »
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    this this would have fared better than the bimmer lol with plenty of backup under the drivers seat ;)

    PEW PEW PEW!

    In NYC, I'm sure it was the drivers fault. How dare the driver go out on the roads and...drive. It's the state of this country and will continue to get worse. Just don't bring that riff raff to my neighborhood.

    No excuses!
  • Mike Reeter
    Mike Reeter Posts: 4,315
    Seeing things like that makes me so glad I live far away from big cities. Remember all the burning and looting we had right after the first stimulus checks went out in the spring? The 2nd checks are starting to arrive so it shouldn't be too much longer before the delinquents are out and about again.

    The article states that one of the kids grabbed ahold of the car, while in motion to 'hitch a ride'.

    The driver applied the brakes and the kid was tossed and scraped up a little.

    The action of the driver not tolerating some punk latching onto his car for a joy ride, is what 'allegedly' sparked the assault on the BMW owner.

  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 25,571
    Maybe should have sped up and made a turn :D
  • teekay0007
    teekay0007 Posts: 2,289
    NotaSuv wrote: »
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    Are you turning left there or are you goin' straight? "Looks" like a front-end alignment is in need, no? ;)
  • gmcman
    gmcman Posts: 1,806
    Driver was a cool customer. I'm sure if the window broke it would not have ended well for anyone standing in front. This way though the only guilty party are the cyclists.
  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    You know these young men will all grow up into responsible, Tax paying, Law abiding citizens one day...

    Future politicians probably !!!!
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    SweetSpot wrote: »
    xschop wrote: »
    BMW side windows are definitely stronger than Tesla's.

    I just picked her up 5 days ago, I don't want to test it out. Fortunately I only go to NYC like 3X a month now.

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  • NotaSuv
    NotaSuv Posts: 3,856
    teekay0007 wrote: »
    NotaSuv wrote: »
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    Are you turning left there or are you goin' straight? "Looks" like a front-end alignment is in need, no? ;)

    wheel turned to left....alignment just fine thanks..will do 80-90 tracking straight and never a death wobble...passenger tire also turned to left
  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,981
    edited January 2021
    SweetSpot wrote: »
    On this past Saturday I saw 14 of this particular model and Probably 30 Teslas that one day. In NJ there were 2 Great incentives, $5000 back from NJ State and No Sales, That's $8555 I'm not spending/getting back.

    Congrats on the new car. Finally someone that can articulate buying one for the right reasons. However, some may have a problem with that last part.

    Crosses into social engineering when you start picking winners and losers by subsidizing one company over another. After all that 5k you get back from the state is everyones tax money and why should they pitch in to help buy you a car and not a Toyota or some other brand for everyone else. If your going to subsidize car purchases, it's only fair to do it for all brands, not just the ones you want to see succeed. No sales tax is also a big break, do they offer that for the other car brands ?

    Hmm, probably not. This is where things go off the rails and people get upset. Not any fault of the purchaser, but of the social engineering governments like to do instead of letting the free market dictate.

    Car looks sharp though, love the red,enjoy. ;)
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  • xschop
    xschop Posts: 5,000
    ^^^^^^^ And is that $8555 built in depreciation, hefted by the taxpayer?
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  • audioluvr
    audioluvr Posts: 5,601
    I pay an insane amount of taxes. Your welcome.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,905
    edited January 2021
    tonyb wrote: »
    SweetSpot wrote: »
    On this past Saturday I saw 14 of this particular model and Probably 30 Teslas that one day. In NJ there were 2 Great incentives, $5000 back from NJ State and No Sales, That's $8555 I'm not spending/getting back.

    Congrats on the new car. Finally someone that can articulate buying one for the right reasons. However, some may have a problem with that last part.

    Crosses into social engineering when you start picking winners and losers by subsidizing one company over another. After all that 5k you get back from the state is everyones tax money and why should they pitch in to help buy you a car and not a Toyota or some other brand for everyone else. If your going to subsidize car purchases, it's only fair to do it for all brands, not just the ones you want to see succeed. No sales tax is also a big break, do they offer that for the other car brands ?

    Hmm, probably not. This is where things go off the rails and people get upset. Not any fault of the purchaser, but of the social engineering governments like to do instead of letting the free market dictate.

    Car looks sharp though, love the red,enjoy. ;)

    I don't think the incentive is Tesla-specific -- I imagine it's electric car-specific.
    In other words, any brand with an electric is incentivized. GM and Nissan (at the least) have electric venicle models on the lots (in the US) now; others will as fast as their R&D -> manufacturing infrastructure will let them.

    As cars become "smarter" and less just mechanical assemblages, the old car companies are, for better or worse, not too well positioned to lead (or, perhaps, even to survive) -- incentives or no.

    I think the Rural Electrification Plan was pretty successful public social engineering, as was, e.g., the public health 'craze' at the turn of the last century. Kinda nice that most of us don't have to worry about typhoid, cholera, and tuberculosis, isn't it?