Mastodawn

Keep these monstrosities off our roads 🙅‍♂️

"US carmakers have accused Brussels of keeping their largest pick-up trucks, including the Ford F-150, the Chevy Silverado and the Ram 1500, off European roads”

https://www.ft.com/content/3eb796fd-bcdb-4a9f-89b7-f7d5e692a3cd

https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/renault-twingo-1998-3-door-hatchback-vs-ford-f-350-2016-4-door-pickup-crew-cab/

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Tomás García Gobet 22h ago

@fj why not let people decide if they want such a large vehicle or not?

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tkissing 20h ago

@reloadedhead Fuck off. Nobody wants to walk or bike near that shit. Hell, most people don't want to drive a normal car near it either.
You are free to move to the USA if you want to drive one.

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Tomás García Gobet 19h ago

@tkissing chill, I asked respectfully. You should consider answering in a similar manner.

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tkissing 19h ago

@reloadedhead I considered that and decided that the likelihood of your question being in good faith is not very high.

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Tomás García Gobet 19h ago

@tkissing I was genuinely asking. Still not a reason to go full ballistic, but that’s just my point of view.

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tkissing 19h ago

@reloadedhead
"Why not let people decide if they want a giant car?"
"Why not let people decide if they want to wear a mask when shopping during a pandemic?"

If you want to ask good faith questions and get polite answers, try sounding different from assholes who very loudly put their personal comfort over the health and life of others for the past ~6 years.

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Tomás García Gobet 19h ago

@tkissing I expect polite answers because I think respect is something everyone should be granted, regardless if we agree or not. It is very easy to not insult people just because.

I don’t own such a truck and I don’t even want to. I’ve never hurt anyone in any way or form. So I don’t know why you are being this aggressive. But you do you.

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tkissing

@reloadedhead Demanding respect is easy. Showing it is not, otherwise you'd have at least phrased your question differently. Or you would have thought about the topic for about half a second and realized that the size and a weight of a car effects other people at least as much as the person driving it.
As for politeness in language, I couldn't care less. US (debate) culture, including in the House and Senate, is all about polite words and a calm voice, but look at what that country is doing.