Oh yeah? I'll just drive a dump truck instead. Take that, you hippy.......

August 26, 2003 10:52 AM

Summer Hummer Bummer - Hummer fans gathered last Sunday at a Southern California auto dealership in support of their beloved vehicles after an attack the previous Friday; the Earth Liberation Front, in a bold, patriotic attack designed to cut America's dependence on foreign oil vicious act of terrorism aimed at the heart of freedom and Democracy burnt and vandalized dozens of Humvees at four car dealerships in Southern California. "Slogans such as "Fat, Lazy Americans" and "I (heart) pollution" were painted on vehicles." " Over twenty Humvees were destroyed and twenty vandalized at the hardest hit dealership, causing estimated damage of over 1 million. The attack was similar, but far more destructive, to one against SUV's last April

"Oh man, if those vegan limp-wristed long-haired smelly enviroweenies tried that sh*t down here, they'd find out the consequences of a sudden acute injection of lead into their environment. " fulminates One FreeRepublic member infuriated by the satanic attack against divinely ordained property rights.
posted by troutfishing (17 comments total)

"Envirofascists want to wipe out the entire human race, including ultimately themselves. Be the last one standing, feeling morally superior, and die! .....They are death worshippers. Clean water, clean air, being kind to animals, anyone can get behind these things. That is only the sugar coating of envirofascism. They want us all dead, not because we are Americans or Zionists or what have you, it is because we are human beings. ......They believe in central control of the economy, like socialists.......No room for humans! Leftism is now death worship."

Another priceless Freeper comment from that same thread.
posted by troutfishing at 10:59 AM on August 26, 2003

Metafilter Newsflash: SUVs evil, Americans fat and lazy.

Flame war to follow.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:59 AM on August 26, 2003

posted by xmutex at 11:03 AM on August 26, 2003

These people attacked a bunch of inanimate objects? Not too bright are they. Or, maybe they are just scared to confront people they know would stomp them silly.

They are probably just jealous because the cannot afford to buy one. Either way, they are a bunch of morons. There is no one that can condone their action, therefore they will have no support, and if/when caught, they will go to jail for being a bunch of imbeciles.

The vehicles are not the problem, they just sit there waiting for a driver.
posted by a3matrix at 11:05 AM on August 26, 2003

That's really convenient. Usually I have to go all the way to Free Republic to see a front page full of posting from Free Republic.

ELF should be shut down under RICO statutes.
posted by coelecanth at 11:05 AM on August 26, 2003

Find the pro-ralley odd. What they think their precious is next. Ever been to a Hummer dealer, Hummers only? Overbearing seeing so many, what are we going to battle. Their only down side is the "what you pay for" is rarely used in the city. In the end an Hummer owner pays for it as well. Check out the cost of tires or transmission work but sure most are leased making them future good buys down the road.
posted by thomcatspike at 11:05 AM on August 26, 2003

Well, speaking as a leftist not terribly obsessed with the environment - it's more that the degree to which I want to kill each human directly corresponds to that individual human's adherence to the negative American stereotype the radical left tends to believe in. It really has nothing to do with death-worship or enviro-worship, but rather has a lot to do with being disgusted by most individuals in my species.

To whatever extent those stereotypes about Americans are true - and they're not far off the mark in many ways for many, many people - Americans have become sub-humans.
posted by Ryvar at 11:07 AM on August 26, 2003

"We don't disagree with the need to improve fuel efficiency," said West Covina City Councilman Mike Miller. "But vandalism doesn't get the message across."

Why, I must say I was thinking of buying a Hummer, and I was shocked, shocked(!) I tell you to learn that these vehicles polluted! If these kind-hearted people had not violently destroyed so much property, I would have never guessed that Hummers were not efficient. I thought they ran on Solar Power!

They're all fucking idiots. Both sides.

We're the planeteers, you can be one too, because saving our planet is the thing to do. Looting and polluting, is not the way, here's what Captain Planet has to say: The Power is Yours.

Oh god Captain Planet, we've forgotten everything you and Whoopi Goldberg taught us!
posted by Stan Chin at 11:07 AM on August 26, 2003

Their only down side is the "what you pay for" is rarely used in the city.

On the contrary; the only place you can find people to intimidate or impress is in the city.
posted by Slothrup at 11:10 AM on August 26, 2003

But to think that either Hummer dealers or potential buyers would be somehow embarrassed is to misunderstand the brand. People who drive enormous, angry, military-style vehicles around city streets are never embarrassed. The whole point of the Hummer is a total—and aggressive—disregard for what anyone else thinks. As Gregg Easterbrook put it recently in the New Republic, the Hummer broadcasts such a blatant "fuck you" to the rest of the world that it ought to be considered a new vehicle class, the FUV.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 11:10 AM on August 26, 2003

Doesn't it sound like fun, though?

Property rights, blah blah blah, but, fun is fun.
posted by jon_kill at 11:11 AM on August 26, 2003

I condone their actions!!! I laughed my ass off that they did it and pissed off all those stupid SUV lovers out there. More power to them. These are stupid, ugly, needless, gas-guzzling CARS that don't need to exist except in the middle of Africa for a safari, for christ's sake. They certainly don't need to exist in the USA! I'm glad they ruined them. I hope they do it again, but this time do a better job disguising themselves from the video cameras.

By the way, you can't go after the drivers as easily and then then you're hurting people, not vehicles, which isn't cool. So it's better they attack the vehicles.
posted by aacheson at 11:11 AM on August 26, 2003

Hummers and oversized SUVs are totally and completely stupid. Unless you need them for some aspect of your work, they are a waste of resources, they're dangerous (studies have shown that the higher you are from the road the faster you tend to drive) and generally the people driving them have a pretty disturbing disregard for almost running people over all the time. And nine times out of ten there's one person in the stupid warehouses on wheels.

When I see a Hummer, I see a wanker behind the wheel.
posted by fenriq at 11:12 AM on August 26, 2003

Harrumph! Well, now....Indeed. Setting aside arguments in support of the presumed "necessity" of such actions to wake up a lethargic populace as to the environmental &/or strategic dangers of furthering our reliance on fossil fuel energy, can we at least agree that, in fact, multiple felonies have occurred? As long as ELF is prepared to play on that basis, and until they are responsible for killing someone in doing so, fair enough (no whining, though!). If it's a "property" issue, get rid of your damn computer, sell your shit & go live in the forest if you're such a purist.
posted by Pressed Rat at 11:13 AM on August 26, 2003

Yes, I agree that multiple felonies have certainly occurred. Absolutely! But I'm still glad they did it. As long as they're not hurting people, I'm glad they're doing it.
posted by aacheson at 11:15 AM on August 26, 2003

For some reason, I'm reminded of Mac zealots flashmobbing an Apple store.
posted by brownpau at 11:16 AM on August 26, 2003

These are stupid, ugly, needless, gas-guzzling CARS that don't need to exist except in the middle of Africa for a safari, for christ's sake. They certainly don't need to exist in the USA!

Damn Straight!! And while we're at it let's get rid of all those stupid needless, resource-chewing, CLOTHES. I mean why can't we all just wear uniform grey environmentally friendly paper smocks????
posted by PenDevil at 11:16 AM on August 26, 2003