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Originally Posted by Badhobz
the general corolla/camry/cuv public ain't going to really be on our side when we start protesting that our sports cars/ performance cars are being targeted by the cops.
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And that's the whole problem with fighting injustice for a stigma'd community. The modified vehicle scene, and I mean all loud customized vehicles and not just "tuner" cars, have always been "tolerated" by the general public at the best of times but mostly frowned upon. With all the tv shows that have popped up over the last 15 years or so and with social media/YouTube over the last decade it has made it mainstream but the law has never favored lowered/lifted, wheel poking, flashy loud vehicles.
I'm sure the RS OG's who contribute to the Meets can attest to the hard work it takes to get the law to view this community in a positive light. It's such an egg shell walk all the time and we forget that we're the thugs in the eyes of the community and even though we have been tolerated by society in the GVRD lately, compared to the F&F era say, if even a pin drops and wakes up those in charge we're all in for it; and that's what's happening now for whatever reason.
Taking about lawyers and civil injustice is laughable when you sit back and think about what it's defending. I can't see what event or combination of such that would spark the general public to be like "yeah, hey, quit picking on those car guys, they're nice and don't mean any harm" and have authority be like
I hate to come across as crass and sarcastic when a significant numbers of us have felt the wrath lately and are suffering both financially and emotionally. I'm nervous for that I have thought twice about driving around in a lowered ITR due to "heat" lately and it makes me bitter, as recent events have made others and even more so. How can a 41 year old man be feeling any sort of fear of time and financial loss just because he wants to enjoy his mostly stock car? Cars popping up for sale due to VI's? WTF is going on? This is crazy.
I don't have the answer to all this but I'll tell you that it's more "hat in hand" than protest. You keep poking the dragon it's gonna keeping fucking you, leave it alone by placating it for a while and it'll eventually go back to sleep.
/endrant