Slandering SUV drivers: Environmentalists go overboard with smear tactics

[SJ]

Hummer, heh, heh:

There is one all-encompassing point that I have made on this forum and it all comes down to an individual's or group's AGENDA.

First, my family came from a nation of Socialism so I know how specific groups or persons can incrementally push their agenda in an aggressive and counter-Democratic way! The Free-Market consumer has spoken and they are buying SUVs and trucks more often than cars in North America. Those who would try to alter the Free-Market in a subversive manner are Socialists in my book. Whether the cause be "environment" or otherwise, the entire counter-Democratic effort comes back to AN AGENDA THAT IS AGGRESSIVELY EMPLOYED BY A MINORITY OF THE POPULATION.

Let me give you an example of why I am a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN versus those who would defile the property of others or stand in the way of their economic freedom:

I do not like Japanese cars for multiple factual (and perhaps some opinionated) reasons, yet I don't place "Boycott Japan" stickers on Hondas. It is an American citizen's right to buy such a product if they so choose. My AGENDA IS RESPECTFUL of the Democratic and Free-Market rights of others and NON AGGRESSIVE.

Germany and France are two of the most fervent opponents of U.S. policy today [who can deny this?] and for that I refuse to buy German and French products, yet I don't antagonize those who drive a BMW.

Further, I cannot relate to those who would attack a fellow American for buying American .... do you see how this all comes full circle to a matter of PERSONAL AGENDA.

So long as you're conveying your points in a FACTUAL manner, I have no issues with you. It is the people that come here and bark their OPINION in a blind sense of rightousness that spur my disgust, for it is the same type of person that has no respect for individual liberties. Such a person seeks to have others conform to their sense of the ideal world.

Last, I've said before that I am a member of Sierra Club and I truly hope that progress is made towards less polluting forms of transportation and a decreased demand for crude oil. Until that day is realized, I NEED a LARGER than average family vehicle and I will buy American.

So long as we continue to have mature dialogue in this forum, I respect your engaging points.