Portland Environmental Activists Sink To A New Low And Begin Harrassing Volkswagen Diesel Owners

We knew it was only a matter of time before eco-mentalists started bugging regular people who just happen to own a Volkswagen with a TDI engine. Yesterday, Twitter user Don Draper Clone found this note the windshield of his car from a "concerned citizen of Portland."

 Of course, this is probably only the beginning, as some people will soon see driving any Volkswagen as a criminal act. But while there's no excuse for what Volkswagen did, telling people what to do is also unacceptable.

 It's not the environmental activists' place to go tell other people what to do with their property. How would you feel if you had a classic V8 muscle car from the 60s, and someone put a note on your window saying "Hi there, your V8 is not fuel efficient and is polluting the atmosphere. How about you get rid of that and buy a Prius."?
 

TheSteve - 9/29/2015 3:43:27 PM

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Hate has many different faces. Sometimes it's cloaked in religion. Other times in patriotism. Others, in environmentalism. Using the Nazi* card against any German person or organization, is just plain old hate... no matter how righteous you might believe yourself to be.

TheSteve - 9/29/2015 3:44:20 PM

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^^^
(*except those individuals who are proven to be ex-Nazis).

Agent009 - 9/29/2015 4:16:14 PM

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It is just a low blow that hurts the cause for environmentalists.

TheSteve - 9/30/2015 3:33:45 AM

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^^^
Agent009 +1
I can't account for your innocuous statement getting voted down, other than perhaps a few '009 haters :-/

TomM - 9/29/2015 5:03:30 PM

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VW owners are not idiots - and they are like to see this type of harassment for what it is - Stupidity.

vdiv - 9/29/2015 5:18:36 PM

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Agree, that is moronic and uncalled for.

MDarringer - 9/29/2015 7:15:02 PM

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Portland is a Liberal clusterbang of idiocy. It makes San Francisco look right wing.

Ccoxx - 9/29/2015 7:57:48 PM

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Wow - how low can they go - that's really low.

TheSteve - 9/30/2015 3:36:11 AM

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Keep in mind that this anonymous "Sympathetic and Concerned Citizen of Portland" does not represent any environmental organization or group. The association is merely *assumed* in the reader's mind. It's just one well-intentioned but grossly misguided individual.