Sunday, January 31, 2010

Cultural and Political Statements on Trucks

On the way to work this morning in Raleigh, NC, this new, sparkling, beefy, gas-guzzling truck was in front of me on the beltline. The bumper sticker on the right declares, "Don't be a girly man. Vote Republican."

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In contrast, in my old neighborhood in Takoma Park, MD, you mostly saw Democratic-oriented bumper stickers, such as on the dirty, beat-up Chevy truck below. The messages on this car included: "I love my country, but fear my government"; "The last time we mixed politics with religion, people got burned at the stake"; "Go ahead and take my civil liberties. I wasn't using them anyway"; and "the best way to predict the future is to help create it."

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My guess is that the owners of these two vehicles are both men and both are cultural archetypes.

1 comment:

  1. Is that what you called advertising trough trucks, sticker on the ass "of the truck". It really sounds funny but somehow it makes sense.

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