mountainethos

Yes, but how do you go about deciding which vehicles are OK to drive?

My same questions still apply in the case of pedestrian deaths.

Have we decided we're okay with the number of pedestrian deaths caused by compact cars and SUVs? Some SUVs are heavier, have less visibility, and would presumably lead to more pedestrian deaths than cars, so why isn't there a similar condemnation against those vehicles? Or maybe there is?

Some people seem to enjoy passing moral judgements onto others.

What doesn't make sense to me is when someone who drives any gas car judges someone who drives a truck. Do they feel validated in their choices because someone made worse choices? Or do they decide that 30mpg is such a morally superior position than 20mpg that they have the right to judge others?

> give up their world view on why they need to drive bigger, larger automobiles than using environmentally better smaller cars

To me this is the same as someone who smokes one pack of cigarettes a day judging someone who smokes 2 packs a day.

Where (and how) do you draw the line with gas mileage, materials used, and weight of the vehicle? If trucks are so bad, what are your opinions of popular SUVs like the Subaru Outback?

Thinking often about how your mode of living is superior to others' is a sad pathology.

Right, and places like Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Montana are not included in the Midwest. The point isn't that the wind belt region makes up exactly 1/5 of the population, but that there are many people there that shouldn't be dismissed because they aren't in the most densely populated cities.

Surely you realize that perhaps you're taking your bad experience and extrapolating it to the rest of Twitter?

Saying that Twitter is a "giant bullshit factory" "populated by twentysomethings with no real life experience" is a generalization that invalidates everyone who doesn't fall into your stereotype.