I started this subthread, and I'll be the first to admit that if I needed a pickup or other large vehicle I'd get one. But there is a difference between owning

I started this subthread, and I'll be the first to admit that if I needed a pickup or other large vehicle I'd get one. But there is a difference between owning a dangerous tool (and using it responsibly) because it's practical for you, and acting like there is nothing wrong with a general automotive trend that has caused thousands of preventable deaths and stands to cause thousands more. Casting this as some trendy "urbanist" ideological concern is, frankly, totally asinine.