I agree that folks losing their homes to freeway expansions have stake in this. I am pointing out that the language shaped discourse against motorists. This is

I agree that folks losing their homes to freeway expansions have stake in this. I am pointing out that the language shaped discourse against motorists. This is not the only example either. Motorists are compared with rats in other situations [1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_running https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_running