by "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
Published 02/06/2017 at 00:32
by "415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
Published 02/06/2017 at 00:32
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Protest against the sale of Japanese cars in the US , 1982
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/06/2017 at 00:35, STARS: 4
"415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)" (415s30)
02/06/2017 at 00:38, STARS: 1
Well that was WWII
"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
02/06/2017 at 00:39, STARS: 0
Yup. This was apparently what many Americans with connections to the American car industry in the late 70's and early 80's thought was the appropriate response to somebody else building a better product than the appalling heaps of garbage they were cranking out at the time.
"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck)
02/06/2017 at 00:42, STARS: 7
I know. That’s what it all stems from.
I’ve also met plenty of people that still won’t drive “jap crap,” I can’t say I’m surprised. There’s a lot of assholes out there.
"Butsen Katsun" (butsenkatsun)
02/06/2017 at 00:42, STARS: 1
Is that a Datsun B210? Not sure, but either way, those monsters!
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
02/06/2017 at 00:46, STARS: 4
While you were out partying, I was studying how to build cars.
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
02/06/2017 at 00:47, STARS: 2
Gary auto worker Jim Coleman (left) and Griffith businessman Charlie Cobb (right) strike a blow for American industry in a charity campaign sponsored by northern Indiana steelworkers Friday, Sept. 10, 1982. Union leaders in the economically hard hit steelmaking region allowed people to swing a sledgehammer at a Japanese-made auto for $1 a shot. The money went to help the families of laid-off workers. (Associated Press)
Is the caption for that particular photo.
Not to excuse the hate mongering that was going on at the time, and now, but context is important.
"not for canada - australian in disguise" (for-canada)
02/06/2017 at 01:58, STARS: 2
Meanwhile, in Detroit.
I’ve got absolutely NO clue why someone would want to buy a Japanese car at that time. Look at all the amazing American cars produced at that time period! Detroit’s automotive industry will never fail! It’s perfect!
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/06/2017 at 02:14, STARS: 1
I kind of want to start dressing in full late 70s baller gear. Just look at that dude in the right. Style man.
"Berang" (berang)
02/06/2017 at 03:05, STARS: 0
I’m not so sure. The Japanese were exceedingly cruel to POWs (oh and everybody else too) during WWII, and lots of people, understandably, even justifiably, hated the Japanese with an all consuming passion after the war. But less direct prejudices pre and post-date the war for all manner of imagined and perceived reasons.
People who lost their jobs because their company couldn’t make cars that weren’t total pieces of shit liked to hate on the Japanese for making cars that were slightly less totally shit.
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
02/06/2017 at 03:28, STARS: 2
I agree, those damn Jewish-American Princess types need to stop ruining neighborhoods with their materialistic ways.
Wait, are we talking about the same thing?
"KnowsAboutCars" (knowsaboutcars)
02/06/2017 at 08:49, STARS: 0
Looks like mid-late 70's Corolla to me.
"wiffleballtony" (wiffleballtony)
02/06/2017 at 09:06, STARS: 0
The guy on the left looks like hes got a decent golf swing. Good hip rotation and keeping those hands tucked.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
02/06/2017 at 10:06, STARS: 2
The safest part is it took another 30 years for Detroit (Especially GM)to wise up and try making good cars, instead of just saying, “they’ll buy our car because we make American cars, and American cars are the best.”
Turns out when you’re product is inferior, people notice.
That’s said that AMC looks awesome.
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
02/06/2017 at 10:49, STARS: 0
!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!
It’s a JAP battle rap
"Kanaric" (Kanaric1)
02/06/2017 at 13:59, STARS: 0
IDK if that’s what it stems from. This stems from union labor in the US losing jobs. I might guess these were auto workers.
The idea that “it’s all about racism” is a large part of what lost the democrats that workforce in this past election. People form there KNOW it is NOT about racism because they are mad that the local plant shut down. I was a bernie supporter with massive union ties in my family, after he lost the nomination every single one of them went trump. The only reason I did not is that I work in IT for the DOD.
Imagine these are AMC workers in Kenosha and their plant is being shut down and everyone around is driving Japanese cars.
Like you can keep saying it’s racism, and saying that these jobs are permanently gone, etc. They don’t care, they see that as lies/excuses and giving up on the middle class. Everytime you say that democrats lose another .01% of middle class support. It’s absolutely completely and utterly tone deaf.
Back then the Japanese cars were not made in the US, which is why you don’t see this now. On top of that the economy was TRASH.
"promoted by the color red" (whenindoubtflatout)
02/06/2017 at 21:16, STARS: 1
Oh my god Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is one of my favorite shows on TV right now.
"InFierority Complex" (lanciere)
02/06/2017 at 21:25, STARS: 0
It’s pretty great. I found it this summer on netflix and probably had this song stuck in my head for a month straight.
"comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer" (00cyclonefan)
02/15/2017 at 21:28, STARS: 0
Have a little compassion, man...if you didn’t read the caption that Lanciere posted:
Gary auto worker Jim Coleman (left) and Griffith businessman Charlie Cobb (right) strike a blow for American industry in a charity campaign sponsored by northern Indiana steelworkers Friday, Sept. 10, 1982. Union leaders in the economically hard hit steelmaking region allowed people to swing a sledgehammer at a Japanese-made auto for $1 a shot. The money went to help the families of laid-off workers. (Associated Press)
They did think that was an appropriate response, because 99% of the people associated with the auto industry at the time couldn’t do shit about the appalling heaps of garbage they were cranking out at the time. All they knew was their world was going to shit, and they were told it was because the ‘japs’ were dumping cars for less than it cost to make them (because their bosses couldn’t believe anyone had better ideas than them...see Link ), and a significant portion of the people of Indiana (Hoosier state bank sign) had zero experience with anything Japanese other than what their dads or grandpas told them about the war, which by that time had been sufficiently scrubbed by time to always make ‘our boys’ heros and ‘them Japs’ into monsters.
If something like this happened today in our connected society, I’d call it dumb at best or tone deaf, but the 70's-80's in the rust belt was not a ‘the sun will come up...tomorrow, tomorrow’ kind of place. Not defending their actions, but also can see how different people in different times came up with stuff like this.