"Did you buy your Explorer before or after your local PD secured their fleet purchase contract?"

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78) 09/12/2018 at 16:15 • Filed to: None

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I’ve been known to muster up some indignation, frustration, and anger at some random stuff, but this is pretty misplaced when every tenth car on the road is an Explorer. With some minor tweaks, it could work for The Onion, though.

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For Sweden > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:26

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But did you click

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:28

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Read that, someone’s triggered . Although I feel sometimes people like this referenced in this comment are scarier than the cops. God forbid you get involved in a road rage situation with them

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/1829007938

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:29

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The Explorer is the first vehicle in a long time that’s popular with both cops and civilians, especially coastal civilians.

I remember back in the 80s or maybe early 90s, one of my neighors’ dads got a boxy maroon Ford LTD with maroon velour interior. I was very confused why he went for that car when basically everyone else’s parents who had Fords had Tauruses.

I get a little nervous when I see an Explorer and all I have to worry about is driving a modded car with no front plate. 

WilliamsSW > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:33

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It used to be that there were a LOT of d-bag Crown Vic drivers doing exactly what the writer describes (and before that, Impala SS’s, Dodge Diplomats, etc), but I have *never* seen anyone in an Explorer doing that, personally. I think it’s only the Explorer Sport that is easily confused for a cop car, and I just don’t see those things being driven that aggressively - but maybe it’s just the neighborhood I’m in.

Spanfeller is a twat > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:33

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I think its been well documented in Oppo that many of those cars are actually cop cars in disguise and that many people like cop like cars. 

Textured Soy Protein > WilliamsSW 09/12/2018 at 16:34

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If you get used to identifying cops at night by the outline of their headlights, whether an Explorer is a Sport trim or not doesn’t really factor into it. 

WilliamsSW > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 16:37

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Good point, although these days with a 2 year old at home and no real job, I rarely drive at night personally... :)

Takuro Spirit > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:43

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Black people are afraid of cops

Water found to be wet

News at 11

bob and john > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:44

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“Of the myriad reasons why it’s so rare to see black people participating in the types of extreme sports featured in the X Games and occuring on jagged mountain tops, in furious creeks, and on Steve Bannon’s face, the most telling is simply that existing while black is already an extreme sport. “



aannddddddd any and all credibility thrown out the window right there  

Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 16:49

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That’s basically my comment on The Root. It’s the most popular “cop car” of all time, which makes it hard to associate with a cop car at all. Ironically, it’s a really weak type of profiling to engage in, statistically speaking.

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 16:52

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I wouldn’t go so far as to say most people who buy Explorers want to look like cops. It’s not like when the Crown Vic was basically the only cop car available and practically no civilians bought them. 

B ut I do get the point of the article, which is basically, “hey you not-cop people, quit buying Explorers so those of us who get nervous around cops can relax a bit.” 

NKato > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 17:07

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This was my response, still in the grays :

https://verysmartbrothas.theroot.com/1829008723

Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 17:20

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I don’t think ANYONE is buying an Explorer to look like a cop. Like, zero. Maybe 0.0001% of people. In 20 years I may change my tune as the civilian models disappear from the road and we get some of that Crown Vic effect you describe. But right now, it’s like 500:1 civilian models for each cop (maybe more), so the article didn’t even make sense in its premise.

In my 5 adjacent municipalities, we have Explorers, Tahoes, Crown Vics (sheriff), Tauruses, Chargers, and various motorcycles. Tahoes are still the most prevalent, but I could never make a case that people buy Tahoes to look like cops.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 17:22

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i didnt buy an explorer because i wanted to look like a cop, if i did i would have gotten one that was all black instead of the black and gold the eddie bauer trim got, but that doesnt mean i dont enjoy people moving over from the left lane when they see me coming up behind them

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 17:28

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im surpised hes not just upset with all former police cars being sold. you see a crap ton of ex-police crown vics and malibus and chargers in and around low income neighborhoods, theres even a dealer in chicago that specializes in selling former government use vehicles

Future Heap Owner > bob and john 09/12/2018 at 17:35

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He’s talking about skin color, not surname.

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 17:40

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Look at this cop-ass snitch-ass Philadelphia motherfucking Iggle fan-ass bitch not really blocking the way o n my way out of work.

Textured Soy Protein > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 17:57

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Ok but the point of the article is not “you bought an E xplorer to look like a cop,” it’s “all you people buying E xplorers keep putting more cars on the road for me (the author) to mistake for cops, and I dis like you for it.”

NKato > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 18:29

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I call that the "triggered entitlement syndrome".

DipodomysDeserti > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 18:45

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I don’t know what article ou’re talking about, but every  time I see someone with a white Explorer I hope that they are forever stuck behind people going five under the speed limit.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 18:52

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That kinja hurts my head. So painful.

Textured Soy Protein > NKato 09/12/2018 at 19:05

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But who’s triggered here, the guy who wrote the obviously not very serious in tone article, or all the people missing the forest for the trees when reading it?

Kim Jong - Healthy > NKato 09/12/2018 at 19:15

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you’re in the grays because you made the point yourself, you’re white.

you find it laughable people get jitters when a cop car silhouette is behind them?

I find it pathetic cops still  pull people over based off the color of their skin, something you will literally never know anything about.

driving while black or brown (i’m brown) certainly is a real thing, read a little more before making asinine comments, that you have no historical context participating in.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-stanford-minority-drive-disparties-20170619-story.html%3foutputType=amp

https://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?tid=702&ty=tp

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2018/04/the-stop-race-police-traffic/

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mercurynews.com/2017/06/19/police-stop-black-and-latino-drivers-more-often-than-whites-stanford-study-finds/amp/

NKato > Kim Jong - Healthy 09/12/2018 at 19:54

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I did mention that deaf people have had issues with law enforcement. The best part about being deaf at least? We don’t play the racial identity card because it’s stupid.

I grew up with black, Asian, Samoan, you name it. They were all deaf. So don’t talk to me about asinine.

I do acknowledge that driving while black or Hispanic is a problem, but when I remove racial identity from the picture, I see people who are part of a different income or cultural background being unfairly profiled. Civilians have done it to each other, too.

Example: Sikhs.

Kim Jong - Healthy > NKato 09/12/2018 at 20:31

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that was not the point of your original comment. your point was that it’s silly for someone to worry about the shape of a police car, if they are obeying the law.

which is in fact,  asinine.

i’m not gonna even assume I know what its like to be deaf, and i can’t possibly imagine the struggle you’ve had to endure because of it. but let’s be realistic, there have been a couple freak accidents that ended tragically with a deaf person, which are just as unnessary as racially charged stops, but there are 0 studies that suggest people who can not hear are pulled over, searched, and/or killed at a higher rate than people who can hear.

and i’m glad you are able to “remove racial identity” from the equation, but the fact of the matter is that the people with the authority in this country, do not.

and your insinuation that people of color are just playing the “racial identity card” is the most ignorant part of that statement. if this country wasn’t built on institutional racism, there wouldn’t be a “race card” to speak of. 

NKato > Kim Jong - Healthy 09/12/2018 at 20:34

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The last paragraph of your statement was really all we needed. If we had better origins as a country, racial issues would be a trifle.

Ash78, voting early and often > DipodomysDeserti 09/12/2018 at 20:51

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Looks like Kinja must have eaten the link. Weird, it was there for a couple hours. A Root op-ed about why people shouldn’t by Explorers.

random001 > Ash78, voting early and often 09/12/2018 at 21:33

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Now all I want to own is a Ford Explorer, because f that guy, too.

random001 > Textured Soy Protein 09/12/2018 at 21:34

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I’m pretty sure that guy is completely serious about this.

Derpwagon > bob and john 09/12/2018 at 21:57

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Welcome to every article on the root.

Textured Soy Protein > random001 09/12/2018 at 22:39

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What part of “I thumb my nose to you, you analog motherfucker,” sounds serious to you?

The article is a hyperbolic rant. To take it completely at face value when it’s so obviously over the top is to miss the point entirely.

As an occasional user of hyperbole myself, I’m very familiar with people taking it a little too literally. Especially when it’s in writing, on the internet.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Ash78, voting early and often 09/13/2018 at 08:07

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I actually agree. If you drive a white or black Explorer that looks like police spec, you’re no better than a person with a CVPI who didn’t delete the spotlight. Also,

>reading the root

Ash78, voting early and often > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/13/2018 at 08:17

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If you have black steelies and a bull bar, sure. But I still haven’t seen a white or black Explorer that looks like more than a safe, generic car choice. YMMV, of course. This whole opinion is highly local.

Here I fear the black Tahoe. Thankfully almost no private citizens buy those. Because black cars...who wants to wash them every day?!

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Ash78, voting early and often 09/13/2018 at 09:09

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In my jurisdiction, most don't even have bull bars, which is weird. Makes them safer in a crash, though. 

random001 > Textured Soy Protein 09/13/2018 at 10:43

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From reading his history.

Textured Soy Protein > random001 09/13/2018 at 11:10

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Trying to pick apart this particular article is the sign of being an out-of-touch wypipo. 

random001 > Textured Soy Protein 09/13/2018 at 11:13

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Of course it is.