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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:11 PM Sep 2013

If Texas couldn't get any crazier....

Realistic tailgate decal of woman hogtied in bed of truck draws intense criticism
The photo of a blonde employee bound and helpless in the bed of a pickup truck has drawn looks of shock and disgust — and some claimed calls to police as well.

By Nina Golgowski / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 11:46 AM
Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 11:46 AM

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tailgate-decal-hogtied-woman-draws-heat-article-1.1449146#ixzz2eLyldGe1


http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1449142.1378654928!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_635/tailgate9n-4-web.jpg


oh and heres the disgusting video

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Dr. Strange

(25,915 posts)
2. Well, I wouldn't have thunk it possible, but...
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:19 PM
Sep 2013

by comparison those TruckNutz are starting to look mildly respectable.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
4. The whole state of Texas should not be blamed due to what ONE company did.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:39 PM
Sep 2013

Every state in The USA - every one of 'em - has it's share of nuts.

I wish folks would stop the stereotyping

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
5. eh, some people here love to go in for collective blaming, if it's a chance to throw random elbows
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:44 PM
Sep 2013

at groups they can't stand.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
6. why not a fat dude naked except for confederate flag underwear, with an apple in his mouth?
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:46 PM
Sep 2013

I have some ideas who could be the model.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
8. This country is terminally ill.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 09:52 PM
Sep 2013

My favorite daydream these days is to leave. A sheep farm in Wales sounds good.

Kolb didn't expect this kind of reaction? Really?

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
9. 100 years ago actual lynchings were considered wholesome entertainment.
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 11:09 PM
Sep 2013

We've gone from Segregation to an African American President, Stonewall to an inexorable march towards LGBT marriage equality, in the space of a few decades.

This guy's an asshole, but he's enabled more by advances in large format digital printing on vinyl than anything else.

I don't buy the "culture in crisis" narrative. I actually think things are improving, even in Texas.

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