Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke

[DigitalDrifter]

To piss libs off


Conservatives Are Purposely Making Their Cars Spew Black Smoke To Protest Obama And Environmentalists

Pickup trucks customized to spew black smoke into the air are quickly becoming the newest weapon in the culture wars.

"Coal Rollers" are diesel trucks modified with chimneys and equipment that can force extra fuel into the engine causing dark black smoke to pour out of the chimney stacks. These modifications are not new, but as Slate's Dave Weigel pointed out on Thursday, "rolling coal" has begun to take on a political dimension with pickup drivers increasingly viewing their smokestacks as a form of protest against environmentalists and Obama administration emissions regulations.

Last month, Vocativ noted many coal rollers focus their fumes on "nature nuffies," or people who drive hybrids, and "rice burners," or Japanese-made cars.

"The feeling around here is that everyone who drives a small car is a liberal," a roller named Ryan told Vocativ. "I rolled coal on a Prius once just because they were tailing me."

Weigel spoke to a seller of coal rolling customization equipment who described why some drivers see spewing smoke as a political protest.

"I run into a lot of people that really don’t like Obama at all," the salesperson said. "If he’s into the environment, if he’s into this or that, we’re not. I hear a lot of that. To get a single stack on my truck—that’s my way of giving them the finger. You want clean air and a tiny carbon footprint? Well, screw you."

As coal rollers have become a form of conservative protest, their popularity seems to be exploding. Vocativ found Facebook pages dedicated to the phenomenon have about 16,000 followers and over 100,000 rolling coal posts have appeared on Instagram and Tumblr. According to Google Trends, there were virtually no internet searches for "rolling coal" prior to February 2011. Since then, search volume for the term has increased over 700%.

With this explosion in online attention, the battles between coal rollers and their environmentalist enemies are playing out in social media pages, Youtube videos and internet comment sections. Many of the rolling coal Facebook pages feature memes (like the one pictured on the right) that mock hybrid drivers and liberals. Coal rollers have also posted videos showing their trucks blasting more environmentally-efficient cars with smoke.

Opponents of the practice have also taken to the internet. Weigel noted "a mid-June surge of comments" from progressives attacking coal rolling social media pages in the wake of the Vocativ article. In 2012, one outraged Youtuber posted a video entitled "Victim Of Coal Rolling" that showed a pickup shooting fumes at his car.

"Blow your smoke at me you son of a bitch," the driver says in the video.

Though the clip seemed designed as a criticism of coal rollers, it attracted a slew of comments from people who were clearly on the side of the pickup driver.

"What a loser you are, ain't nothing wrong with rolling some confederate coal," one person replied.

"Stupid ricers. what were you gonna do you bitch?" another said.

Check out some videos of coal rollers hitting the road and blasting other motorists below.

https://autos.yahoo.com/news/conser...-cars-spew-black-smoke-protest-190500408.html

 

[Asclepias]

Ignorant people always do have a penchant for destroying their environments. They really think they are smart by doing this too I bet.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Ignorant people always do have a penchant for destroying their environments. They really think they are smart by doing this too I bet.

Do you drive a vehicle that uses a petroleum product ?

 

[konradv]

Ignorant people always do have a penchant for destroying their environments. They really think they are smart by doing this too I bet.

Do you drive a vehicle that uses a petroleum product ?

Irrelevant, since that isn't the point. The point is what jackasses the hard right has become. Obama should teach them a lesson and go on record as being a fervid NASCAR fan.

 

[Inevitable]

In order to make a vehicle do this they must run the vehicle "rich" meaning the air fuel mixture is more saturated with fuel thus burning through fuel faster. This appears to simply be a toll on the stupid. I am no environmentalist but a $3.65 a gallon I don't see any value in blowing it out of the tail pipe at the expense of your vehicle to...serenade people who otherwise don't care. But than again I am not an ignorant five year old manchild with a pickup truck and a chip on my shoulder.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

 

[I.P.Freely]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

It does not piss me off as I live in the UK, it just confirm some of my worth thoughts about certain dimwitted Americans.I hope I have not over analysed my response so you may comprehend it.

 

[Inevitable]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

That is kind of childish and stupid. If you weren't so busy trying to "piss off liberals" which you aren't, I don't think they care, you might just be able to soon an election.

And you throw around this term "liberal", I assume you believe you are conservative. You really aren't against liberals because you are actually a classical liberal. You would be against progressive democrats who are really not liberal. Environmentalists only vote democrat because the democrats have taken that cause. You aren't really doing anything but paying the toll for being an idiot.

 

[konradv]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

Just because analysis is beyond you, don't assume you can tell us what to do.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Thanks for the responses !

 

[Inevitable]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

It does not piss me off as I live in the UK, it just confirm some of my worth thoughts about certain dimwitted Americans.I hope I have not over analysed my response so you may comprehend it.

Sadly we have some supreme imbeciles here. They think they are doing anything but hurting their fuel economy and vehicle by putting to much fuel in it.

Most people would simply laugh. Me being conservative, I find this childish behavior to beon par with a high school student buying 2000 dollars worth of speakers to put in his mom's old 300 dollar Bonneville to "impress chicks" or "confound the adults."

They are only legends in their own minds.

 

[Inevitable]

Thanks for the responses !

I assume you are 19-25 based on the way you have posted this. Only people that ageare self centered enough to think a "liberal" gives a damn about how cool you look in your mom's old minivan.

Thanks for proving once again that youth is wasted on the young.

This is so sad. You seem so starved for attention that you are thrilled to get negative attention.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Thanks for the responses !

I assume you are 19-25 based on the way you have posted this. Only people that ageare self centered enough to think a "liberal" gives a damn about how cool you look in your mom's old minivan.

Thanks for proving once again that youth is wasted on the young.

This is so sad. You seem so starved for attention that you are thrilled to get negative attention.

Based on your avatar, I assume you're about 15. EDIT.

 

[Inevitable]

That's a shame they are going to royallyfuck up those engines. When a statement with their vote would be so much more effective. I guess children have to play.

 

[Inevitable]

Thanks for the responses !

I assume you are 19-25 based on the way you have posted this. Only people that ageare self centered enough to think a "liberal" gives a damn about how cool you look in your mom's old minivan.

Thanks for proving once again that youth is wasted on the young.

This is so sad. You seem so starved for attention that you are thrilled to get negative attention.

Based on your avatar, I assume you're about 15.

Ooo, struck a nerve.

 

[Bfgrn]

It's all about pissing off liberals, and nothing more. Don't try to over analyze what's going on.

That is kind of childish and stupid. If you weren't so busy trying to "piss off liberals" which you aren't, I don't think they care, you might just be able to soon an election.

And you throw around this term "liberal", I assume you believe you are conservative. You really aren't against liberals because you are actually a classical liberal. You would be against progressive democrats who are really not liberal. Environmentalists only vote democrat because the democrats have taken that cause. You aren't really doing anything but paying the toll for being an idiot.

??? You are confused.

 

[JWBooth]

Screw the environment, this is just a damn stupid thing to do to your machinery.

 

[Old Rocks]

Well, you trigger an asthma attack in someone in the car you are dusting, and you may find yourself giving that person a considerable amount of your retirement. This is not only childish, it is proof of the intellectual level to which the far right has descended.

 

[PredFan]

I wouldn't do it, but I'm glad someone is. Love it.

 

[UllysesS.Archer]

Ignorant people always do have a penchant for destroying their environments. They really think they are smart by doing this too I bet.

Do you drive a vehicle that uses a petroleum product ?

Irrelevant, since that isn't the point. The point is what jackasses the hard right has become. Obama should teach them a lesson and go on record as being a fervid NASCAR fan.

That won't happen, Nascar still has a prayer before the race. Obama's head might explode if he had to stand through that.