Don’t buy pickup trucks

"But regrettably, many pickups are bought as a sign of masculinity, largely by people who don’t know a hammer from a nail.:"

Thats called Projection, Mr. Zimmerman. Seems like you might have a problem with your own masculinity to be bothered by such innocuous choices other men make. What a thing to be triggered by. You are nobody to tell anybody else what they do and don't "need" in their lives. How would you even quantify that subjective metric anyways? When you start putting limitations on arbitrary classes of people regardless of the sphere - it is a very slippery slope. Please define the word "Need" for me, Mr. Zimmerman. I would love to hear it. My buddy needs a pickup truck to move his Dads wheelchair and medical stuff around - and he doesn't know a hammer from a nail - does he not need his truck? One of my college girlfriends had a pickup to take her surfboard to the beach - super masculine right? What a goofy frame of thought - but this is the kind of nonsense you get here in the bay area.

Thanks for your letter, Mr. Zimmerman, but how do you determine who is “worthy” of buying a pickup truck? And assuming these (IMO, discriminatory) standards are enacted, how would you enforce them? Would these “standards” expand to include 1 or 2 family member households and limiting them to only buying two door or two passenger cars? BTW, I know a few women who drive large pickup trucks (or taller cars). Some may not know a hammer from a nail but chances are that their significant others are happy that they’re able to see over other cars, even if, Ms. Li implies, they’re discriminating against others who don’t have the money to buy taller cars. On a side note, it’d be interesting to see the percentage of men and women buying pickups/tall cars.