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Winnipeg Man Has Vanity Plate Referencing Star Trek Recalled Over Complaints Of How Racist It Is

This is from the Blog Tech Dirt and Reporter Timothy Geigner, on Tuesday, 25 July 2017.

This is from the resistance-is-futile dept.

The Manitoba license plate reads ASIMIL8.

Here is an excerpt lifted from the article:

If you've existed at all in the modern day political climate you'll understand how some people who are—rightfully—sensitive to the rise of normalized racism, saw [Nick] Troller's plate as problematic.  Seeing the plate as a problem some people complained and Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) told Troller he had to get rid of it.  Troller has since relented to the pressure and gotten rid of the plate for one that says "COLECTV"—the plate still has the bracket sporting the "resistance is futile" saying.

Now, in this hyper-partisan time where everyone is either a racist or an SJW and we all hate each other with the burning passion of eight [pissed off] unhappy suns, it's no wonder that Troller's license plate has become an issue and that people on both sides have seized upon it.  The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which is known for taking people to court for denying anti-abortion activists a voice and other free speech issues, now—after advocating for Troller initially—may be taking the case to court.

And there you are.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff