Law would stop Tesla electric car sales in NC

[AverageJoe90]

44. TBH, I don't think so, man. In fact, they'd probably have outlawed those, too, if given the chance.

Many conservatives back in those days generally didn't like performance cars of any sort; if you've read up about hot rods, you'll know social reactionaries in the '50s hated them, not just because of their early association with rock and roll, but because they gave younger people a sense of freedom, as well; muscle cars had the same effect. In fact, if it hadn't been for NASCAR's significant popularity amongst those working-class Southerners too busy having fun with their lives to get pissed off at "Red Commies" or People of Color, I betcha they would have tried to pull a trick like this back then, too.

Poking fun at these idiots would have been more effective if you'd instead that "All new N.C. cars now have to be '70s & '80s jalopies, preferably not made with union labor. No engine with more than 6 cylinders allowed, poor performance & poor reliability + build quality mandatory. Pintos & Vegas only for blacks." A Dixiecrat's dream.....