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Texas DMV rejects vegan license plate for 'vulgar' phrase
https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-dmv-rejects-vegan-license-plate-for-vulgar-phrase/TEXAS (KXAN) — A Houston resident’s proposed license plate has been rejected by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles, with the state agency saying the application included a “vulgar” phrase.
Catie Cryar applied for a license plate that read “LVTOFU,” according to a release from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). A PETA spokesperson said the license plate “does not contain profanity and is ‘designed to inspire more people to try tofu.'”
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Even if one loves "tofu" in either of its contexts.
It isn't violent nor racist/hateful, though so IMO, that needs to be the main focus of these "reviewers."
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