"The rumble of a modified exhaust used to be the soundtrack of American freedom..." give me a break. No one wants to hear you showing off your anti-lag at 3am.
"Snitches, sellouts, and surveillance tech..." because of course you want the freedom to make as much noise as you want whenever and where ever you want to.
This article is posting old news as current. The re-hiring started roughly a week after the firing and not everyone was re-hired, likely a mix of not invited back or choosing not to go back.