By the same logic, won't they be able to detect SSH tunneled traffic too?
It looks like you're just doing your wordpress thing, fancying your dogs. Just watch how much data you tunnel this way. 500 gig in a month might raise some eyebrows.
Also remember to use your regular un-vpn'd connection to visit ILoveAhmadinejad.com on a fairly regular basis so not all your traffic goes to this mysterious blog.
With SSH tunnel, if your connection fails, no traffic will escape regardless.
In the first case you are just one in a huge number of people using SSH to avoid sniffers. With Tor the authorities know you're doing something you'd rather not be seen doing. It's a much, much bigger red flag.
I don't accept the authority of any random gang of thugs over me, from whatever part of the world, period.