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Let's all talk about Lewis?

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  • #122
    Anjobe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭Anjobe


    quokula wrote: »
    You may call this ignoring a black flag.

    Errm, when a driver does not remove himself from the race after receiving a black flag, what should you call it? That is a very serious breach of the regulations, the fact that the original offense that he was having his little hissy fit over was so minor is irrelevant.

    Schumacher was certainly the best driver of his generation, with a strong claim to be the best ever. He has an even stronger claim to be the most arrogant, self-entitled, unsportsmanlike F1 driver ever.


  • #123
    donspeekinglesh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭donspeekinglesh


    quokula wrote: »
    The full story was that he overtook Hill on the formation lap for a moment, gave the place back

    That's deeply misrepresenting what happened. He overtook Hill several times, for significant stretches (this absolutely was not him just nosing ahead by accident), on BOTH formation laps. He was utterly taking the piss, and punishing the blatant rule breaking was completely correct.


  • #124
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    This wont end well


  • #125
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users Posts: 11,258 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    His "apology" really isn't one.
    However, after watching the video, I felt it showed that there is still a lot of uncertainty about the side effects most importantly and how it is going to be funded

    What "uncertainty"? Vaccines save lives, end of.


  • #126
    Harika
    Registered Users Posts: 4,409 ✭✭✭Harika


    I like Klopp approach when asked about Covid "Ask a doctor not a football trainer"


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  • #127
    selectamatic
    Registered Users Posts: 3,888 ✭✭✭selectamatic


    Harika wrote: »
    I like Klopp approach when asked about Covid "Ask a doctor not a football trainer"

    No one asked Lewis though.

    Seems to be a common theme with his public pronouncements.


  • #128
    jelutong
    Registered Users Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭jelutong


    About time his employer told him to shut up and concentrate on his job.


  • #129
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    If Lewis cares so much about human rights,m why does he race in China and Bahrain?


  • #130
    AMKC
    Registered Users Posts: 15,555 ✭✭✭✭AMKC
    Ms


    Pkiernan wrote: »
    If Lewis cares so much about human rights,m why does he race in China and Bahrain?

    He does it because that's where the races are and because he is a driver not a politician. I agree he should have kept his mouth shut about this unless he had done research and had real facts about it.

    Live long and Prosper

    Peace and long life.



  • #131
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    AMKC wrote: »
    He does it because that's where the races are and because he is a driver not a politician. I agree he should have kept his mouth shut about this unless he had done research and had real facts about it.

    He take a knee, then ignores Chinese concentration camps.
    Classy


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  • #132
    namloc1980
    Registered Users Posts: 18,064 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Bit of a conspiracy theorist is Lewis:

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/lewis-hamilton-f1-nasa-moon-16907995.amp


  • #133
    Anjobe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭Anjobe


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Bit of a conspiracy theorist is Lewis:

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/lewis-hamilton-f1-nasa-moon-16907995.amp

    According to the Daily Star...:rolleyes:


  • #134
    namloc1980
    Registered Users Posts: 18,064 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Anjobe wrote: »
    According to the Daily Star...:rolleyes:

    No according to the video of him bringing this up. Nice deflection though.


  • #135
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    namloc1980 wrote: »
    Bit of a conspiracy theorist is Lewis:

    https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/lewis-hamilton-f1-nasa-moon-16907995.amp

    And a homophobe


  • #136
    Dick Turnip
    Registered Users Posts: 982 ✭✭✭Dick Turnip


    Rodney Bathgate wrote: »
    And a homophobe

    Explain? Genuinely curious, has he made a few remarks in the past?


  • #137
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    Dick Turnip wrote: »
    Explain? Genuinely curious, has he made a few remarks in the past?

    A pretty well known incident relating to a social media post about his nephew in a dress.

    Do a search with your preferred search engine and you can judge for yourself.


  • #138
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users Posts: 7,505 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    i dont know why someone doesnt pull him aside and tell him to cop on. he is damageing what little positivity people have towards him. at the start of his career his actions rightly gave him his bad reputation. then he warmed up t o people in the last few years but now this all this anti rcist and look at me im a victim is pissing off a lot of people.
    it is damaging his brand , mercs brand, and f1 in general


  • #139
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    i dont know why someone doesnt pull him aside and tell him to cop on. he is damageing what little positivity people have towards him. at the start of his career his actions rightly gave him his bad reputation. then he warmed up t o people in the last few years but now this all this anti rcist and look at me im a victim is pissing off a lot of people.
    it is damaging his brand , mercs brand, and f1 in general


    Because he is so powerful now and we all know if anybody tried that he would play the race card and poor old me rubbish.


  • #140
    rock22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,547 ✭✭✭rock22


    It is natural that there is a lot of anti Louis Hamilton backlash from racists. I am sure he expected that


  • #141
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    rock22 wrote: »
    It is natural that there is a lot of anti Louis Hamilton backlash from racists. I am sure he expected that

    I dont care if its a purple dinosaur named Barney. Any gobshįte spouting anti-vax crap deserves all the backlash they get.


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  • #142
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    rock22 wrote: »
    It is natural that there is a lot of anti Louis Hamilton backlash from racists. I am sure he expected that

    What a load of garbage he is a human being like all of us no different at all except he is shouting his mouth off about anti-vax, was caught out and is now is back peddling.

    Stick to racing and give over the politics is peoples only ask here.


  • #143
    Anjobe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭Anjobe


    pjohnson wrote: »
    I dont care if its a purple dinosaur named Barney. Any gobshįte spouting anti-vax crap deserves all the backlash they get.
    TCP/IP wrote: »
    What a load of garbage he is a human being like all of us no different at all except he is shouting his mouth off about anti-vax, was caught out and is now is back peddling.

    Stick to racing and give over the politics is peoples only ask here.

    Stick to criticizing him about the anti-vax stuff then. Posts #142 and #143 don't mention anti-vax but do mention his anti-racism position, and criticizing that is racist I'm afraid.


  • #144
    TCP/IP
    Subscribers Posts: 3,698 ✭✭✭TCP/IP


    Anjobe wrote: »
    Stick to criticizing him about the anti-vax stuff then. Posts #142 and #143 don't mention anti-vax but do mention his anti-racism position, and criticizing that is racist I'm afraid.

    So you just proved my point that anything said about him in a negative light is classed as racism god help the world we live in nowadays.


  • #145
    Anjobe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭Anjobe


    TCP/IP wrote: »
    So you just proved my point that anything said about him in a negative light is classed as racism god help the world we live in nowadays.

    He posted an anti-vax video. Criticizing that is perfectly valid, and I don't think there has been anyone on here defending that.

    Criticizing a man of colour for promoting a campaign to end racial inequality and racial injustice, and for his efforts to get his sport to unite against racism, is racist. Do you really not see that? Ignorance of the issues among people who don't see racism around them much is understandable, but is a large part of the problem.


  • #146
    LiquidZeb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭LiquidZeb


    Anjobe wrote: »
    Stick to criticizing him about the anti-vax stuff then. Posts #142 and #143 don't mention anti-vax but do mention his anti-racism position, and criticizing that is racist I'm afraid.

    The only thing fragile white men hate more than a poor black person is a successful black person. They see Lewis Hamilton, a man of colour who has beaten the odds and become the best in a white man's sport. Some white people seem to feel his success is a kick in the teeth and just can't reconcile that a black person is at that level due to their bigotry.

    They then find any excuse to lambast him be it over his environmental and racial activism and most recently his poor comments about a vaccine. Sorry lads that black man is still going to be on top and be the best there was. Keep crying.


  • #147
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    LiquidZeb wrote: »
    The only thing fragile white men hate more than a poor black person is a successful black person. They see Lewis Hamilton, a man of colour who has beaten the odds and become the best in a white man's sport. Some white people seem to feel his success is a kick in the teeth and just can't reconcile that a black person is at that level due to their bigotry.

    They then find any excuse to lambast him be it over his environmental and racial activism and most recently his poor comments about a vaccine. Sorry lads that black man is still going to be on top and be the best there was. Keep crying.

    Pretty much sums up what a previous poster said. Hamilton cant cover up the anti-vax or expect to be immune (pardon the pun) from the criticism because of his race or try to hide behind his race. The fact you immediately jump to playing the race card is hilarious.

    The only racism ironically is displayed by you. Do you think only "fragile white men" have an issue with anti-vax? That the only people actually understanding vaccines are white racists or can only racists would be annoyed by his comments? I'm sure people of colour would also be disgusted at his comments and understand how wrong he is.


  • #148
    LiquidZeb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭LiquidZeb


    pjohnson wrote: »
    Pretty much sums up what a previous poster said. Hamilton cant cover up the anti-vax or expect to be immune (pardon the pun) from the criticism because of his race or try to hide behind his race. The fact you immediately jump to playing the race card is hilarious.

    The only racism ironically is displayed by you. Do you think only "fragile white men" have an issue with anti-vax? That the only people actually understanding vaccines are white racists or can only racists would be annoyed by his comments? I'm sure people of colour would also be disgusted at his comments and understand how wrong he is.

    All I'm saying is that people on the thread leap at the opportunity to criticize and dogpile Lewis at every opportunity they get. Why doesn't vettle or verstappen get the same treatment? I know the reason and so do you.


  • #149
    pjohnson
    Registered Users Posts: 23,141 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    LiquidZeb wrote: »
    All I'm saying is that people on the thread leap at the opportunity to criticize and dogpile Lewis at every opportunity they get. Why doesn't vettle or verstappen get the same treatment? I know the reason and so do you.

    Have "vettle" or Verstappen said anything anti-vax?

    If not then thats why. You can keep bringing race into it but its irrelevant.


  • #150
    LiquidZeb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭LiquidZeb


    pjohnson wrote: »
    Have "vettle" or Verstappen said anything anti-vax?

    If not then thats why. You can keep bringing race into it but its irrelevant.

    Yeah I misspelled Vettel that's my entire argument dismantled, well done Einstein. This thread existed before the vaccine incident. People saying they don't like him and not elaborating, people mocking his social justice and activist work against systematic racism, ignorance and bigotry suffered by him and millions of other BAME people.


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  • #151
    Frank Bullitt
    Registered Users Posts: 11,258 ✭✭✭✭Frank Bullitt


    Anjobe wrote: »
    Stick to criticizing him about the anti-vax stuff then. Posts #142 and #143 don't mention anti-vax but do mention his anti-racism position, and criticizing that is racist I'm afraid.

    Must have read them a few times now, can't spot any sort of racism at all in either of them.

    Criticizing an anti-racism stance is therefore racist. Serious mental gymnastics going on there.


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