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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    My little town had a nice couple days of protest. First day, a couple dozen very peaceful and quiet but a few young wise asses decided to mess with some of the protestors. Nothing crazy but one of the pester asses ended up dragged to the cop shop to help around the office cleaning  and stuff. Mostly harmless but there were definitely some that went all out to agitate and one on particular had some pretty vile things to say. 

    A few things happened that resulted in the rounding up of a posse and the next day there was a crowd of probably 100-120 in full out call and response mode. Seemed pretty intense for this tiny town and it honesty gives me chills to even think about. Laid back small town but hopefully got some mol people thinking.
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    I typed this up on my NASCAR thread.

    So Jimmy Johnson got a bunch of drivers together to put out a grass roots message via social media.  He told them all "this doesn't work unless you all press send a 2pm"

    If you missed it here it is.


    Bubba Wallace wore an "I can't breathe" shirt and his crew held it up before the race and he said he was moved to tears to see that.  Incased you didn't know, Bubba is the only African American in the NASCAR driving series.

    The president of NASCAR says to the 40 drivers before the race over their radios "our sport must do better. Our country needs to do better"

    I am very proud of my sport right now.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,657
    I typed this up on my NASCAR thread.

    So Jimmy Johnson got a bunch of drivers together to put out a grass roots message via social media.  He told them all "this doesn't work unless you all press send a 2pm"

    If you missed it here it is.


    Bubba Wallace wore an "I can't breathe" shirt and his crew held it up before the race and he said he was moved to tears to see that.  Incased you didn't know, Bubba is the only African American in the NASCAR driving series.

    The president of NASCAR says to the 40 drivers before the race over their radios "our sport must do better. Our country needs to do better"

    I am very proud of my sport right now.

    I've never been a big NASCAR fan but that was cool!  Well done, guys!
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I typed this up on my NASCAR thread.

    So Jimmy Johnson got a bunch of drivers together to put out a grass roots message via social media.  He told them all "this doesn't work unless you all press send a 2pm"

    If you missed it here it is.


    Bubba Wallace wore an "I can't breathe" shirt and his crew held it up before the race and he said he was moved to tears to see that.  Incased you didn't know, Bubba is the only African American in the NASCAR driving series.

    The president of NASCAR says to the 40 drivers before the race over their radios "our sport must do better. Our country needs to do better"

    I am very proud of my sport right now.
    I am not surprised.  For the most part NASCAR has it shit together...

    Their drivers and crew are some of the finest people in sports and when one misbehaves NASCAR generally acts quickly and decisively.  Jimmie Johnson is such a class act ... well done JJ and NASCAR.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    did you guys see that that nascar driver today announce that he is retiring after this season due to the confederate flag ban? he has been in 31 races and never won. way to rep the confederacy there, guy.

    also, with the roll cage, helmet, neck protector, and fireproof suit i would have thought he would have been better protected from all that butthurt.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    He could "care less" about the confederate flag, so much so that he will retire over it. Sure.

    What an idiot.
  • jeffbr
    jeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    dignin said:
    He could "care less" about the confederate flag, so much so that he will retire over it. Sure.

    What an idiot.
    He seems to be the poster child for what that flag represents to me - LOSER (on the track, in his education, and probably in his real life).
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,657
    did you guys see that that nascar driver today announce that he is retiring after this season due to the confederate flag ban? he has been in 31 races and never won. way to rep the confederacy there, guy.

    also, with the roll cage, helmet, neck protector, and fireproof suit i would have thought he would have been better protected from all that butthurt.

    Ouch!  :lol:
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  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,336
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,520
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    My first thought when I read the story was exactly this. I don't doubt that he actually feels this way, but I guarantee he or someone in his camp positioned it this way.
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 41,999
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    Invited up to the podium and allowed to say a few words about how his freedoms are being taken away at the next Team Trump Treason rally.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    he is the new joe the plumber.
    "You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry."  - Lincoln

    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,810
    pjl44 said:
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    My first thought when I read the story was exactly this. I don't doubt that he actually feels this way, but I guarantee he or someone in his camp positioned it this way.
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  • OnWis97
    OnWis97 St. Paul, MN Posts: 5,610
    pjl44 said:
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    My first thought when I read the story was exactly this. I don't doubt that he actually feels this way, but I guarantee he or someone in his camp positioned it this way.
    Maybe.  I doubt being a middle-of-the road truck series driver is outrageously lucrative.  So why not roll the dice on filling some conservative niche like Tommi, the Kent State Gun Woman, or whoever?  There's a ready-made audience ready to tout him as some kind of victim forced out by political correctness.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    OnWis97 said:
    pjl44 said:
    pjl44 said:
    Focus on Bubba Wallace and the rest of the drivers and NOT this clown.  I don't know his name and don't want to know his name.

    Don't give him anymore press.
    This is what I was thinking, too. He's a Truck Series driver with one Top 10 finish. This is the most publicity he has ever had.
    he probably believes he will be held up in high regard by the far right. may get his own fox news show or something. maybe join a show with curt schilling or something.
    My first thought when I read the story was exactly this. I don't doubt that he actually feels this way, but I guarantee he or someone in his camp positioned it this way.
    Maybe.  I doubt being a middle-of-the road truck series driver is outrageously lucrative.  So why not roll the dice on filling some conservative niche like Tommi, the Kent State Gun Woman, or whoever?  There's a ready-made audience ready to tout him as some kind of victim forced out by political correctness.
    but the easiest attack, that has been proven by screenshots, it that he retired because nascar banned the flag. he was forced out of nothing, so it can be completely debunked.
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,010
    forgot to add that tommi and kent state gun girl are pretty girls with guns. there is a demographic that is in to that kind of thing. i am not sure that anybody would be attracted to this guy that was essentially in the nascar minor leagues. it does not look like any women would be particularly attracted to him the way the guys are to tomi and gun girl.
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    "Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
  • Halifax2TheMax
    Halifax2TheMax Posts: 41,999
    forgot to add that tommi and kent state gun girl are pretty girls with guns. there is a demographic that is in to that kind of thing. i am not sure that anybody would be attracted to this guy that was essentially in the nascar minor leagues. it does not look like any women would be particularly attracted to him the way the guys are to tomi and gun girl.
    Incels are attracted to him. Very much so. He’ll do well on the incel circuit.
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