06-07-2020, 05:46 PM
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Those drivers who chose to stand, said to be unsettled by the political direction taken by the leadership of the Black Lives Matter movement. From one of the drivers.
06-07-2020, 06:11 PM
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Wow, let’s bash Lewis for taking a stand, firstly, it wasn’t his idea to take the knee, it was raised at the drivers meeting, by two of the drivers, Roman grosjean being one of them, he only took the decision to kneel late on Saturday and at no time put pressure on the other drivers to do so, secondly, Mercedes took the decision to change the livery on their cars, no driver has that input to any team, Hamilton has started his own foundation to help people less fortunate, he has his own private jet, as does Bruce Dickinson ( iron maiden ) and John travolta ( actor) , most racing drivers live in Monaco no doubt due to tax reasons ( although they probably deny it) so he’s by no way the only one, a privileged background, he lived in a council house and his dad, Anthony, had to work two even three jobs to keep racing,06-07-2020, 07:09 PM
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https://billmuehlenberg.com/2020/06/...-lives-matter/Some are taking the moral high ground, ignoring the BLM hypocrisy.
06-07-2020, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Primus1
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Wow, let’s bash Lewis for taking a stand, firstly, it wasn’t his idea to take the knee, it was raised at the drivers meeting, by two of the drivers, Roman grosjean being one of them, he only took the decision to kneel late on Saturday and at no time put pressure on the other drivers to do so, secondly, Mercedes took the decision to change the livery on their cars, no driver has that input to any team, Hamilton has started his own foundation to help people less fortunate, he has his own private jet, as does Bruce Dickinson ( iron maiden ) and John travolta ( actor) , most racing drivers live in Monaco no doubt due to tax reasons ( although they probably deny it) so he’s by no way the only one, a privileged background, he lived in a council house and his dad, Anthony, had to work two even three jobs to keep racing,
And as for his council house `slum` he was brought up in and couldn't wait to get out of, it was a three-bedroomed semi which is now valued at £1M - his dad working two or three jobs is also a fantasy to create the poor boy makes good image. And how did he pay his dad for this supposed largess? He sacked him.
And another thing while I'm in the mood - maybe it wasn't his idea to `take the knee` but it was his idea to wear the ridiculous chain and padlock to emphasise his `slave` roots.
06-07-2020, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by d00d
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BLM is doing a lot of damage to race relations. Hamilton is too dumb to see it.
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