Lewis Hamilton, F1 Driver or Activist?
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Lewis Hamilton, F1 Driver or Activist?
I think it is about time the Mercedes Team Principal took Hamilton aside and explained in very direct terms that you do not wave your "personal` agenda in the Worlds face ,standing under your Country`s Flag,as the National Anthems are played,making some political arm waving as well....F&*&^%g disgraceful.....
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I think it is about time the Mercedes Team Principal took Hamilton aside and explained in very direct terms that you do not wave your "personal` agenda in the Worlds face ,standing under your Country`s Flag,as the National Anthems are played,making some political arm waving as well....F&*&^%g disgraceful.....
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Totally agree, but the team needs to put a stop to the rest of it, especially as it’s now effecting sponsors. It’s sport not a political stage and needs nipping in the bud before it spreads. You get the feeling Merc are sh&t scared of upsetting their golden goose..
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Personally I think that, outside of F1, he's got very little of substance to fill his time with and the whole BLM thing is a way of filling that void. Could be very wrong of course

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Well for one they are paying a fortune for their logos on his clothing something he has covered up...... I would also point out if he is so disgusted and fervently against the slave labour of the past, WTF is he doing driving for Mercedes who used Jewish slave labour during WW2? Ohhh wait he is being paid wads of cash so that part of the companies history of using Jewish slave labour appears not to bother him.
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You get the feeling Merc are sh&t scared of upsetting their golden goose..
WTF is he doing driving for Mercedes who used Jewish slave labour during WW2?
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Well for one they are paying a fortune for their logos on his clothing something he has covered up...... I would also point out if he is so disgusted and fervently against the slave labour of the past, WTF is he doing driving for Mercedes who used Jewish slave labour during WW2? Ohhh wait he is being paid wads of cash so that part of the companies history of using Jewish slave labour appears not to bother him.
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It's people like you who make his campaign necessary, you know.
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Suggest you take a closer look at what they've actually done & said, rather that what you think they might think. As to your view of Mercedes war record, it's well known that reparations were made for their part in the war, & the company also apologised for their part on it. Considering that none of the current employees could possibly have influenced the companies behaviour 80 years ago, your comment comes across as even more ill informed.
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The red pace car had a rainbow on it which could be construed as political, no?
The problem with Lewis’s T-shirt is that it assumes guilt and calls for summary justice, i.e. a sidestep around the legal process. A call to arrest Donald Trump for tax evasion would be in a similar vein, without waiting for the facts to be impartially considered.
The problem with Lewis’s T-shirt is that it assumes guilt and calls for summary justice, i.e. a sidestep around the legal process. A call to arrest Donald Trump for tax evasion would be in a similar vein, without waiting for the facts to be impartially considered.
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I don’t watch the pre-race show as a fair amount of ‘woke’ stuff happens then. At race end when LH appeared with that long t-shirt I switched off.
Besides COVID problems the NFL and NBA have ‘woke’ problems in the States.
I don’t care about your politics or causes. Keep them out of your job.
Besides COVID problems the NFL and NBA have ‘woke’ problems in the States.
I don’t care about your politics or causes. Keep them out of your job.
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