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russilton · 5 months ago

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“They all take money to get there so what does it matter where the money comes from” is an astoundingly privileged take to have on sport. Holy false equivalency, Batman.

You can BOTH accept the reality of unethical money sources in sports, especially motorsport AND still criticise truly egregious sources and unfair advantages. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to agree that a 15/16 year old selling themselves and their body to corporate sponsors dependant on performance is VASTLY different to having a family member pay for your seat where you have the luxury of extra support. It doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to drive- it just means they’re privileged and you can’t argue away from it.

Whataboutism is right out of conservative playbooks and you all need to be able to recognise it. You can and should be able to have reasonable discussions about different issues without someone telling you “shut up because you’re bad too actually” bc it drags you into being apathetic about everything

#not to sub post- if you think you saw what post this is about DO NOT. SPEAK. TO OP.#they are entitled to their opinion #it might not have even been their main point it just slapped me in the face #I just FIRMLY disagree whenever people try to stifle uncomfortable discussion with “but your thing has problems too!!!’#because it allows people to feel more comfortable with shitty things #it’s like when I couldn’t critique the shit max was saying or who he was associating himself with #without people going ‘but Lewis spoke to shitty people too’ yeah he sure did #and he’ll do it again #and I’ll critisie that then #but none of that stops what max does being incredibly shitty #it’s the same playbook of ‘all politicians lie so voting is worthless. wrong. false equivalency is the death of accountability #wank/rants #to be deleted

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