Saw this comment on TikTok and it made me angry to see ššš
You can call out ableism AND still choose not to support a driver, the fact that he got in an on track accident with one of your favs should not be your main takeaway. Thereās already been a fair share of hate, ableism, and antisemitism towards Lance Stroll after the China GP which is completely uncalled for and extremely disappointing and hurtful to see and comments like these donāt need to be added to it
you guys wonāt believe what i saw on twitter today;
apparently there is a lance stroll fanbook that is being made to give to him at a GP. but itās gatekeeped by long time lance fans meaning that only them can have a say in the book. what asshole behaviour.
as lance fans, do these longtime fans who gatekeep these things not realize that we like the most hated driver on the grid? lately, thereās been a superiority problem as lance fans because iāve seen a lot of āwell iāve liked lance since 2017, bla bla blaā. ok and? if anything that makes newer fans annoyed and embarrassed.
who cares how long youāve liked a driver or are the same nationality as them, there is no reason you should feel superior about it and if you do and flaunt it around, youāre a big time asshole. we should be welcoming and encouraging others to cheer for lance instead of doing this type of immature shit.
every lance fan should be able to sign the fanbook.
now daniel fans are trying to claim that āall f1 drivers arenāt rich like lanceā meanwhile 3/4 of the grid are white and the rest are privileged billionaires. the victim complex goes crazy.
sure lance is a nepo baby but so are other drivers on the grid. without people in f1 for them, they would not be where they are today.
also yes receiving death threats from them again they cannot leave me alone.
Can we, Lance Fan, stan him in peace without all you haters coming after him? š£š
as much as i love defending lance, it is tiring seeing people use the same excuses:
āheās a nepo baby, billionaire, privileged, etcā, majority of the grids come from some type of former involvement with f1 and have good money. in order to participate in certain levels of sports you need good money.
āhis dad [insert rest of the sentence]ā yes lanceās father played a huge role in him getting into f1 but so did almost every driverās parents. i donāt understand why people are treating this as lawrence gambled or placed bets on his sonās career because ive seen parents do that before.
āhe hasnāt been told no and doesnāt take accountabilityā, there is always multiple sides to every story. lance has taken accountability for things heās done in f1. iām sure heās been told no by people before regardless if heās a billionaire or not. sure lance did not take accountability for this crash, but that is his belief. but donāt go saying that lance is the only driver to do this when there have been tons of drivers who believed they were in right for something but were actually in the wrong.
āheās a bratā and āi donāt like him!ā, this has to do with the fact that lance has money and is considered privileged. you canāt just tell how someone is based off of what you see over the internet. itās very easy to lie and pretend to be someone youāre not on the internet. itās exactly like acting. saying you donāt like him is your own opinion but when you run out of things to argue, donāt revert to that.
finally, the slurs and death threats. sure these are privileged billionaires but that doesnāt mean theyāre immune to death threats and gross things said about them. they could be suffering with their mental health in silence or speaking publicly about it. as someone whoās been down a dark path and has received death threats during it, itās hard not to give in. youāre told you need to focus on the support you have but sometimes thereās always those lingering thoughts.
for me, itās the refusal/denial to see lance as a proper driver and see that he wants to be good and improve but yet people are blind to that because they believe that lance will just be a dick and refuse to improve. if lance felt that way, why donāt we see him recklessly driving, finishing p20, etc every week? why do we see him having the most overtakes at the moment in this season?
just my opinion abt it all since i see f1 twt mostly pr3 stans crying and babying the grown musty looking rat. and yes i am well aware as a lance fan that his father had a huge role of getting lance into f1 and without him lance would not be there, but letās not dismiss that lance can drive.
and if i said im lowk glad lawrence is there for lance whereas daniel has to kiss hornerās bum which has allegations and misogyny all over it, i would get canceled on f1twt and the pr3 fans would probably leak my address.
saw someone on twt compare lance and kmagās battle to h*tler vs st*lin and i cannot be the only person who find this gross and unfunny š especially considering lance is literally jewish.
edit: tweet got deleted but for those who want to see it, https://x.com/samluvssports/status/1781985340217053458?s=46&t=pZsCA2EnETAkM-gCmvPyQA click on the link!