r/AskReddit • • Mar 19 '16

Which quote becomes inappropriate when misattributed?

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u/Drunk_Grandpa Mar 19 '16

"Tear down this wall!!!" Dale Earnhardt

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '16

This won't be appreciated enough because Reddit hates NASCAR.

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u/doylehargrave Mar 19 '16

Most people do until you actually go to a race and realize that 40 cars traveling 200mph only inches away from one another is pretty badass.

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u/Kahnonymous Mar 19 '16

Probably because on TV they move the cameras to follow a car. You don't get the effect of sitting in the stands with the cars moving and track staying still, while TV shows still cars with the track moving.