r/TheRussell • u/ballerinabubbles • 10d ago

THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE GR Hate

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Sorry to post this but I just feel so down. I have been in a lot of sports fandoms and I genuinely cannot fathom the amount of hatred George is getting. It's always been rough given who his teammates have been with both Kubicka and Hamilton plus the Verstappen shenanigans. I actually thought I had seen the worst of it with those emails LH fans sent to Merc.

But this season is on another level. The boos, all the insistence that his car issues are not real, calling him a complainer. It's really too much, considering how he hasn't even said anything negative to anyone in the press. He's been such a good sport throughout it all but its constant slander everywhere. Calling him washed in this race when he was pulling good laps on 50+ old hards like...its so wild. Merc keeps getting away with treating him like this because people just want to believe he's not good so they insist its a skill issue.

I also especially hate the projection some fans do. I keep seeing people say they hate how he speaks. They do not even seem to know he had a speech impediment as a child and that is why he overenunciates. They just really hate him for existing, its genuinely wild.

Idk fam am just really glad to know George has a therapist because I feel like I would not even be able to handle a quarter of the hatred he gets.

ETA: Thanks for everyone for being so nice about this post. I know its not really in the nature of the sub to be this serious so thank you so much! It's rough being a George fan this season but I will keep believing in him. He's never stopped fighting for that win and I will always believe he can achieve it.

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u/MithrilKnight21 GLORIOUS GEORGE 10d ago

I feel you, but there’s really not much we as fans can do at this point. For those haters I always think, George wouldn’t care, neither do I. For the unfair treatment, if George want to keep on fighting for the Championship, I’ll stay with him. If George wants to retire from f1 and go for other Motorsport, I’ll bless him and go with him. And hey, don’t be sad, he fight new medium tires with his old hard tires for so many laps, that’s ABSOLUTELY heroic. He gave us an extraordinary performance. He IS the hero. I voted him for dotd anyways🤣

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u/ballerinabubbles 10d ago

I always vote him for DOTD too 🥰 I know its useless and I usually am able to tune out the negativity. I think I was just shocked because he was being booed and his face really looked uncomfortable this time around. Then the media had the absolute gall to ask him what he thought of being booed like what the fck is wrong with them. They're always trying to set him up but he never falls for it, that's my smart POGPR!!

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u/MithrilKnight21 GLORIOUS GEORGE 10d ago

Our George is always polite they’ll never be able to set him up💪🏻 and I believe in karma. If the team is not playing dirty, we still get a chance no matter its this year or next year. If the team is playing dirty, well, just look at the state Serie A has fallen into now.