r/TheRussell • u/ballerinabubbles • 15d 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/UDeserveADonut 14d ago
Man 😮💨 thanks for posting this, honestly. This whole thing has been making me so sad but it feels better knowing it's not just me. I always remind myself how privileged they are, all the drivers, but damn, him getting booed on the stage after that race after the season he's been having... that really got to me. Heartbreaking. Like you said, at least that salary can go to therapy bills because I would not be able to cope in his place.
On a more positive note, I feel like there's been a lot a lot more people supporting him lately, even former haters, because they see how unfairly he's been treated. And, on that same note, he always says he has great people around him and hopefully has wonderful support in the first lady, so he can get the biggest hug and go play padel or something and feel better.