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I've always been probably a bit too empathetic for my own good, but I honestly kinda felt bad for Dylan when he was getting booed last night. I was in the stadium and my first reaction was to laugh like "holy shit, this place is going nuts on him right now". But then when he came on the screen again and the boos came back, I got a bad feeling.
I agree that it was a dumb move, but on a human level, I imagined how it must feel getting booed by 30-40,000 people in a stadium and the residual hate he (and probably his girlfriend too, unfortunately) are going to have to deal with going forward in person, in autograph lines, on social media etc.
At the end of the day, this is just dirtbike racing. But unfortunately sometimes people take things way too far, and I wouldn't be surprised if the guy is getting death threats.
I agree that it was a dumb move, but on a human level, I imagined how it must feel getting booed by 30-40,000 people in a stadium and the residual hate he (and probably his girlfriend too, unfortunately) are going to have to deal with going forward in person, in autograph lines, on social media etc.
At the end of the day, this is just dirtbike racing. But unfortunately sometimes people take things way too far, and I wouldn't be surprised if the guy is getting death threats.
But if it was an US rider taking out a frenchman, the whining and cryout wouldn't be half as bad.
The Shop
Craig punted the shit out of AMart in PRACTICE some years ago and no one booed him for that
I mean there's a few pyschos taking the frustrations of their sad world out on him but I can't see anyone reasonable holding any ill will
Was his move stupid? Yes
Does he deserve to have people booing him while he is trying to do his podium speech? No
I can't remember a more disgusting reaction from so many people in years, Marvin got a lot of shit from the Tomac incident (which was worse than the Craig/Ferrandis incident) but not like this. The worst are the psychos that search up his girlfriends account on different social media outlets and harass her too.
I think the other half is that so many people wanted Jett to get the win and when Ferrandis took it from him he killed it for everyone.
I wasn't too upset with hours pass on Craig, dumb move but in the heat of the moment sometimes shit happens. I wasn't impressed with some of the moves he put on Jett though. I thought for sure he was going to take him out
It's ridiculous how bent out of shape and abusive some people get over every single incident these days. Especially when it was clearly unintentional.
Pit Row
When he really lost me was at 1:24 on this video when he tagged Jett Lawrence’s wheel coming off that lip. That wasn’t accidental and it was MUCH more dangerous than taking out CC on a flat corner. That was a chickenshit move and that’s what made me believe the boo’s were warranted.
https://youtu.be/dbU_sln-GMA
He made a mistake, I'm pretty sure he knows it now, and I look forward to seeing a less frantic reaction from him when he's working his way thru the pack. Hopefully we see him making smart passes in the future.
Unfortunately this wave of negativity will continue because of social media and venues like this forum. Let's see how he rides this weekend considering the week he's about to have.
Props to the OP for showing some empathy and offsetting some of the hate.
Half of the people losing their minds are the same ones who go on the "back in my day..." rants about how "men were men" back in the day or spend time reminiscing about some of the hardest, dirtiest passes we've ever seen.
The rest of the season is going to be incredible. I hope Craig gets some revenge, I hope Jett comes back and gets a win, I hope DF1 keeps getting crap starts and ripping through the pack (hopefully without hurting anyone else) and I hope at the end of it all, the best rider wins and everyone can be happy for whoever it is.
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