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She called me baby, like an old romantic
No. I just think that the best way to minimize the effects of a racist remark is to simply ignore it, and ignore the guy who said it. Before social media this was well possible, these days are gone. Someone on Breakfast TV even had the brilliant idea to involve Ecclestone in order to give the affair some momentum, sorry for them that this has backfired. But I know it’s summertime, low tide in the editor’s room.
An archaic view point, imo. Silence didn't work too well in 50's did it? Imagine the difference it may have made to so many lives if people spoke up and united then instead of ignoring?
Why Would would we want to minimise the effect? We want to USE this prehistoric rhetoric FOR effect, for change, exactly what Lewis is doing using his F1 platform and in part the press is doing exposing people such as Piquet even if it is just for a headline.
Nothing backfired from GMT imo either other than giving him a wider platform from his muttering, ibut it did further expose a bigot who admits he is besties with a war criminal to a different part of society that may not normally engage with F1. This isn't BE first racism row in F1 either and I imagine nor will it be his last.