NASCAR owners say they wouldnt tolerate national anthem protests at races

[Nevernose]

59. I'm going to assume you're on the level

And not just messing with us. But maybe we -- the SJWs of the world -- are doing a shitty job explaining ourselves, so here goes:

There are very, very few people in America that hate white males, either on an organized basis or unconsciously. We know this through history, through observable facts (white males are the least discriminated-against group in modern America), and through active science (there's a whole lot of brain science done on the subject; look it up sometime).

People of color are more likely to be the victims of bigotry than are white people; rich people generally have it better than white people. I don't think those statements are particularly controversial. Here's why we think Petty is an asshole: as a rich, white male, he doesn't have to worry about the same shit that Black people do, including rich Black people. So it's very, very easy for him to say how patriotic he is and to wave flags during the national anthem. He doesn't have to worry that he or a friend or a loved one will be beaten or accidentally murdered by a jumpy cop that doesn't even know he's got an implicit bias towards darker-skinned people (which happens frequently in African Americans, too, by the way). Because of that, it's very easy for wealthy white guys to NOT protest.

I sincerely doubt that most of us believe he's a sheet-wearing Klansman on Tuesday night, what we're saying is that he's spouting off about a life-and-death issue for many people of color and doesn't seem to realize that he's spouting off from a place of incredible privilege. He comes across as Marie Antoinette shouting "Let them eat cake!" to the starving peasants. Probably not evil, but definitely tone deaf.

(And I'm sorry, but NASCAR's only good in person, but in person it's freaking awesome)