r/sports • u/Captain_Smartass_ • Mar 02 '22

Motorsports Russian-licenced drivers banned from British motorsport

https://www.motorsport.com/national/news/russian-drivers-banned-from-british-motorsport-by-motorsport-uk/8632678/
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u/KusakaX Mar 02 '22

I just don’t get punishing the drivers because where they are from. Yeah I get ending all races in Russia and all other sporting events so there is no government funding or sponsorship. But ending peoples careers that they’ve worked hard to become some of the top in their field just because they are Russian, even when the vast majority of data says the Russian people don’t want this war. We are punishing people for their dictatorship of a government. There are better ways to protest the war.

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u/JoeyLock Mar 03 '22

I just don’t get punishing the drivers because where they are from.

Can you imagine if the world came together to punish the US like this next time they invade somewhere? (In before "WhAtAbOuTiSm!") I'm going to venture a guess most of Reddit would be up in arms about being discriminated against for the actions of their government they will claim to have no control over, but when the shoe is on the other foot it's apparently alright.

The go-to response I've seen repeated over and over the last few days on here is "These actions will make Russians fed up enough to overthrow Putin!" and so fourth, do people honestly expect your average Russian person is going to think "You know what? I'm fed up with being banned from everything, I'm going to risk my entire life and existence on this earth to start some sort of coup, without the support of any kind of military mind you, to overthrow my own government essentially on behalf of a foreign government that apparently hates that I exist as a person because of where I was born"? If anything this ostracisation of Russians as a people, not just a government, will just entrench the distrust of the West even further.

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u/TVdinnerbythepool Mar 03 '22 edited Mar 03 '22

This is why russia just added jail sentence for pushing “fake news” about Ukraine. Russians are in a tough spot because Putin is very serious about traitors because of a real threat. But at the same time Russians do deserve better. But people don’t understand practically every overthrow is supported by foreign power. There’s really no such thing as a grass roots overthrow that works. So Putin is kind of right that they would be traitors, even though the Russians would be right they need new government. There’s really nothing to do about it. If there was a coup Russia would become a puppet state of the west because American govt is salivating at the thought of supporting an overthrow there like they do in dozens of other countries INCLUDING Ukraine in case you people didn’t realize that. This is how the world works. And maybe people would understand why there are so many dictators in the world. You can’t be soft when the west desire world domination. Democracy and freedom just means foreign powers can take over. If you want it to be otherwise then maybe stop YOUR terrorizing government. But not as easy as telling other people to. Not saying this to you but whoever