• FraidyBear
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        As someone that grew up in the 90s watching NASCAR Dale was also hella legit. He hated the Confederate flag and was quoted as saying, “racism is a moral commitment to ignorance.” I miss when rednecks understood the fight and also hated cops. Now they suck and give the rest of us a bad name.

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          He was also a good guy in his community. A church called his number once by accident when asking for donations for reparis and he was like “hold on a minute” and went down to the church with a check for the full amount they had been trying to raise, telling them something like ‘I better not see a word about this in the paper’.

          Absolutely a stand up guy

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          19 months ago

          That is badass, I would define driving cars so fast that you are a celebrity and then using that celebrity status to stick a middle finger up to racism rampant in the fanbase and culture of the motorsport your career hinges on as “Living The Dream”.

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          19 months ago

          Not just local cars. Toyota, Honda, and SAAb all had stock cars, or in SAAb’s case, trucks.

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        I kept wondering if it was because all nascar drivers do is turn left. But him being used as a meme is never explained directly or contextually.

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          It’s because he was extremely vocal about hating the Confederate flag, and also vocal about racism being “stupid.”

          The dude was clearly left leaning in a sport that has mostly right leaning fans