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That is what conservatives do, protect the minority from the majority.
Like they do with homosexuals, transsexuals, sick people, aborting women, other religions, immigrants, etc etc?
Sorry, but no.
That is what conservatives do, protect the minority from the majority.
I can only give my personal opinion of why people are reacting the way they have. 1, and I think this is actually the biggest reason - other than B12Hr and FE, it's a quiet week in the motorsports world. If this announcement would have come out mid-car launches, I doubt we'd be hearing much. 2. As I think I've mentioned, personally, I don't really care if the grid girls are their, but (and again, because it's a quiet week) I personally have issue with the why and the how LM went about making this move. To me, it seems like a fair bit of virtue signalling from a sport that has been the pininicle of masculinity for quite some time now. I don't think we need half naked women draped over the cars, but I also think this, I dunno how to call it..."new age fear" of masculenity and the "de-masculinating" of many things like F1 is not really necessariry to the degree it's being taken.Nope.
I'd suggest not everyone in this thread is being as civil and friendly as you and I would like - the one-line comments about PC SJWs and similar. I appreciate you taking the time to consider what I and others have written, and reply with a reasonable answer.
Do what you like. I've not told anyone to stop talking about it, or that anyone should agree with me. All I've said is that there's been an overreaction to a minor decision, and questioned why decisions or events with similar but much further reaching consequences don't achieve the same reaction - a question noone has attempted to answer. I have a hypothesis - that the reaction is emotional based on a desire to see "attractive" women with not enough self control to step back and see how little it matters - but I hope I'm wrong. I want to be wrong because it paints people in a negative light, but every time I see someone's post blaming political correctness, feminists, or social justice warriors, that's the impression I receive of them.
I will be watching it when the race is uploaded. I can't stay up all night to watch it live. Until then I'm staying out of the thread to avoid spoilers.
It didn't come across as semi-serious, tongue in cheek or (I think you ment) light-hearted. It came across as a rant. But at least I know how you felt when you read my light-hearted comment, so shall we call it a draw?
One more thing I'll add - and this IS light hearted and tongue in cheek, so please take it as such - is the role reversal that seems to me to have taken place in this thread, like some sort of Shakespearean comedy: you've got @Johnnypenso, usually a right-leaning, conservative fellow, suddenly arguing on behalf of the individual against a large business (correct me if I'm wrong), and folks such as @TenEightyOne (picking you out as the most recent comment in this vein, again, correct if applicable) saying it's nothing more than a business decision and a private company can do that if they so wish.
The SJW nonsense comes in to play because of responses like this. Your hypothesis is nothing more than painting those who disagree with the decision as mysoginists or sexist pigs or whatever the pc term that applies is, with prettier words of course. You try to besmirch the character of the responders rather than discussion the subject itself. Also known as an ad hominem attack.Do what you like. I've not told anyone to stop talking about it, or that anyone should agree with me. All I've said is that there's been an overreaction to a minor decision, and questioned why decisions or events with similar but much further reaching consequences don't achieve the same reaction - a question noone has attempted to answer. I have a hypothesis - that the reaction is emotional based on a desire to see "attractive" women with not enough self control to step back and see how little it matters - but I hope I'm wrong. I want to be wrong because it paints people in a negative light, but every time I see someone's post blaming political correctness, feminists, or social justice warriors, that's the impression I receive of them.
That would be wrong. At no point have I said that F1 doesn't have the right to make this decision. Of course they do it's their business but that doesn't mean that I have to think it's the right decision or that I agree with the motivations behind it. Since it looks like you've been reading some of my posts you should also know that I abhor political correctness which is the basis for this decision, IMHO.One more thing I'll add - and this IS light hearted and tongue in cheek, so please take it as such - is the role reversal that seems to me to have taken place in this thread, like some sort of Shakespearean comedy: you've got @Johnnypenso, usually a right-leaning, conservative fellow, suddenly arguing on behalf of the individual against a large business (correct me if I'm wrong), and folks such as @TenEightyOne (picking you out as the most recent comment in this vein, again, correct if applicable) saying it's nothing more than a business decision and a private company can do that if they so wish.
Like they do with homosexuals, transsexuals, sick people, aborting women, other religions, immigrants, etc etc?
Sorry, but no.
None of those things are conservative values.
Correct. These are minorities. And the conservatives do quite the opposite of protecting them.
I think another reason people misrepresent conservitism is that political conservitism and Christian conservitism get muddled together. Am I wrong in think that, in theory, those are two different things? It's very possible for a gay person to be in favour of limited government, individual liberty (I would think that would strike home with many gay people no?), free markets, etc. It's also very possible for someone who is pro-choice to be in favour of limited government, individual liberty, etc.
Straight from google.
CONSERVATIVES – Generally believe in personal responsibility, limited government, free markets, individual liberty, traditional American values and a strong national defense. Also believe the role of government should be to provide people the freedom necessary to pursue their own goals.
It is not a conservative value to bash people and take away their liberties, you must be thinking of another group of people.
That is what conservatives do, protect the minority from the majority.
The irony runs deep, I'm sure there are plenty of conservative christians against the idea of grid girls, I'm also sure the minority that is the progressive left is also against the idea.
Bring em back, hell we need Bernie back.
Speaking of Bernie, he has weighed in:The irony runs deep, I'm sure there are plenty of conservative christians against the idea of grid girls, I'm also sure the minority that is the progressive left is also against the idea.
Bring em back, hell we need Bernie back.
However, Ecclestone said in an interview with Sky News: “These girls did nothing harmful to anybody. They were smartly dressed. We might as well say we don’t want people to go to a fashion show because, basically, that’s what happened.
It is not a conservative value to bash people and take away their liberties, you must be thinking of another group of people.
Open letter from Paola Pinar against the decision of F1
They take away our work, but hey, they do it for our own good. This work that they describe as macho and old-fashioned is a job that we like all those who do it, we do it because we want to, because we have fun, because we live an experience from within, and because they pay us well even sometimes VERY well.
The problem is not in the work, the problem is in your brains, there is the real machism. Have you ever considered the amount of work of hostesses there? Surely not, surely if you are not in this world you are not able to see how this work really is and you believe you have the right to express your opinion about something you do not have a clue about.
Within all the works of stewardesses, circuits are probably one of the best jobs, because no matter how much you are working as an image and an advert, in 99% of the cases people treat you with the greatest respect, they take care of you, you do not lack nothing.
Everything changes if you work as a stewardess for a brand of alcohol at night, in a nightclub full of drunks at 3 in the morning, sometimes alone. Has anyone considered prohibiting this work? I invite all those who criticize and support the decision to eliminate the 'Grid Girls' of Formula 1, go to any night promotion, what's more, I would dare to say that even some of you, brave and feminist critics during the day, any night with two more drinks has intimidated some stewardess when she tried to do her job. There is danger there, but not because of the work itself but because of the people around you while you try to work. But of course, that's not media, that does not appear on the news, so nobody speaks. But well, not everything happens only when we work, machism is on the street, every day, anywhere. You walk and a guy tells you all kinds of denigrating "compliments", they whistle at you, stop the van and you shut up and keep walking looking straight ahead. Do not ever stop, stand up and send them to hell because then they call you a bitch and they run away accelerating. Maybe we should reeducate people instead of banning jobs that in no way denigrate, humiliate or make women less.
I send this to you with all due respect, since I have seen an article speaking on the subject, when nobody has asked us the opinion. This is the other side of the matter. We are happy with our work and we do not want to stop doing it.
she raises an interesting point, but not in favour of grid girls: She mentions the work in night clubs as an example, where promotion girls can feel unsafe and threatened by some idiots. Wouldn't it make sense that the objectification of women (grid girls) actually fuels the culture where men feel it is ok to treat women like this?
she raises an interesting point, but not in favour of grid girls: She mentions the work in night clubs as an example, where promotion girls can feel unsafe and threatened by some idiots
Wouldn't it make sense that the objectification of women (grid girls) actually fuels the culture where men feel it is ok to treat women like this?
Grid Girls are being replaced by Grid Kids
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/formula-1-replaces-grid-girls-with-kids-1002307/
I can only give my personal opinion of why people are reacting the way they have. 1, and I think this is actually the biggest reason - other than B12Hr and FE, it's a quiet week in the motorsports world. If this announcement would have come out mid-car launches, I doubt we'd be hearing much. 2. As I think I've mentioned, personally, I don't really care if the grid girls are their, but (and again, because it's a quiet week) I personally have issue with the why and the how LM went about making this move. To me, it seems like a fair bit of virtue signalling from a sport that has been the pininicle of masculinity for quite some time now. I don't think we need half naked women draped over the cars, but I also think this, I dunno how to call it..."new age fear" of masculenity and the "de-masculinating" of many things like F1 is not really necessariry to the degree it's being taken.
As mentioned in the twitter posts by Leena Gade, the presence of grid girls played zero role in her deciding to be in Motorsport. Now, not every woman out there is Leena, but I have doubts whether eliminating grid girls will cause more women to be interested in motorsports (which, from what I can gather, is the main motivation for this move).
I also think some of the reaction is that perhaps for some people, this is sort of a "straw that broke the camel's back". They see political correctness taking over many aspects of their life (especially if they work in an office environment), and now they see it in their pastime too. I can see how that could cause someone to have a little "freak out", get some stuff off their chest. And maybe that's what a lot of this is...people just getting things off their chest.
My personal hypothesis - binning grid girls is partially a reaction by LM to the boy-in-a-dress episode from over Xmas. F1, perhaps the most masculine of all sports (arguable), got thrust into the arena of political correctness after the that all went down. People who never gave F1 a second look started paying attention, and putting pressure on management to "get with the times." This is LM'a olive branch.
Kind of a secondary hypothesis, but if grid girls is in any way a reaction to dress boy, then I think perhaps there's an element of LM responding to trolls, without even knowing it. My evidence for this is actually in comments of many grid girls articles, and this evidence is since #gridgirls went down, people are now making demands for more People of Colour in F1, more non-binary, non-CIS gendered, etc. to be in F1. But these people are TROLLING (for the most part). After the boy in a dress thing happened, sure, some people took to Twitter and pointed out the male:female ratio in F1....to which some people responded, "yup, better mandate 50/50 participation"....and some other people actually take these comments seriously. I don't think people are really aware of the level and scale of the trolling that is going on in the world today.
Last bit, not sure if that's a fair label to put on @Johnnypenso.
Furthermore, and I'm no poly-sci major, but I thought conservitism had a lot to do with protecting the rights of the individual from the collective. Your idea of conservatism protecting rich business is, I believe, the MSNBC interpretation of crony capitalism.
The SJW nonsense comes in to play because of responses like this. Your hypothesis is nothing more than painting those who disagree with the decision as mysoginists or sexist pigs or whatever the pc term that applies is, with prettier words of course. You try to besmirch the character of the responders rather than discussion the subject itself. Also known as an ad hominem attack.
That would be wrong. At no point have I said that F1 doesn't have the right to make this decision. Of course they do it's their business but that doesn't mean that I have to think it's the right decision or that I agree with the motivations behind it. Since it looks like you've been reading some of my posts you should also know that I abhor political correctness which is the basis for this decision, IMHO.
Some grid girls and darts girls had their say on GMB four days ago.
Who is that pan-fried cop-out of a joker that they've brought on to the GMB set? I mean Piers is bad enough, but a woman actively advocating for restrictions on women's career choices because she doesn't like the sight of models in front of cars for a few hours?
Along with the #NoHalo crowd, she's surely lost her goddamned mind!
"What? You can't tell me that I need to work on this team and do that! I have rights!"The women’s points didn’t even make sense. She was essentially saying that the women don’t have a choice in what they wear or how they act, therefore they’re being oppressed. I seriously question whether or not she’s had a job before. Employers typically set the rules for what is and isn’t proper attire and how they want their employees to act. This job is no different.
Simply removing them will probably indeed, do nothing. I do wonder if anyone would even notice their absence, even people with starting grid access due to how busy the grid is, and how, it's a motor-racing event...I think men like that will use anything to justify their behaviour, grid girls or no grid girls and I doubt removing them will change anything.
IDK, Twitch... 'David' is a statute. What l do know is that the 'model is there to entice the attendees... as if the subject doesnt accomplish this already. Grid girls were always a waste of money... like a charity for girls are unable to keep focus because of constant attention given to them.Maybe like, 1060...as in 1060ish BC, or whenever it was that Greeks started worshipping the human form. Ever heard of a statute of a dude named David? What do you think the statue is celebrating?