I realize that people are passionate about sports and in this particular case, passionate about NASCAR but there has to be a line drawn when you start harassing and giving people death threats because you don't agree with them. I love NASCAR as much as the next person but I wouldn't even think about threatening another persons life over something that happened in it or any other sport that I watch. I'm not saying I don't get upset over things that happen that I don't like or agree with everyone's opinion but I don't go threatening other people over their views on things.
I say all of that because yesterday Jeff Gluck, a writer for SB Nation, wrote an article about the Sprint Cup drivers being invited to the White House and five of them declining to go. Gluck gave his view on it and people didn't agree with that so now he's been getting horrible emails from people who aren't even NASCAR fans because the article was featured on news networks. Really people? There's a lot more important things going on in the world than to worry about sending threatening emails to someone over what they had to say about NASCAR drivers not going to meet the president. Why don't you channel some of that anger into emails to people in the government about the horrible situation that our country is in? No, I'm not saying it's ok to threaten them or anything, I'm just saying that there's more important things to be mad about than someone's view on whether or not someone chose to go meet the president. If you're going to be that mad over something at least let it be over something important.
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