• Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Dale Earnhardt Sr and because leftists from the South decided that he was too good to let the fascists co-opt him like they do with all other southern things, so they beat them to it.

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        1 year ago

        He was just a very talented and seemingly likeable person who a lot of people loved and admired. The fact that he died young trying to win a race* probably added to his regional hero status.

        You’d probably need to understand how big a deal NASCAR really is in some parts of the South to fully get it 🤷

        *death actually even MORE badass, see the reply below