NASCAR Driver Apologizes To All the B*****s Who Don’t Think Breastfeeding is ‘Nasty’

[Swede]

I wonder if he kisses his mom with that mouth?


NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne has apologized for a Tweet wherein he called the sight of a woman breastfeeding her child "nasty," and a follow up Tweet wherein he called a woman who criticized his calling the woman nasty a "bitch." Someone who makes obscene amounts of money as a professional athlete/amusement has a sub-enlightened attitude about something? Hold me; we'll get through this together.

http://gawker.com/5871846/nascar-driver-apologizes-to-all-the-bitches-who-dont-think-breastfeeding-is-nasty?tag=celebrities

[Atman]

1. He's an "athlete?"

He drives a car very fast. He is NOT an "athlete."

Driving requires a certain skill set, to be sure. Focus, visual acuity, stamina...but an "athlete?" I think your post-slash "amusement" is more accurate.

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[Shankapotomus]

4. So does a video game (nt)

[KansDem]

8. When I was in college, "billiards" was listed under "physical education"

I can't remember if PE was still a requirement for graduation (graduation requirements were in flux then), but if it was, shooting pool in the student union would have satisfied that requirement...

[Mopar151]

10. The consequences of failure are much different

As I told a "gamer" a long time ago "When your game crashes, you just hit reset. If you'd like to make this more real - when you crash, withdraw your bank account and burn the money! Then swan dive onto the lawn from about 20 feet up. Once you can get up from the couch, you'll need to give up most of your sleep for a couple weeks to fix the car."

[Shankapotomus]

15. LOL

and there's no respawn if you die...lol

[Mopar151]

6. Stamina is not athletic?

Race drivers are skill atheletes - like baseball players, golfers, and boxers. Physical strength is secondary to reflexes, timing, and speed of thought, but it is an absoulete requirement for a professional.

At the sportsman level, the sheer amount of physical work required to be ready to compete requires a fair degree of athletecisim - many of my racing friends have participated in college or amatuer sports (rugby, powerlifting, cycling, hiking, rollerblading). - And the travel makes minor leauge baseball look like paradise.

[abelenkpe]

9. LOL

Yeah right. My father and brother race too. It's not a sport. They aren't athletes. But I wouldn't expect a different reaction from Mopar151.

[Mopar151]

11. Bet you don't tell them that!

And you vanish when it's time to load the trailer......

[Gold Metal Flake]

22. LOL! So fucking right.

They show up after everything is loaded and secured with a Big Gulp, clean hands and nacho burps and ask "are we gonna stop at the Denny's on the way home?".

[MedicalAdmin]

23. New olympic sport?

Trailer loading?

Now coming up on the outside is Kaminsky. Look at how neatly he is stacking those boxes. I think he could be a real contender this year.

LOL

[abelenkpe]

80. Of course I don't tell them that

and I vanished 25 years ago. Look I'm not trying to give you a hard time. I just don't see it as a sport, never have and never will. They did help me rebuild the engine on my MG, while mocking me incessantly for driving such a car. Then my acceptance to college came in and I packed that car up and drove it 3200 miles away and for the next 12 years! Cause I knew how to fix it when it broke down every other day....

[cherokeeprogressive]

44. I bet your father and brother don't endure heart rates of 180/m+ for 3 hours at a time.

[dogknob]

14. You are absolutely correct!

It takes a great deal of reflexes, fortitude and timing to be able to wear all those advertisements over every square inch of one's body while actively celebrating the destruction of the planet and NOT projectile vomit all over everyone.

Wanna hear my thoughts on golf?

[MedicalAdmin]

24. Yes, I would. n/t

[dogknob]

27. I don't believe Wallace and Gromit are golfers.

It takes an amazing amount of focus, concentration and an almost zen-like sense of rhythm in order to swing a big stick at an object so small, send it sailing high above the "let's-cut-deals-to-carve-up-the-world-outside-the-scrutiny-of-the-peasants" privacy of the manicured stepford-wilderness on a quest for The Elusive Hole, and wear a clown suit without breaking out in a terminal case of the giggles.

I guess that's what the booze is for.

[ProfessorGAC]

37. Yawn

You do know that >95% of people who play golf make $65k or less, don't you?

Apparently not.
GAC

[dogknob]

54. Do books make you sleepy, too?

Like "Animal Farm." Lotsa folks want to get to Sugarcandy Mountain, where everyone's an aristocrat and the raindrops taste like beer.

I double down. Golf is an elitist, classist non-sport. Do 95% of the people who play golf get to do so at The Olympic Club?

95% of them wish they could.

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Double Down?

Or did you mean double dumb?

[ProfessorGAC]

76. Oh, And By The Way

Since i actually studied probabilistic mechanics and quantum theory in graduate school, no books don't make me sleepy.

Just tired wholly disproven stereotypes bore me to sleepiness.

[MedicalAdmin]

38. That is not true.

http://www.telltalegames.com/wallaceandgromit/walkthrough/thebogeyman


However Golf is the Scots revenge on the English.

[dogknob]

53. That doesn't count.

Video games are not "official canon"

There's something very "Space Jam" about that image. Ewww.

[dogknob]

56. That's like having Evelyn Mulwray playing hoop in the Chinatown video game. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

25. These people would disagree, among others:

http://www.lemans.org/en/races/24h/update.html

[Lint Head]

2. Rich assholes driving fast. Gee that's what red necks love.

[Mopar151]

7. Another NASCAR basher

Condemming what he cannot do or understand.

[arbusto_baboso]

20. Oh whatever.

Could you please explain how it's a "sport"?

Sports require physical prowess of some sort.

[Atman]

28. I've driven a Ford Fusion at 110 on the Florida Turnpike. Am I an athlete?

Or just stupid? I only did it for a short time...but I also drove a Chrysler Grand Caravan from PA towards CT at 100+ for about three hours...my hands hurt like hell when we finally took a break. I admit, it took tons of concentration and it was "exhausting" in an odd way. But still, it didn't make me an "athlete." Just a guy who could drive a car fast without flying off the road.

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[arbusto_baboso]

30. Exactly. it's a skill, but....

it's not a sport. It's not even a particularly USEFUL skill.

[Blue_Tires]

34. To be fair the techniques I've learned at HPDEs

has saved my bacon on public streets more than a few times

[arbusto_baboso]

36. Nothing compared to an SOF defensive driving course.

You might want to look into a civilian equivalent of that. Far more useful.

[Mopar151]

46. What planet are you on?

Antiterrorist and evasive techniques are pretty useless, unless the bad guys are actively chasing you, or you are trying to outrun the cops.
HDPE is REAL driver ed. - accident avoidance, effective braking, and knowing/finding what your limits really are, and how to stay within them.

[arbusto_baboso]

48. Yeah, YOU'RE the expert.

Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better.

But let me ask, how's your driving record?

Mine's completely clean, after 28 years of licensed driving, a good portion of it in Southern California. NO accidents, NO tickets.

It ain't all luck, my man.

[Mopar151]

52. Throw in freezing rain, followed by blizzard conditions

And Massachusetts drivers, who think insurance trumps snow tires. (2nd worst in the country - only RI is lower)

[Atman]

71. "You know you're from Massachusetts when..."

"...you're driving 85 on the turnpike and still yelling at people for driving too slow."

I learned to drive on Storrow Drive and downtown Boston. I know "defensive driving." And offensive driving. And that red lights are merely suggestions.

[Mopar151]

72. Mine's just fine

No chargeable (road) accidents ever, no moving violations in 15+ years. Course record holder (formerly held by John Buffum), regional and club championships, numerous awards.

[sylveste]

42. and i've

thrown a football, think i'm ready to play qb in the super bowl?

[LanternWaste]

77. I don't think the one necessarily denies the other.

"Am I an athlete? Or just stupid?"

I don't think the one necessarily denies the other.

However, as athletes usually get paid and/or have fans in attendance watching for entertainment, I suppose in your case we could indeed rule out that you are an athlete.

[provis99]

29. his statement is accurate.

it is indeed a "sport" of rich assholes driving fast to impress rednecks.

Paris Hilton displayed more athleticism in her porn videos than a race car driver does.

[MedicalAdmin]

39. It ceased to be interesting when they stopped using stock parts in "stock" racing.

Now it is purely a product of who can throw the most money at a team and a bit of luck. Plus an insane (see OP) driver doesn't hurt.

But it isn't a sport so much as a spectacle. Kinda like wrestling, but with more beer. LOL.

[Mopar151]

49. Do you have a date?

Because to my (extensive) knowledge, special parts for racing (specified as "police',"taxi", heavy duty, "ambulance", etc) significantly predate NASCAR.
And much of the reason for their use is SAFETY. Look at short track racing - wheels break, axles eject, hubs, wheelbearings, and brakes fail. Clutches explode!
Ain' just Amurrican stuff does this:
http://owainlloyd.no-ip.com:8080/casablanca/images/IMG_1004.JPG

[Lint Head]

81. Skews me! I saw Fireball Roberts race with Cale Yarbourgh in the 1950's.

I'm from South Carolina. I used to be that drivers actually had to race cars directly off of the assembly line with modifications. Now it's fiberglass replicas of modern car designs. Even the headlights are decals. Today It's rich assholes going in circles.

I've done it and I understand it apparently much more than your assuming will ever know.

[Mopar151]

82. OK, you wanna play?

Cup cars still have steel bodies - and some of those panels are standard production stuff. Specailsed versions of passenger cars, produced only in enough qualities to be "stock" - typically 50, 100, 0r 500 - have been around since '57 (for sure) in domestics, earlier in imports.
Cars have been built up from "bodies in white" (not as produced on the assembly line) since the early '60"s (Holman-Moody Fords), and most of the remaining parts of the car were modified or replaced. In particular, the hub and brake assemblies were racing-only parts, unchanged to the present day. In fact, all makes used the stuff initally designed by Ford and initally produced for Holman-Moody - even the Mopars used these "Grand National" axle tubes and hubs in their rear axles, because the Chrysler "8 3/4" rear housing was similar to the Ford "9 inch".

Headlights and taillights have been removed for racing since the '20s, and were typically replaced by sheetmetal - the headlight decals are a recent innovation, carried over from drag racing.

Lest you think this is only a NASCAR thing, I race against a couple if ex-IMSA "stock" cars, and know the Vermont SportsCar guys who build the Subaru rally cars. They may use some "stock" parts, but these things are about as "Stock" as the space shuttle. F'r instance, the body shell has to be completely stripped of sealer and undercoating, and be "seam welded", as the factory spot welds are inadequate to hold the car together!

[cherokeeprogressive]

45. Whole lotta rednecks in F1, eh?

In fact, I bet you hate the Europeans; those fuckers will race anything from Semi-trucks to motorcycles on ice.

Fucking mouth-breathing rednecks that they are...

[getdown]

3. woman hold up

51% of the sky

[msanthrope]

5. I'm looking at all his sponsor patches. We should start there. nt

[Mopar151]

12. Start what?

How much scorched earth is necessary for an inappropriate comment?

[Marrah_G]

17. He went from one offensive comment to another

What if his remarks were racist? Would those still be labeled as just "inappropriate comments"?

[MedicalAdmin]

26. It's only women he denigrated (and children).

So it's no problem.


(rolls eyes)

[Darth_Kitten]

70. People are skirting the issue because it's just women being insulted...

of course, they are going to ignore the real issue. Sexism? Insulting and demeaning women? Ho hum......

[msanthrope]

33. I think we should let the free market decide. nt

[99Forever]

18. Actually..

.. I've already communicated with Kasey Kahne's primary sponsor Great Clip's "Communication Specialist," one Kasey Skala, who informed me "Great Clips will continue to stand behind Kasey Kahne as our driver." To which I replied:

Kasey Skala,

Thanks your reply and your honesty. We all have choices to make in life. Your company chooses to "stand behind Kasey Kahne" and I choose to take my business elsewhere. Isn't democracy great? I'll let your salon in ________, where I have been a customer for a decade, know where you stand and where I do.

Thanks,

Me

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And BTW, I happen to enjoy NASCAR very much, and will continue to. One dumbass driver doesn't tar the entire sport, anymore than one bad behaving ball player represents all of the MLB or the NFL.

[Brother Buzz]

19. I don't know, Olive Garden would love to step up and plaster their name on that real estate

[WillyT]

31. Damn... You Beat Me To It...

[msanthrope]

32. Well played. nt

[Marrah_G]

16. I would be so ashamed if that was my son

People who feel uncomfortable about breastfeeding have always been confusing to me. What exactly is it that freaks them out about a woman's breast doing the job it was meant to do?

[justiceischeap]

35. Jealous they aren't getting the same privilege? nt

[Blue_Tires]

21. You stay classy, Kasey

Why pro athletes/celebs feel the need to tweet I'll never understand...It's unavoidable that sooner or later you'll type out something regretful...

[bvar22]

40. I don't care to argue whether it is a sport or not,

but the WINNERS in NASCAR are generally some of the fittest athletes in the nation.

"NASCAR's Carl Edwards named to President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition
http://www.examiner.com/nascar-in-national/nascar-s-carl-edwards-named-to-president-s-council-on-fitness-sports-and-nutrition



Any of you Keyboard Athletes think you can keep up with Cousin Carl?

[Union Scribe]

41. +1

That's a good egg that one.

[Logical]

43. The Car and Crew are 70% of it. That is why it is not a sport.

[Mopar151]

47. How is that different from football?

Pit Crew = Special Teams. The cars are basically equal - it is the ability of the driver, crewchief, and mechanics to set up and adjust the car for weather and track conditions that seperates !st from last.

[Logical]

57. The CAR is the Star. Not the driver. Give the last place driver the best car and get back to me.

[Mopar151]

64. It won't be the best car anymore

one of the major attributes required of the driver is the ability to adjust the car, and their driving technique, to produce the fastest car, or more accurately, the winning car.

[Logical]

67. Then have generic cars and hand them out randomly!

[Mopar151]

74. It's called the COT

As in "Car of Tomorrow" - A stringent set of specifications to be followed by the builder, followed by template and CMM inspection by NASCAR, before the chassis is issued a permanent ID.

[vanlassie]

50. i don't think we have had enough discussion about breastfeeding- to heck with NASCAR

[JI7]

51. I really don't understand how/why it is Nasty ?

is it because they see the breast as something sexual and continue seeing it as a sexual thing even when it's to feed a baby ?

like it's only for men or something ?

[Mopar151]

65. Like Kasey may not be all that self-aware or sophisticated

And he said something stooopid. Nobody got a scratch, a few ruffled feathers, and Kasey's publicist will be slapping him around until next Wednesday. No drunk driving, domestic violence, dog fighting, wavin' pistols...

[trumad]

55. I've driven a NASCAR car In Daytona.

10 Laps at 160 per hour. Professionals run at 190 per hour for 4 to 500 miles.

One of the most grueling experiences I've ever had.

Every sense in your body is working overtime with a heart rate in the 180's...

Those who say it is not a sport simply do not know what they are talking about.

[Logical]

58. If they ran 500 miles then a sport. Take the car away and agree with you.

[cherokeeprogressive]

61. Seaver, Feller, Tiant, Koufax, Drysdale, et al were WIZARDS with a baseball.

Take away the ball, and where would they be?

[Logical]

62. I doubt you are serious, but a $5 ball does not make the pitcher! A $500,000 car...

Makes the driver.

[cherokeeprogressive]

63. Yeah tell that to my wife, my best friend, or my sister.

And yes, a $5 dollar ball most certainly makes the pitcher. Hand a knuckleball pitcher a ball with no stitching... and you have a guy who throws taters to the plate.

You're saying YOU could win races with the right car. I doubt even YOU believe that to be true.

[Logical]

69. Give me a break, EVERY BALL is the same! The cars are not. If they.....

Are then just randomly hand them out the week before the race!

[trumad]

68. You ever drive one of those cars?

Drive one and see if you feel differently.

[WorseBeforeBetter]

59. He's also "a member of the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation"...

according to Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasey_Kahne

What a true Renaissance Man.

[David__77]

60. Breast or bottle feeding shouldn't be criticized

I've seen both judged unfairly.

[Rex]

66. He sounds like trash.

Just MY OPINION.

[Erose999]

73. I'm just going to put it out there that most Nascar drivers lose 5lbs from sweat during the course

of a race. Extreme temperatures in the car with a hot engine, wearing a hot firesuit and helmet, no ventilation, and restrained by all that safety gear.

I'm not defending him or his comments, BTW. He's an asshole and a lot of Nascar drivers are. There are some who are (probably) alright though. I know lots of progressives who are racing fans, as well.

[trumad]

78. There are a lot of Liberals that love it..

One of my accounts is ISC, they own all the major tracks.

I get to go to many of the races and must say, it's a blast.

[i was a cathar]

79. Gee, a NASCAR driver is a knuckle-dragger?

Who knew?