- 12 May 13, 11:48#358103
Well I think it's the unpleasant side of human nature quite enjoying seeing someone get payback. After all this behaviour went on for quite some time with a debilitating effect on the team and on the other driver. And because it was done in a covert manner , with a smile, it was not accepted in many quarters, still isn't . As more evidence comes of the things many were saying at the time, I guess people feel vindicated. Remember at the time these things were suggested, the people doing the suggesting were called all manner of things loonies, conspirators, fanboys etc etc.
Also, we know people don't like Button, must we here an insult every time someone wants to bring him up? I mean, by this point, you guys are just seeing what you want to see, and repeating the same points, which detracts from why other people have mentioned Button and the like. It's getting pretty well, unsocial able.
I want to try to answer this in a reasonable way. I can only really speak for myself , but I think I can maybe touch on why a lot of Hamilton fans have a dislike and a lack of respect for Button. But firstly, dont think its restricted to this forum. Take a look at other forums and comments following articles concerning Button. The feeling is pretty widespread.
So...... I was never very bothered about Button before his pairing with Hamilton, so it's from that point on really that my observations come. I found him to take every opportunity to build himself up at the expense of Hamilton.Button the tyre master,Button the strategist, Button the team leader, Button the real number one, Buton the deliverer of superb races, and for some reason I still can't fathom, Whitmarsh was complicit in this. It wasn't done openly, it was done with a smile here and a dig there, and it was relentless.
It's been said of Hamilton fans that they just didnt like Button because he out scored Hamilton in 2011. Well certainly for me that's not the case. I have no issue with Rosberg out gunning Hamilton at his own game- qualifying.
I perceive Button to be so concerned about appearing to better his team mates that he has scant regard for the team or the team mate. It's happening sooner than I expected with Perez, but I fully expected it.
Having used these, what I see as underhand, ways to gain an advantage, it is hardly surprising that fans of the driver on the receiving end now take a certain delight in seeing his demise. Particularly his manipulation of media, coming back to bite him on the bottom. As I've said before, I'm not proud of having these negative feelings, but I've got them
Not so with Mclaren, just Button. I am sad to see a great team struggling, but the writing was on the all last year and the year before. It was pointed out on this forum but dismissed out of hand when suggestions were made that all was not well at McLaren. And I don't think it will be rectified easily with the current two drivers and the staffing structure in place.
Ok , i just tried to explain it. shoot me down now.
But I don't think that explains why people can't let it go, and why people can't stop bad mouthing him. That just explains why you dislike him. And I don't think that's what Vaptin asked.....
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Well I think it's the unpleasant side of human nature quite enjoying seeing someone get payback. After all this behaviour went on for quite some time with a debilitating effect on the team and on the other driver. And because it was done in a covert manner , with a smile, it was not accepted in many quarters, still isn't . As more evidence comes of the things many were saying at the time, I guess people feel vindicated. Remember at the time these things were suggested, the people doing the suggesting were called all manner of things loonies, conspirators, fanboys etc etc.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abe Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. Abe Lincoln
I'll try again in a while...
