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Lewis Hamilton has called for "older voices" with offensive views to be refused a platform on which to make comments.

His plea came after Nelson Piquet made a racist remark about him, and following provocative remarks from Bernie Ecclestone about Vladimir Putin.

Mercedes driver Hamilton said: "Discrimination is not something we should be giving a platform.

"We need people to be bringing people together."

He added: "We are all the same and the comments we are seeing are not helpful."

Hamilton's remarks come in the context of triple world champion Piquet using a racially offensive term to refer to the seven-time champion in a podcast that emerged this week.

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So lets have no discrimination, but don't let the old folks talk

[Alf]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

Lewis Hamilton has called for "older voices" with offensive views to be refused a platform on which to make comments.

His plea came after Nelson Piquet made a racist remark about him, and following provocative remarks from Bernie Ecclestone about Vladimir Putin.

Mercedes driver Hamilton said: "Discrimination is not something we should be giving a platform.

"We need people to be bringing people together."

He added: "We are all the same and the comments we are seeing are not helpful."

Hamilton's remarks come in the context of triple world champion Piquet using a racially offensive term to refer to the seven-time champion in a podcast that emerged this week.

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So lets have no discrimination, but don't let the old folks talk

Hamilton prefers the Nazi method of dealing with situations.

The reason he wants to use the method of silencing them is because he doesn't believe he can beat them in debate. He believes that he should have a platform for his opinion but they shouldn't for theirs and rather than debate them he believes people should have a higher power to silence oposing opinions to his.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Alf

Hamilton prefers the Nazi method of dealing with situations.

The reason he wants to use the method of silencing them is because he doesn't believe he can beat them in debate. He believes that he should have a platform for his opinion but they shouldn't for theirs and rather than debate them he believes people should have a higher power to silence oposing opinions to his.

Tbf I'll be surprised if Hamilton couldn't beat a guy that uses the n-word about that particular word and why it's wrong to use it.

Didn't Piquet allegedly also use homophobic language about Hamilton as well?

Personally I wouldn't silence him on it, but I do think he should be aware that freedom of speech works both ways and that some people rightly won't like him calling Hamilton the n-word.