{"id":1992668,"date":"2023-08-06T19:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-after-liking-meme-of-george-floyd-as-a-crab\/"},"modified":"2023-08-06T19:23:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:23:08","slug":"top-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-after-liking-meme-of-george-floyd-as-a-crab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-after-liking-meme-of-george-floyd-as-a-crab\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR star suspended for liking offensive George Floyd meme."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-after-liking-meme-of-george-floyd-as-a-crab%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1992668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Is a tasteless and crass joke \u2062enough to get you suspended indefinitely from a job?<\/h2>\n<p>Well,\u2062 yeah, probably. Tis\u2019 the life of an at-hire employee, after all.<\/p>\n<p>But is a social media \u201clike\u201d of a tasteless joke enough to get you suspended indefinitely from a job?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a much\u200b murkier question and one that lays at the heart of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nascar-drivers-come-blows-pit-road-camera-catches-argument-explode-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raging NASCAR<\/a> controversy involving driver Noah Gragson.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old Cup Series driver has been suspended \u201ceffective immediately\u201d\u2063 according to\u2064 a Saturday social media post from his stock car team, Legacy Motor Club.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wf7U5X1nd6\">pic.twitter.com\/Wf7U5X1nd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LEGACY MOTOR CLUB (@LegacyMotorclub) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegacyMotorclub\/status\/1687847641747517440?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe have made the decision to suspend Noah Gragson effective immediately regarding his actions that do\u200d not represent the values \u200bof our team,\u201d the statement\u2064 read, in part.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, it was not\u2064 clear what <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-after-liking-meme-of-george-floyd-as-a-crab\/\" title=\"NASCAR star suspended for liking offensive George Floyd meme.\">behavioral issue triggered<\/a> the hefty suspension.<\/p>\n<p>NASCAR then came out in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-is-unhappy-with-arkansas-gov-sarah-huckabee-sanders-report\/\" title=\"Trump displeased with Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, per report.\">full-throated \u200csupport<\/a> of the suspension:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NASCAR fully supports Legacy\u200c Motor Club\u2019s decision to suspend Noah\u2064 Gragson. Following his actions on social media, NASCAR has determined \u2062that Gragson has violated the Member Conduct section of the 2023\u200c NASCAR \u2062Rule Book and has placed him under indefinite suspension.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCAR\/status\/1687865058347618305?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNASCAR fully supports Legacy Motor Club\u2019s decision to suspend Noah Gragson,\u201d the\u200c post read. \u201cFollowing his actions on \u2064social media, NASCAR has determined that Gragson has violated\u200d the Member Conduct section of the\u200b 2023 NASCAR Rule Book and has placed him \u2063under indefinite suspension.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/racing\/story\/_\/id\/38139601\/nascar-suspends-noah-gragson-undisclosed-social-media-activity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>, it was eventually revealed and confirmed that the reason Gragson\u200d was being suspended was over liking a social media post regarding George Floyd.<\/p>\n<p>Floyd, as you will assuredly recall, was the black man who died in\u200d 2020\u200c after a police officer\u200d knelt on his \u200cneck.\u2063 The death sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/city-paying-millions-protesters-faced-police-george-floyd-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mass riots and protests<\/a>, \u200cleaving \u2062swathes of\u200b the\u200c country practically razed that summer.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial post in question was tracked down by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/08\/05\/nascar-noah-gragson-suspended-liking-george-floyd-meme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TMZ<\/a> \u200dand depicted Floyd\u2019s face superimposed on a crab\u2019s body, with\u200d the text \u201cUnder Da Knee\u201d written twice on it.<\/p>\n<p>The not-so-subtle allusion is to \u200d\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worst-thing-happened-matt-walsh-absolutely-torches-woke-little-mermaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Little Mermaid<\/a>\u201d\u2062 character Sebastian, a talking crab, and one of the movie\u2019s more iconic songs, \u201cUnder the Sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a tasteless and \u2062sophomoric meme, to\u2064 be sure,\u2063 but \u200can \u201cindefinite\u2062 suspension\u201d feels a tad heavy-handed for a <strong>social media meme <\/strong>reaction, no?<\/p>\n<p>In fact, much of \u200bsocial media \u200bappeared \u200cto\u200d agree with that sentiment, at least based on the vociferous reaction to NASCAR\u2019s above social media post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Suspending people for liking memes? NASCAR is officially WOKE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hodgetwins (@hodgetwins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hodgetwins\/status\/1687950285535072258?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Do \u200cnot agree with this. Idk what the post was but seems a\u200b little extreme given the world we live \u2064in today. Might as\u2062 well toss all social media for all drivers if its risking their career over \u2063a like. SMH. Dangerous precedent. (If precedents still exists)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cameron Ledford (@CameronLedford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CameronLedford\/status\/1687883671108235265?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Absolute major L\u2064 for you guys.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SuperHero \u200c(@iSuperHeroBK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iSuperHeroBK\/status\/1687870745643487232?\">August 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gragson, for his part, apologized and\u200d owned up to the mistake on X, the\u2064 platform formerly known \u200bas Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am disappointed in myself for my lack of attention and\u200d actions on\u2063 social media,\u201d Gragson posted to X. \u201cI understand the severity of this situation. I\u200d love and appreciate everyone. \u200bI try to treat everyone \u200bequally no matter who they are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI messed up plain and simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So did Gragson make a grave error in judgment? By his own admission,\u200c he absolutely did.<\/p>\n<p>But did\u200c this mistake deserve to potentially derail \u2014 for an \u201cindefinite\u201d period of time, mind you \u2014 a promising career?<\/p>\n<p>For this writer, okay, suspend Gragson if you must (a hefty fine would make more sense in this context) but give him a hard start and end date.<\/p>\n<p>A suspension is still probably a tad too harsh for the \u201ccrime\u201d committed, but nobody deserves to just dangle in the wind when \u2064it\u2064 comes to\u200c their career like that.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/top-nascar-driver-indefinitely-suspended-liking-meme-george-floyd-crab\/\">Top NASCAR Driver \u200cIndefinitely Suspended After Liking Meme of George Floyd as a Crab<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is a tasteless joke grounds for indefinite job suspension? Likely so, as an at-hire employee. But what about liking a tasteless joke on social media? It&#8217;s a more ambiguous matter, raising questions and uncertainties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2015,"featured_media":1992669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1992668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1992668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1992668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1992669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1992668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1992668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1992668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}