Hamilton gets hate way above and beyond what might be related to just winning a lot.
I'm certainly not suggesting racism is the motivation for anybody who just doesn't think he has an appealing personality, but it's difficult to believe that it isn't present in much of the vicious bile poured out on various internet fora and e.g. the "I Hate Lewis Hamilton" Facebook page - which describes itself as "Just a little spot to talk about F1 without the Hamilton fanboy Troll's hijacking every single post", yet the majority of post are simply Hamilton abuse.
I have already (posts passim) said I think he is a phenomenon as a driver and frankly I can't see what he is doing wrong. His other interests aren't mine but so what? I certainly have no problem with him using his position as a celeb to promote his campaigning interests, why wouldn't he?
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