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By David G. Firestone

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I’d like to talk about some things I am thankful for:

I am thankful for my family, my house, and my pets.

I am thankful I have a job with decent security and good benefits.

I am thankful I live in the United States of America.

I am thankful for the fact that I can blog about the subjects that I love.

I am thankful for my readers.

…and lastly, I am thankful that 2016 will soon come to a close, and I can hope that 2017 will be better.

Happy Thanksgiving.

By David G. Firestone

So I’ve been following Tony Pedregon’s 20 Best Funny Cars of All Time, and while I agree with most of his choices, I’d like to know why one particular car wasn’t on the list. Could someone please explain to me why Kenny Bernstein’s 1986 Batmobile Buick didn’t make the list? I get that there could only be 20 picks, but why the most important body design of the last 30 years isn’t on the list?

The fans vote was on point, but Tony’s vote seemed, at least to me, to miss a few things. Also, if you, as a former driver, are going to make a list, COULD YOU EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM IT? I stopped caring about Tony’s picks when he picked one of his own cars, and it was the worst paint scheme he ever ran, that Kiss disaster from 2003. The fact that both the Batmobile and Jack Beckman were excluded, and your car was included proves how bad his list was.

I’ve also read the report that Monster Energy might be the next series sponsor for The Sprint Cup. This is just a rumor, and I’m not going to confirm or deny anything besides that. What I am going to say is that I’m disappointed that NASCAR doesn’t have a definitive contract for a new series sponsor yet. I’ve seen lists of the potential competitors in the running, but I’m still waiting for real information.

Also, I’m not going to start work on the 2017 Tracker until the beginning of 2017. I’ve gotten burned with early paint scheme releases before, so I’m not touching it until 2017. I can also now confirm that all videos and Throwback Thursday items are ready to go too. I’ve got a good schedule ready, I’m going to try a few things, and we’re going to have fun.

Also, I made a change to my office, and was able to add a little more room. I don’t have that much room to begin with, so this was badly needed, and I’m glad it got done. It seems odd that the racing season is almost over, but with the NHRA having finished their season, the NASCAR season ending next week, and F1 ending after that, it’s a sad part of the year for me.

By David G. Firestone

I’m working on a few side projects this week, so I won’t be updating the tracker or grades until next week. I’ve been wanting to do these for a while, and I’m making them happen. Bear with me, things will be back to normal next week.

By David G. Firestone

I was going to finish this at the end of the year. I wanted to do a list of driver suit manufactures in NASCAR, the NHRA, F1, and IndyCar. Then, this last week, Paul Lukas wrote an interesting article for his ESPN page about what he has termed “logo creep.” Logo creep is when the uniform manufacturer places a small logo on said uniform in such a way that it’s clear to anyone watching the game who made the uniform.

When it comes to auto racing, the logo creep has been a part of the uniform since the 1960’s. At the tail end of 1966, Nomex was becoming the go-to material for driver suits, and the suit manufacturers wanted to put their logos on drivers, since that would increase sales. This usually was in the form of a small patch on the sleeve. This was the standard design for decades, then the shoulder epaulet became a prime spot for a sponsor logo, and that’s when driver suit manufacturers realized that they could add their logos to the epaulet. Which is the current design used today.

I’ve compiled a list of drivers in NASCAR, IndyCar, The NHRA, and Formula One, and I’m going to list them by suit manufacturer. I will also add information about the manufacturer.

ADIDAS

INDYCAR

Conor Daly

NASCAR

Clint Bowyer

You wouldn’t expect Adidas to make firesuits, but they have a racing lineage going back to 1974. According to raceboot.com: “Adi Dassler developed the very first “fireproof” race boot in 1974. Legend has it that Adi acquired a Brabham Formula 1 racing car to understand the environment in which a racing driver operates. He placed the experimental shoes in the foot well of the racing car and then set fire to it. The exercise was repeated more then 30 times to identify weaknesses and make improvements to his race boots.

During the late 1970s through to the early 90s, the Monza become the most successful race boot produced by Adidas to date . Indeed it was the choice of champions including Mario Andretti, Walter Röhrl, Nigel Mansell, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna.” They have also had Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Brad Keselowski wearing Adidas branded uniform products, though at least one of Junior’s driver suits was actually made by Simpson.

The latest trend in auto racing uniforms is athletic apparel companies making auto racing uniforms. Adidas was ahead of the curve on this. It’s also interesting to note that Adi Dassler founded Adidas in Germany after a family feud which led to his older brother Rudolph leaving to found Puma in 1978. We’ll cover Puma in a few minutes.

Something that’s going to come up multiple times is how many athletic show companies that make driver suits don’t sell manufacturer direct, choosing instead to sell via third party sites. Raceboot.com is the Adidas site, and they have a lot of interesting driver uniform information. It’s worth a read.

Adidas likes to use what can be described as a strapless epaulet. There are sponsor logos in place, but no visible strap. The logo creep is in the standard place.

AIR JORDAN*

NASCAR

Denny Hamlin

I’ve added the asterisk, since I have not been able to figure out if Denny’s suit is actually made by Nike, or if, like the Earnhardt suit above, it’s made by someone else, and branded as Air Jordan. I’m thinking it may be made by Simpson, for two reasons. First, the Earnhardt suit above is made by Simpson, and branded as Adidas. Second, after some looking, I’ve been able to determine that Denny’s pit crew is wearing Simpson branded suits. Furthermore, the theory that it’s a Simpson made suit makes sense, since unlike every other manufacturer, Nike doesn’t sell firesuits or auto racing gear in any capacity. Taking all of this into consideration, I’m going to say it’s most likely a Simpson made suit with Air Jordan branding.

The shoulder epaulets are standard strap design, but with no loops on the end of the epaulet, near where the arm gusset is. The logo is, instead, sewn directly into the suit, just next to the armpit.

ALPINESTARS

F1

Valtteri Bottas, Romain Grosjean, Esteban Gutierrez, Nico Hulkenberg, Kevin Magnussen, Felipe Massa, Jolyon Palmer, Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz Jr

NASCAR

Kurt Busch, Kyle Busch, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chase Elliott, Jimmie Johnson, Kasey Kahne, Danica Patrick

Alpinestars started as a ski boot maker in 1963, but quickly realized that it would be better and more profitable to make motorcycle racing boots. After a series of successful riders had a lot of decent success in Alpinestars boots, the company shifted focus to making motorcycle racing gear. Eventually, they shifted to more forms of auto racing, including Formula One, NASCAR, and IndyCar in the late 2000’s.

Like Adidas, Alpinestars is very big on using strapless epaulets. The strap used to have some function, in that it was supposed to be used to pull an incapacitated driver out of a burning car. With the new safety features in race-cars, this risk has been significantly decreased over the years, so now epaulets are more aesthetic than functional.

IMPACT!

INDYCAR

Sage Karam, Carlos Munoz

NASCAR

Landon Cassill, Reed Sorenson, Martin Truex Jr., Josh Wise

NHRA

Jack Beckman, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Matt Hagan, Tommy Johnson Jr., Shawn Langdon, Leah Pritchett, Tony Schumacher,

Founded by Bill Simpson after leaving Simpson Race Products following Dale Earnhardt Sr.’s death in 2001, Impact has had a decent amount of drivers wearing their products. Their logo creep consists of a small logo beneath the shoulder epaulet, and a reverse Z logo on the sleeve.

KAPPA*

NASCAR

Jeffrey Earnhardt

Like Air Jordan, I’m not convinced it’s made by Kappa, but more likely a Simpson made suit with a Kappa branding. In this case, they don’t have their logo anywhere on the shoulders, but rather on the front, and on the neck.

OMP

F1

Marcus Ericsson, Felipe Nasr

INDYCAR

Marco Andretti, Ed Carpenter, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Spencer Pigot

NASCAR

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

Based in Genoa, Italy, OMP has been in the auto racing uniform business since 1973, having had many Formula One legends run OMP suits. It took some time for OMP to make it into American auto racing, but OMP has somewhat of a foothold in the American auto racing market. OMP uses a somewhat larger epaulet, with the logo creep designed similarly to Impact.

PUMA

F1

Lewis Hamilton, Daniil Kvyat, Daniel Ricciardo, Kimi Raikkonen, Nico Rosberg, Max Verstappen, Sebastian Vettel

INDYCAR

Helio Castroneves, Juan Pablo Montoya, Simon Pagenaud, Will Power

NASCAR

Ryan Blaney, Brad Keselowski, Joey Logano

Unlike their rivals Adidas, Puma didn’t really didn’t get into the auto racing uniform market until very recently. As could be expected for a German-based team, Puma started with Formula one, and then branched out. Their logo creep is similar to Denny Hamlin’s Air Jordan suit, with the Puma logo sewn directly into the suit, instead of the epaulet. It is a simple, smooth look. I do miss the curve designs that Puma used in 2014.

Like Adidas, Puma won’t direly sell to customers, rather, they prefer to use third party websites to sell their racing gear. I’m not against that, but it doesn’t exactly send a message of confidence that you can go to Puma’s website, and buy any of their products except their auto racing gear.

SIMPSON RACE PRODUCTS

NASCAR

Michael Annett, Trevor Bayne, Greg Biffle, Alex Bowman, Jeb Burton, Matt DiBenedetto, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, David Ragan, Tony Stewart, Cole Whitt, JJ Yeley

NHRA

Brittany Force, Courtney Force, John Force, Robert Hight, Tim Wilkerson

Once the king of American auto racing uniforms, Simpson Race Products has lost a lot of their relevancy in recent years, as most of the new manufacturers enter the American market. Simpson is credited with introducing Nomex to driver suits in 1966. Their logo creep is interesting, in that they use two different logos. The older box Simpson logo is still used on the T epaulets, and on some of the newer strapless epaulets. The newer Simpson S logo is used on the strapless epaulets as well. For some reason, there doesn’t seem to be any consistency between what logos are used where. I’m also noticing that unlike the other manufacturers, Simpson uses a variety of different epaulet designs as well.

SPARCO

F1

Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, Rio Haryanto, Pascal Wehrlein

INDYCAR

Mikhail Aleshin, Sebastien Bourdais, Matt Brabham, Max Chilton, Scott Dixon, Jack Hawksworth, James Hinchcliffe, Tony Kanaan, Charlie Kimball, Josef Newgarden, Graham Rahal

NASCAR

AJ Allmendinger, Aric Almirola, Chris Buescher, Austin Dillon, Kevin Harvick, Matt Kenseth, Kyle Larson, Michael McDowell, Jamie McMurray, Casey Mears, Paul Menard, Ryan Newman, Brian Scott

Clearly the most popular driver suit manufacturer in the big leagues of auto racing, Sparco has been in the game since 1977. First introduced to NASCAR in 2004 by Jeff Gordon and Jeff Burton, Sparco has consistently grown in both driver popularity, and expose. Sparco has used the T-shaped epaulets since the beginning, and the Sparco logo is on the front of the epaulet, next to the armpit. Their Formula One suits eschew the shoulder logos, instead choosing to place them on the legs.

STAND 21

NHRA

Alexis DeJoria, Richie Crampton, Doug Kalitta, Morgan Lucas, JR Todd, Steve Torrence, Del Worsham,

Based in Dijon, France, Stand 21 was founded in 1970 by Yves Morizot. They are one of the larger custom-made suit makers in the world. Though their biggest customers are in the NHRA as of right now, they are still very well-known. They prefer to use a strapless epaulet, and a 21 logo on the shoulder epaulets.

I’ve also begun to notice a new trend in the big leagues of auto racing. Formula One aside, more and more teams are beginning to let drivers pick which driver suit manufacturer to wear. While the drivers get to choose, pit crews are assigned a specific manufacturer for their pit crew suits. Since crew members can get rotated from one team to another, this makes logistical sense.

It does seem that epaulet designs and logo creep are evolving at a much quicker pace than years back. I can’t help but wonder what the future holds for auto racing logo creep.

By David G. Firestone

October is known for a few things, baseball playoffs, pink for breast cancer, and most of all, Halloween. With Halloween comes scary movies, trick or treating, and controversy. I’m getting sick of religious groups trying to convince cities and towns to outlaw trick or treating. A country of 300,000,000 people doesn’t have to change for you.

Moving on, the major thing that drives Halloween is spooks and fear. Fear is an interesting emotion, since it’s really the only emotion that all living creatures possess. For most creatures, the big fear is the fear of death. Death is a really scary concept because what happens after death, nobody knows. The end of life drives every creature on the planet Earth.

For humans, there are many other fears. Some of them can be rationalized, such as the fear of losing loved ones, the fear of being fired, and the fear of death. We each have our own fears, some of which we can rationalize, at least to ourselves, others we don’t know why we are afraid of it. One fear I learned about recently is Aulophobia, or the fear of flutes. There are some people who are genuinely afraid of the most mundane of objects.

I’ve said before that I’m afraid of thunder and lightning, and I’m afraid of flying. Again, one of these fears is easy to rationalize. I don’t like the idea of sitting in a metal tube for hours on end, 20,000 feet off the ground, where if something goes wrong, there is 20,000 feet to the ground, followed by an explosion and fire. It’s why when I travel, I use Amtrak. Plus with Amtrak, I’m not glued to a seat, I can get up and walk around whenever I want.

The thunder and lightning fear is a bit harder to rationalize. Granted I do work outside, so I have to worry about the dangers it poses, but I’ve been afraid of it my whole life. I guess it has to do with the sudden bright light in the midst of darkness, then the loud booming sound. I’m not alone when it comes to this fear. Lots of people are afraid of thunder and lightning.

I’m also going to confess to a fear of clowns. Now this is an odd one since there is no reason in this world I should be afraid of clowns. I’ve noticed something when it comes to this fear. I’m not afraid of “scary” clowns. Take Pennywise the Clown from It, for example. That doesn’t bother me at all, since Pennywise is supposed to be scary. To me, the creepy clowns are the ones that are supposed to be cute and funny. The cute and funny clowns scare me more than scary clowns. There is something about cute clowns that scares me, and for the life of me, I can’t figure it out.

Many people have found various ways to deal with crippling fears, some of which have ruined their lives. I’m not sure if I should deal with these fears, since they don’t really hinder my life at all. I hope I don’t get anymore fears since they aren’t fun, and I hope you don’t either.

By David G. Firestone

Going in a bit of a different direction this week. I watch a WWE-themed video series from What Culture. One of their recent videos was titled “10 Times WWE Threw Their Money Down The Drain.” There are more examples, and I’ve come to the conclusion that there is an example that needs to be discussed.

A lot of racing fans and a lot of WWE fans probably didn’t know that from 1999 to 2001 WWE sponsored two NHRA funny cars, one driven by Jerry Tolliver and one driven by Jim Epler. When it comes to WWE messing up opportunities to make money and promote their brand, if they can screw it up, they will. Their NHRA sponsorship was no different. This was doomed from day one for a number of reasons, which we will go through.

The first major reason is timing. Yes there was an auto racing boom in the mid 1990’s. TV deals expanded, viewership went up, sponsorship money was great. By 1999, the teams needed more and more money from sponsors. Sponsors were also getting annoyed when they sponsored a mediocre driver, who didn’t get much camera time. Granted, the WWE didn’t start sponsoring the team until 1999 because of budget issues, but it was so badly timed I can’t rationalize the decision.

The second major reason is their choice of racing, the NHRA. Anyone who knows me, and anyone who reads The Driver Suit Blog knows that I LOVE the NHRA and I love drag racing. That being said, I’m not so dumb that I think the NHRA is the best, or most popular sanctioning body in auto racing. NHRA drag racing has always been low on the totem pole of American auto racing. Their television contracts have been mediocre, they don’t get much mainstream press, their viewership ratings have never been great, and they aren’t the alpha dog in auto racing.

For those reasons, it’s perplexing that the WWE would choose the NHRA over NASCAR. NASCAR is the alpha dog of American auto racing, especially when it comes to viewership. I don’t know the numbers, but I’m willing to bet that one Sprint Cup car costs a whole lot less that two funny cars. NASCAR would have also been a better decision because WCW had sponsored cars for years, and it would have been a good competition, I’ll get to that a little later. Keep in mind that this is 1999, and while the Monday Night Wars were more or less won, they were still going on. This would have been a great to keep the competition going on, and promote the brand, again, I’ll get to that a little later.

The third major reason is that the WWE chose to sponsor two funny cars. Now this could go either way, it could be rationalized that the category is one of the most popular, and the most visible in drag racing. I can’t disagree with that logic, since it is the case. But when it comes to Epler and Tolliver, there was a major Force preventing them from having any real success, a John Force, that is. This took place in 1999 to 2001, when Force was at the height of his dominance. Keep in mind that from 1990 to 2004, there was only one funny car championship Force was not involved in, and that was Cruz Pedregon in 1992. 2004 saw Force’s teammate Tony Pedregon winning the championship. Force was unstoppable. Anyone racing in funny car at that time was chasing John Force with little success. While Epler and Tolliver had wins, they weren’t able to stop Force.

While we’re on the subject of drivers, let me add the fourth major reason, the choice of drivers. Compared to John Force, most drivers were mediocre at that time, but I would have aimed a little higher than Jim Epler and Jerry Tolliver. They aren’t bad drivers, but they aren’t close to John Force in terms of talent and wins. While they did win in their Camaros, which at that time was Chevy’s funny car program on life support, they couldn’t match John Force. So the WWE is pumping money into a racing program that can’t live up to the hype, no matter how hard they tried.

The fifth major reason this was a horrible decision is because of promotion…or lack therof. As I said above, WCW sponsored NASCAR for a number of years. While many racing fans hated it, it was a brilliant move. WCW promoted their cars, used the drivers in angles, worked the nWo angle into the racing, and at one point even had wrestlers on their pit crews. So you would think that WWE would promote their funny cars similarly…right? Most wrestling fans who read this would not have known that the WWE even got involved with the NHRA, since WWE never mentioned the funny car sponsorship at all. They didn’t mention it on television, or on their website. Their talent appeared on the sides of the cars, but were never seen at the track. While they used their cars to promote the XFL, which had even less of a fan base than WCW in 2001, they never promoted their own racing team.

As merchandise is a big part of WWE’s business plan, you would think that WWE would use merchandise to help promote their brand, and again you’d be wrong. While the merch trailer was always at the track, racing merch was never to be seen on the WWE shop on their website. I can’t understand how WWE seemingly went out of their way to not promote their racing. It’s mind boggling. Again, this isn’t a cheap venture, this was costing them millions of dollars. Why they didn’t at least mention it on TV, or have a wrestler at the track, or promote it in any way is baffling.

CM Punk said it best: “Vince McMahon is a millionare who should be a billionare.” Thanks to the XFL, WWE New York-been there, food wasn’t great, Million Dollar Mania, ECW, Tout, Icopro, the WBF, and a host of other failed ventures, Vince has lost more money than the bottom 100 million Americans will ever see in their lifetime. I’m just going to end it here, because it seems that Vince isn’t a great businessman.

By David G. Firestone

Last night, a Presidential Debate was held on CNN. Normally, my work schedule prevents me from watching the debates, but last night, I was free. I could have watched the debate, but I chose not to. I have my candidate chosen, and I’m not changing my mind, nor am I going to say who this candidate is, or promote them.

There was a more practical reason for not watching the debate, which is…I’M SICK OF THS ELECTION! I’m sick of hate mongering, fear mongering, race baiting, email servers, foundation issues, xenophobia, gun control discussions, “I approve this message,” political polls, and the rest of the election horseshit! I’m tired of hearing it, and I’ll be happy when this election is over!

What amazes me is that The Constitution of the United States of America unconditionally applies to all of us, yet politicians somehow think that rights should not apply to things they disagree with. Both sides seem to think that freedom of speech only applies to them. The left thinks that the second amendment shouldn’t apply to citizens, and the right thinks that freedom of religion doesn’t apply to non Judeo-Christians.

I’m fully convinced that politicians need term limits at the local, state, and national levels in this day in age. 8 years should be the limit. No more lifetime politicians, 12 years, then get a real job. I’m sick of these power-hungry Senators and Representatives who put their own objectives before the needs of the country. The limit should be 12 years in Congress, and when that’s over, someone else takes over. If you spend your 12 years in the Senate, you don’t then get to run for the House of Representatives.

Since I’m living in Illinois, I’m going to add this new rule to the mix. If you get arrested while in office, you should automatically lose that office and be banned from running for life. No excuses or reasons can get you out of this. I’m sick of politicians getting arrested and keeping their offices despite public outcry. Politicians need to put citizens first, as opposed to themselves. I’m sick of politicians, and I’m sick of the election.

By David G. Firestone

Could someone explain to me why going to a pharmacy in this day in age can be so aggravating? Why in the world is the simple act of picking up a prescription not possible without having to deal with so much nonsense? Seriously, I hate going to pick up a prescription, because it rarely goes smoothly.

I’m the kind of person who strives to spend as little time in line as possible. I have my money ready, I know how much the prescription costs, and I don’t have any questions. I’m the same way at the post office and the DMV, except there I bring my own pens. I don’t mind when there are issues that are out of the worker’s hands, such as computer problems. That happens a lot, and getting mad solves nothing.

I had to visit a different pharmacy than I normally do for reasons not worth getting into. All I wanted to do was pick up a prescription that I knew for a fact was filled and ready for pickup, and I was happy when I saw that there was only one person in line ahead of me. I get really mad at the people in line ahead of me who don’t seem to understand that there are other people in the world besides themselves. I hate these people!

My happiness became a memory when this woman, who looked to be in her mid 90’s, shuffled up to the counter. She could barely speak broken English, and was asking questions that neither I or the pharmacist could understand, or answer. She then starts yelling in a foreign language that nobody could understand. I was getting really upset, and then her daughter, who was in her 70’s came over, and began acting as a translator.

I gave up after 10 questions, and was ready to walk out, when a second pharmacist came over and opened up a register and I walked over and started to get my prescription, when another woman walks over, and tries to do the “I just have a question” routine to try and cut in line. This new pharmacist told her that I had been waiting in line for 10 minutes (in reality, it was about 20 minutes) and she had to wait her turn. She got an attitude, but she went to the line.

So after a total of 20 minutes, I had the one bottle of pills I came in to buy, and I made a beeline for the exit. I left there, and got on the bus and came home. I’m seriously considering a delivery service, so I don’t have to deal with that nonsense.

By David G. Firestone

Could someone explain to me why kids are coddled so much? How did we get to this point? Between participation trophies, trigger warnings, and helicopter parents, we have a generation of kids in college who are grown in terms of physical bodies, but little children in terms of emotional maturity. When they don’t get what they want, they cry and scream and whine until they do.

The new phenomenon I’ve been seeing as of late are these “social justice warriors.” They are individuals who promote socially progressive ideals and political correctness. The problem is that while some of them have very valid and reasonable reasons for promoting these ideals, others have less than ideal reasons. Take what happened at the University of Missouri for example. There were a number of racial incidents on campus, and African American students were upset because they felt the university didn’t take enough steps to remedy the problem. The protests that followed were justifiable. Obviously, if racists incidents aren’t being dealt with, then those who were hurt have every right to be upset and protest.

Where these “social justice warriors” lose the point is by trying to silence everyone who doesn’t agree with their specific belief system. For example, if a university allows Milo Yiannopoulos to speak, inevitably there will be protests and sometimes these protests get out of hand. I’ve never been ashamed of DePaul University, my alma mater, but after the chaos at the visit of Milo Yiannopoulos, with security doing little, if anything to quell what was was going on, any chance of them getting donations from me is now a distant memory.

I can’t stand Milo Yiannopoulos, and I’m not going to defend what he says. He is an internet troll who likes to get under people’s skin. The problem here is that “social justice warriors” don’t seem to understand how internet trolling works, even though many of them fancy themselves as internet trolls. When you go to his speeches and raise havoc, you are doing exactly what he wants you to do, and you are proving his point.

Here’s something that these myopic, smug, self-righteous little children fail to understand about rights: Everyone has the right to free speech, free expression, and freedom of religion, not just you. You can believe whatever you want, but you can’t force me to believe it. People are going to have differing opinions from your own, and that’s the way the world works. Adults can respect disagreement, little children can’t handle it.

Again, I’m not slamming all “social justice warriors.” The ones who have real complaints and are protesting serious issues that need to be addressed are fine. The ones who act like babies because someone else disagrees with them are the ones I can’t stand. The world doesn’t revolve around you, nobody owes you anything, and you are no more important than the other 7 billion people on earth.

It should also be noted that the reason universities invite people like Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at events is because they want students to be out of their comfort zone. They want you to listen to him because his opinions differ from yours, and the university wants you to grow as a person. I don’t live in a world of affirmation, I live in a world of information, also called “The Real World” In the rea world, “safe spaces” are bullshit because in the real world, there is no such thing as a “safe space.” “trigger warnings” do not exist outside of school in the real world.

The bottom line for college students is that you are an adult, learn to act like it.