top Gear Jeremy Clarkson got stoned by angry Argentinians while filming TG

[AdamantC]

...huge bias against most things not made in England. I don't believe he's reviewed a single American product that he liked and is usually 100% dismissive of anything made in the USA.

You've obviously never watched the show. He's lobbed numerous insults (sometimes extremely harsh ones) at British cars over the years, and he has praised more then a few foreign cars as well.

 

[mnewsham]

And they got their asses kicked in that war. If I was them, I would not want to call attention to that.

it was also 30+ years ago, and it's not like they exactly stood much of a chance against the UK, it wasn't an unexpected defeat. It's the same nationalistic pride we see from most latin countries, they will talk bad about their own country, but fuck you if you even imply their country is shit and you're a foreigner.

 

[Anubis]

Pretty sure they had the Ford GT on top gear. actually he owns one of them

 

[Maximilian]

They started it... and they lost! Bunch of whiners.

 

[Puppies04]

Seems like politicking from Argentinian politicians trying to get a boost in support from the Argentinians who still hate the UK.

They have been doing it for several years now. Winding up the population about the Falklands to try to take attention away from how shitty a Country their people live in.

 

[darkswordsman17]

It's not just Clarkson. There's several people on the show that have been doing shit like this, Clarkson just gets the brunt because he's the face of the show and is the one that often gets caught redhanded. Clarkson is laying low over this because he was told by the BBC that one more incident and they'd shitcan him so he's obviously not going to be bragging about it on Twitter like in the past.

I really doubt this was mere coincidence considering their past actions either.

I'm amazed at how little people seem to notice that the show for a very long time has basically been run by people that would fit in perfectly on Fox News if they were American.

Also, I'm still shocked at how little people actually know how the show is run (since people keep acting like it's just Jeremy for the stuff that gets flack, it absolutely is not). The show is very scripted. I've thought the head producer or whatever, Andy Willman (?) is a dickhead for a while. He's lied on several occasions and kept trying to convince people about shit when they got caught redhanded (one instance was the Alabama rednecks stuff, they weren't actually attacked at all), and the Tesla stuff, and there's been a few others that I can't recall off the top of my head.

The show is entertaining but if you have a functioning brain you've been rolling your eyes at it for a very long time because they interject stupidity into it for no reason at all.

And they got their asses kicked in that war. If I was them, I would not want to call attention to that.

It's not just that. This would be like if some Muslims went to England and were joking about the young men that died in Afghanistan and Iraq. The country forced young men to go off and fight in a senseless conflict that didn't actually accomplish a damn thing.

You've obviously never watched the show. He's lobbed numerous insults (sometimes extremely harsh ones) at British cars over the years, and he has praised more then a few foreign cars as well.

You're joking, right? Sure they give some praise to other cars, but there's always backhanded compliments included. They absolutely have a massively nationalistic tilt. The main British cars they trash are ones they consider part of the socialist and other movements. They'll trash a lot of British cars but then they'll put some nationalistic spin to it to say how "it's like us plucky Brits" just because they literally didn't show how much work they actually did to keep the car on the show.

it was also 30+ years ago, and it's not like they exactly stood much of a chance against the UK, it was an unexpected defeat. It's the same nationalistic pride we see from most latin countries, they will talk bad about their own country, but fuck you if you even imply their country is shit and you're a foreigner.

Every country is like that. Bring up Vietnam to a lot of Americans and see what their response is to us not "winning" it. Or Korea. You'll get a bunch of stupid nonsense because most people don't know their history for shit and didn't know what was actually going on.

The Falklands War was all bullshit. The Argentine government used it to drum up nationalistic pride to distract from what they were doing to their own people.

It's still a sore spot because people died for nothing for a government that was shitting on it's people. I have a hunch the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will incite similar emotions from Americans (and probably several other countries) a few decades from now.

 

[mnewsham]

Every country is like that. Bring up Vietnam to a lot of Americans and see what their response is to us not "winning" it. Or Korea. You'll get a bunch of stupid nonsense because most people don't know their history for shit and didn't know what was actually going on.

Yeah but you wouldn't see a hundred+ person angry mob running them out of the country.

 

[poofyhairguy]

It's not just that. This would be like if some Muslims went to England and were joking about the young men that died in Afghanistan and Iraq.

The difference is Afghanistan and Iraq didn't really "start" anything. Plus I don't think anyone feels Afghanistan and Iraq "won" those wars, more like everyone involved lost.

Meanwhile, Argentina DID start that conflict and then they got their asses kicked to a definitive degree that is hard to find with modern wars.

 

[darkswordsman17]

They have been doing it for several years now. Winding up the population about the Falklands to try to take attention away from how shitty a Country their people live in.

Yep, they're seeing stuff like what Greece has, where the country's economic woes have stirred up a lot of other problems and you'll see shit like this.

I'll see if I can find it but there were some really good Vice videos on the type of shit that sprung up in Greece due to the economic crisis there (imagine groups like the KKK making inroads in political office based on their explicit racism/hate). I believe there were a few other European countries that also saw some of that (I want to say France did, although the group didn't actually campaign on it's extreme views).

Hell you can see it here in America too.

 

[darkswordsman17]

Yeah but you wouldn't see a hundred+ person angry mob running them out of the country.

It wasn't the mob that threw them out it was Argentine police.

In some places I can bet you would (I seem to recall a gathering of people trying to defend a certain racist rancher's cattle that nearly turned into a gun battle...), although I'd agree I don't think you'd see them outright get attacked (although they were throwing rocks at the cars, they didn't actually attack the people themselves although someone did suffer injuries from the rock throwing).

The difference is Afghanistan and Iraq didn't really "start" anything. Plus I don't think anyone feels Afghanistan and Iraq "won" those wars, more like everyone involved lost.

Meanwhile, Argentina DID start that conflict and then they got their asses kicked to a definitive degree that is hard to find with modern wars.

True it's not a perfect comparison, but you'd get similar angry responses from certain US and British people by going there and then making comments making light of the losses they suffered in small conflicts that ultimately didn't do anything.

Afghanistan absolutely did (Taliban was in control and were working with OBL) so you're just wrong about that.

The UK spins it as an overwhelming victory for them, when it actually highlighted that they were not anywhere close to invincible despite their considerable advantage (that sounds familiar). I'd even argue that it didn't need to turn into such a conflict in the first place because of the British advantage, but the conservative led Brits were gung-ho about going to battle over it. Kinda like how there were certain Americans super gung-ho about both Iraq Wars (and also Korea and Vietnam). The reality is not so black and white. To me, that's my problem with this, the Falklands was not a black and white conflict, but it seems like a lot of people treat it as such.

I do find it interesting how history is written by the victors. How the British colonialism is viewed is based on who won. In the US, the Brits were obviously wrong. But they beat Argentina so they're obviously right then.

 

[zinfamous]

They got chased through Alabama by rednecks with guns and rocks, so this doesn't sound so bad.

 

[Crono]

They got chased through Alabama by rednecks with guns and rocks, so this doesn't sound so bad.

That time it was pretty clear provocation... and it was pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcJ-0bAHB4

 

[Miramonti]

Not buying the 'coincidence' excuse...that was a jack@ss move to use that license plate.

 

[Mixolydian]

I hate all that shit.

 

[master_shake_]

That time it was pretty clear provocation... and it was pretty funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKcJ-0bAHB4

murica' nuff said.

 

[xaeniac]

ahh a different kind of stoned

 

[WelshBloke]

Not buying the 'coincidence' excuse...that was a jack@ss move to use that license plate.

AFAIK they don't actually have personalised number plates in Argentina, they just sort of give them out in the order they come.
So that number plate is just a regular number plate that was used without issue before they got there and it would have taken some serious effort to hunt it down just to use it in the show.

 

[mnewsham]

AFAIK they don't actually have personalised number plates in Argentina, they just sort of give them out in the order they come.
So that number plate is just a regular number plate that was used without issue before they got there and it would have taken some serious effort to hunt it down just to use it in the show.

Not to mention Clarkson removed it from his car before even entering the city in question. He was driving the car without any plates after removing them when alerted a few days before on twitter that they might be offensive.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

thread winner, by knockout in the 31st post, darkswordsman17!

 

[Ruptga]

Not buying the 'coincidence' excuse...that was a jack@ss move to use that license plate.

Because putting a word in quotes makes it patently false. How much time do you spend in trash cans?

 

[Brian Stirling]

You've obviously never watched the show. He's lobbed numerous insults (sometimes extremely harsh ones) at British cars over the years, and he has praised more then a few foreign cars as well.

I've seen plenty of the shows and yes, they've ridiculed a number of British cars (Morris Marina), and yes, they've praised more than a few foreign cars like Ferrari's.

I've personally NEVER seen them praise a single US car, Italian yes, US no...


Brian

 

[mnewsham]

I've personally NEVER seen them praise a single US car, Italian yes, US no...

Did you miss the GT-40 clarkson wet his pants about, and then ended up buying? (now it did break down and he gave it up, but that was a year+ after the fact they basically jizzed praise all over it.)

 

[MongGrel]

Love Top Gear myself.

I remember the one wear they almost got shot in Louisiana I think it was once with things written on their cars like "NASCAR sucks" and had to run like hell.

*Correction, I see Zin posted it, was Alabama I guess.*

I still like watching the show.

The Mini Space Shuttle was pretty classic.

 

[FelixDeCat]

HAHA.....stone those cars and the horses they rode in on ARGENTINA!

 

[Brian Stirling]

Did you miss the GT-40 clarkson wet his pants about, and then ended up buying? (now it did break down and he gave it up, but that was a year+ after the fact they basically jizzed praise all over it.)

Did not see that episode.

The GT-40 was not, however, sold to the public except as a collector car for those that have serious coin.

What US car sold to the public has Clarkson ever praised?


Brian