If someone thinks NASCAR jumped the gun, they are really looking at an argument just to have an argument. There is nothing wrong with NASCAR making a bold proclamation to do a full fledged investigation and terminate the person responsible, two weeks after banning the confederate flag, getting backlash from rednecks on social media about it, and showing up to Talladega Alabama to find lots of confederate flags outside the race track, and someone fly a plane over the track pulling a confederate flag.
In this environment, even not in this environment, when a noose shows up in the only black drivers garage, NASCAR needed to throw the hammer down. I think video evidence surfacing that it was already there a year ago was the last thing they thought would come of the investigation.
If they threaten to bring the hammer down, they jumped the gun. If they say the boiler plate “this does not represent the views of NASCAR, we support drivers of all colors, We’re sorry this happened.” Then it’s tone deaf and appears insincere.
Give me jump the gun.
This was the spirit of the debate.
Will thinks that it was a disservice to race relations FOR NASCAR to jump the gun, because they gave a strongly worded statement saying that it was true prior to the investigation being complete. Bomani is pretty much saying they had to, because the damage they'd have if they didn't massively outweighs the risk that it wasn't true. Furthermore, Bomani is saying that if this is the straw that breaks the race relations debate, the person you're debating with probably isn't as persuadable as you thought.
