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Actually this is absolutely incorrect.
He's been protected by the media at large. If you'll recall, the media took a very delicate approach with the Sepang 2015 incident, and most refused to call him out on any of his behavior prior to the race, and even after. Their judgment was instead reserved for calling out the supposed poor behavior of one Marc Marquez. The agreed upon narrative by most of the media, along with the majority of GP fans --no doubt influenced by the media's concocted tale-- all called attention to MM, who in the words of many, rode to .... with Rossi. It couldn't possibly have been a case of him racing. In fact, many believed MM had a divine duty to pull aside for Rossi as he chased his 8th premier class title. Even Kropo who went further than anyone in calling out Rossi, still didn't miss an opportunity to assign blame to MM based on nothing more than VR's rantings about Phillip Island...who everyone decided was race of the year, if not the decade till VR released his cockamamie theory that the media/fans ran with as gospel.
Your claim that others are given a pass is an outright fabrication that holds absolutely no weight whatsoever. A number of us were speaking out about MM's dangerous riding last year saying that it was going to kill someone at the rate he was going. The core of this forum has been remarkably consistent in calling a spade, a spade. You seem to be viewing this forum as some sort of accurate representation of what the GP fanbase at large believes when you feel it advances your argument. This place represents a distinct minority among the GP fanbase. But what's amusing about that, is that many newer posters come to a conclusion they have to defend Rossi here because the forum is not pro-Rossi. There were a whole slew that came and went around the time of Sepang and Valencia. Even among semi-active posters, there's a number who only show up when they can crow about a Rossi victory, or the possibility of a Rossi victory.
To say that Rossi wouldn't look so bad when compared with the gaffs of others is another ridiculous statement. No other rider with the exception of the esteemed safety advisor to MotoGP, Loris Capirossi, ever pulled a stunt to the likes of which VR pulled at Sepang 2015. It was an incredibly dangerous move that has been rationalized and defended to no end due to ignorance for what can go wrong even at a "lower" speed. And it was performed by a man who up to that point had 15 years in the premier class, over 80 wins, and 7 world titles. That was absolutely inexcusable for a rider of his caliber. A black flag worthy and suspension worthy event was reduced by Dorna/race direction so as not to ....-up the season-ender in Valencia.
Keep in mind, I'm not accounting even for the numerous other incidents where the media has ignored all questionable, or bad behavior from Rossi because it doesn't fit the "Rossi as a fun lovable race winning champion rider" narrative that's been spewed ad nauseum for over a decade. At the end of it, this is the only forum that doesn't tolerate Rossi's ........, nor any other riders.
