What gets me are the people who call him a god and give him the benefit of every doubt. He loses, and the other guys have better machines. He wins, and he overcame tall odds. He crashes, and it was a problem with the tires. Another guy crashes and he lost his nerve. It's unreal how many people kiss this guy's .... What would it take for people to look at Rossi objectively? It's hard to imagine any situation where a person wearing a yellow t-shirt and a VR46 hat might say, "You know, Rossi went a little too far on that one. I think he should tone it down."
Some are and some have done so, some here and some elsewhere and sadly, some have been pilloried for it by team Yellow but also by team others.
The big difference (to me) is that there are bike racing fans of Rossi who love bikes and fell into support Rossi for all the excitement and enthusiasm he offered years ago. Yes they may 'allow' him leeway just as fans of a rider allow that rider leeway, but they will also criticise when they feel justified or they may not defend.
Then there are the cultists, and it is this categorisation whereby it seems of lat all have been placed which is unfair.
The cultists worship Rossi, he can do no wrong in their eyes and the world is against them. They are superior in every way and VR is never beaten fairly but always by foul means. These are the ones for whom Rossi is the sport and whom are the ones that fall into the 'dangerous' set as they are the abusive ones, those that cannot accept criticisms of their chosen overlord. It is these 'fans' that are the ones that will one day realise that they have devoted 15 years of their lives to supporting a personality and when that personality no longer has the medium available, they will have a hollow feeling wondering what or how that happened that they are now 40 years ol and still living in their mothers yellow infested basement.
The bike racing fans will stay, the cultists will worship their model bikes, look at their replica helmets, grab a box of tissues and some 'assistance' and retire to the toilet dreaming of days gone by.
Meantime, MotoGP has moved on, the bike fans that supported Rossi have stayed and moved to other riders, and the discussions continue in a somewhat more civilised manner until the next 'Jim Jones' comes along.
That all said, I do not want Rossi to fall on anything but his own sword, as he did somewhat throughout 2011/2012 when he realised that he had made a mistake by assuming in 2010 that one rider was not pushing as hard as he should be to make a bike competitive.
I should also add that all of these riders have these obsessive fan bases, but most have a much smaller base and as such we do not see or here the mindless, but with VR being so popular throughout the world there are just more mindless from which to hear
