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I took my time listening to this episode....really wanted to pay attention...sometimes when I listen and miss stuff because i'm multi-tasking.. All that said.....man, that was definitely the best interview from WTS and there have been many great shows from Ping. It's refreshing to see someone like Bob in todays candy-ass society. Can he be an ass...sure....is he arrogant...absolutely. None of that bothers me one bit. Despite his gruff demeanor, he seems pretty likeable to me. It's always interesting to measure up one of your childhood heroes after you've become an adult.....Bob does not disappoint. I like him for the...

I suspect some of the opinions in this thread about his "racist" language are largely influenced by his political leanings also revealed in the interview.

He just comes from a time when it was perfectly fine to say that. Said the world over I know older guys around his age from UK aus Europe that use it too. It's not used in a racist context. Now my grandfather thst fought in ww2 definitely used it in a racist context.

In the year 2000, I dated a woman who was an HR Director for a large company. On our 2nd date, she had a problem because I called her "Chick" in the course of our conversation that night... I explained to her this is how I speak, I use the words Dude, Chick, etc. Nothing is meant to be degrading, it is just a part of my vernacular, and if she can't deal with that, we should probably end things right here and now. Long, story short. We have been together for 22 years, and married for 20 of those...

I have a Jewish friend that we call the Jew, and a Polish friend we call Pollock. I use the word retard in front of my daughter and she comes unglued, people are different, learn the room. What I’m getting at, is that what’s offensive to some, might not to another and to sit around calling each other pussy gen xer and Boomers is mind numbing and a wasteful use of time. If you didn’t like the word Jap used cool, if you’re ok with it, cool. This is what’s wrong in our society’s today, both sides getting butt hurt...

Wow. The politically correct, everybody gets a trophy generation has been so conditioned to be Beta Males, that when they see a true Alpha in the wild, they instinctively try to tear him down. It’s sad. Great interview. Love Hannah. He’s a true old school bad ass.

How many more times you going to post the same thing? Get a grip man, you aren't going to sway anyone

My family is from Finland and Sweden and we are called Finns and Swedes I guess I need to be offended by the woke bitches standards.

Japs is no different than calling someone a Britt, Jew or Aussie etc. and if someone is offended by it , who cares. They are just looking for a reason to be offended.

We live in a world that is so safe, so prosperous, so watered down, and so tame, that there are people who actually find that interview racist and offensive? SMH The amount of devolution occurring in our society never ceases to amazing me. The Hurricane's shear willpower alone makes him a legend. Can you imagine hearing about Eli running 12 miles and doing 2 45 minute motos EVERYDAY for 21 straight days to prep for MXoN? Yeah, me neither. It's too bad some of you are so caught up in your social programming that you miss the epicness of a...

The whole interview with Hannah is far more LESS offensive than rap music. We have a President who eliminates potential VP's based on the color of their skin and gender. Our President also eliminated supreme court justices on the color of their skin and gender and was vocal about it. What exactly is wrong with the Hannah interview?

I think it would be yank not honky or cracker. Your analogy is off. Many of these terms we threw around in the past were not in the name of blatant racism ie they were not meant as a hateful or derogatory term. Our society has been duped by the woke movement, the needle has swung way the hell to far.

The last place i'd expect to find a bunch of oversensitive 2022 style pussies in a moto chat room. Take a seat pansy's.

I listened to the whole thing on a drive, thought it was good. I got to ride with Bob a lot in Bean canyon in the early 80s, and what you got was exactly how I remember him. The word Jap was probably the least offensive thing he said, I’d probably worry more about how he talked about women. One thing you need to know, the motocross industry in his time referred to the Japanese guys as the japs, literally everyone said it. Plus, he’s what, 62? I fairly certain his dad would’ve used the term too, my dad did...

First of all, let me say this... I'm a 58-year-old Vet rider. I am 100% a fan of Hannah. He seems incredibly self-aware, as evidenced by how he calls himself out on multiple occasions. Am i offended by anything he said in the interview? Absolutely not. I just find it odd how some are offended by the term "Jap", but none of them are offended by the word "Broad'? He referred to multiple women by this term, but somehow these guys are selectively offended. Again, I thought the guy was great in his interview. But this being selectively offensiveness is...

Do you refer to British folks as Brits? Germans as Krauts? Aussies? Kiwis? Yanks? Swedes? Stop being such a pussy... nothing he said was racists, you just want to be offended.

And, yet… You embarrass them by not being able to embrace the freedom and tolerance they fought for. If the term “Jap’s” puts you on your heels? Well, I think Magoo’s thoughtfully posted “Cry Closet” really does apply to you.

Bob Hannah showed up to the line ready to kill anyone he needed to for the win. I really wish we had racers like that today.

I hardly consider the word, "japs", a racial slur. Does this clown feel the same way about, brits, yanks, jews, arabs, or any other abbreviated group ???

Not saying it's impossible, but I can assure you, the folks you know are the exception and not the rule. Average age of the WW2 soldier was 26. If I'm a betting man, I bet Stevie's full of chit. He get's triggered because Hannah refers to the Japanese as "Japs"??? Really?? He sounds more like an avg 20 something snowflake.