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I like to watch sports for the competition, not preachy politics. Life in America is already too polarized politically. It's a shame broadcast sports can't be a
by itbeho 9y ago
I like to watch sports for the competition, not preachy politics. Life in America is already too polarized politically. It's a shame broadcast sports can't be at least one place for common ground.
- humanrebar 9y ago> It's a shame broadcast sports can't be at least one place for common ground. I don't know. There's a "sportsmanship" mythos out there, but I'm not sure it's the dominant one. I see a lot more of the love-my-team-hate-your-team culture in sports that looks a lot like modern "my team" politics. I'm just struggling with the implication of that. Do we encourage rabid sports fandom to give a relatively harmless space for the tribal impulse? Or does it just train people to support their parties and politicians the same way they support their favorite jerseyed heroes?
- 0xcde4c3db 9y agoAlso, trying to exclude politics often plays out as the majority promulgating their own "neutral" political positions and traditions unchallenged. It's much harder to create a truly apolitical space than it is to just get people with grievances to shut up or leave.