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> If you make it to a full blown riot you have MESSED UP. Or you lost a sports game, let's not pretend the bar for rioting is very high... https://en.wikipedi

> If you make it to a full blown riot you have MESSED UP. Or you lost a sports game, let's not pretend the bar for rioting is very high... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Vancouver_Stanley_Cup_rio... EDIT: Sorry, I missed "you just won a sports game" as a reason for rioting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_riot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_riot > After the Canadiens defeated the Boston Bruins in the first round of the 2008 Stanley Cup playoffs, fans began rioting in celebration.

bluedays 6y ago
Yeah, sports riots are actually just dumb. But it's also a separate issue entirely. It's like seeing a scatter plot and being like but what about this point right here ---------------------------->
- megameter 6y ago
  In sports riots, the police just stand by and give a graduated response. They don't run around clubbing sports fans. They are perfectly happy to engage in dramatic standoff and dispersal with political protestors, though. However to understand why this would be the case(starting from a naive POV), you have to go beyond general discussion of injustices and reforms into deeper examination of the power structure and loyalties, which is hard to surface out of soundbite media.
082349872349872 6y ago
Back when the US was doing the Great War on Terror, I was pleased to hear my country's interior minister saying something like: yes, we are taking note of potential terrorism — but we are actively concerned about football fans.