There's a massive difference between talking about a thing you don't like verses trashing people who like a thing you don't like. To sum it up in a meme: Let p

There's a massive difference between talking about a thing you don't like verses trashing people who like a thing you don't like. To sum it up in a meme: Let people enjoy things. Sportballs is silly? Sure. Compare it to the gladiatorial games in ancient Rome? Sure. Calling people who like American football dumb? Not okay. Watching football is as dumb as playing D&D, fixing cars, listening to music(1), etc. People get invested in things they like and can get just as "nerdy" about it as any programmer into designing programming languages. 1: I will make an exception for bagpipes. Pretty sure they were *designed* to be offensive. Which is why I get so much joy listening to them. ;)