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They themselves might have cared, but damn if I wear a purple shirt in Seattle folks are like Go Huskies to me, to the point where I think twice about putting i

They themselves might have cared, but damn if I wear a purple shirt in Seattle folks are like Go Huskies to me, to the point where I think twice about putting it on or wearing it outside the house. I could give a damn about sports or nationalism, but lots of other idiots do.

bseidensticker 4y ago
I think it's a little unfair to call people idiots for something that's extremely hardwired into their brains.
- sitkack 4y ago
  That is why we go to great lengths to civilize ourselves. Sports fanaticism is a fetal nationalism. Maybe we should challenge our hardwired programming, it does seem to offer a lot of control in our actions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in_the_Un...
  - EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 4y ago
    Or maybe sport is a way to vent the natural hate off in a harmless way.
DiggyJohnson 4y ago
> idiots Downvoted and reported, frankly. How can you do callously say something about this? You do realize sports fans are (for the most part) self aware of the inconsequence of a sports rivalry in the real world, right?
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- sitkack 4y ago
  I apologize for triggering your sensitivities. But I implore you to look critically at the role that sports fans and fanaticism plays in our culture. https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sports-fan-violence-factors-1014127 https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sports-fan-violence-factors... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_violent_spectator_incidents_in_sports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_violent_spectator_inci... http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/violent-sports-fans http://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/problem/violent-sports-fans