Fandom:
One of my favorite “soap box” issues lately stems from my
intolerance of rival bickering. So that
I am clear, my motivations behind cheering for my team (my alma mater, UK) have
nothing to do with hating UL and everything to do with traditions, family,
memories and fun. I have no interest in
wasting my time and energy arguing back and forth about something that will
never be settled: which team/school is better.
Please, be a fan of your team, but there is no reason to
carry around anger towards other teams and fans. I’ve said a thousand times, all fans are the
same, so why do we have to hate each other?
Prejudice against rival teams’ fans seems to me to be the last socially acceptable
form of bigotry (since homophobia seems to be finally mostly taboo.) I have friends who are UL fans and UC fans and
every other kind of fans, and I don’t want them to be sad or to have their
feelings hurt.
I do understand that some people enjoy some “friendly” rival
back and forth, but I am definitely not one of them. I’m not competitive; I don’t like
confrontation, so please leave me out of it.
When I cheer for my team I’m not challenging yours or inviting
banter. I’m simply cheering. There are too many other things to be upset
or angry about in life that I don’t need to provoke anger in others over simple
fandom.
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