Chuck
02-11-2011, 01:37 AM
So... I had a bit of a revelation during Super Bowl Sunday that I thought....um.... needed to share with you all.
As most or all of you know I am a very, very passionate Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I have been for over 30 years. I've followed them through thick and thin, victory and defeat and always will.
So during the week of the Super Bowl I began to notice a trend that at first frustrated me and then flat out pissed me off. Haters. Now a little trash talking between fans is to be expected in sports and I had no issue what so ever with that. It never bothered me when Packers fans said something to me, emailed me or posted on my Facebook. That's part of the fun of being a fan right? But what really started to irritate me was the incredible amount of people who were not a fan of the Packers OR the Steelers who felt the need to tell me how the Steelers suck or how they could hardly wait to see them lose. They had no vested interest in either team. They really didn't care about the outcome of the game, they just wanted to say negative crap about my team.
So here's where you all come into play.... I sat there before the game just fuming as the bazillionth person at the Super Bowl party I was attending told me "Go Packers" or "The Steelers are going down". Most of these people couldn't find Wisconscin on a map if they had to and probably couldn't name 1 player on EITHER team. Yet they just HAD to tell me how they felt. So as I sat there fuming and reflecting on how much I hate that behavior I thought of Nick Diaz. And THAT was when the Holy Spirit really started to convict me. Truly.
It was then that I thought about how I share my feelings about the Diaz brothers, Tim Silvia and a few other fighters on this board. I don't share them when they are fighting somebody I follow, I simply share them so the fans of those fighters know how I feel. And that's unnecessary. So to Miss Foxy specifically I offer my apologies and ask your forgiveness. To the rest of you who might be Diaz or Silvia fans I ask you the same. If one of those fighters is going to fight somebody I like I think a fair amount of playful banter is ok but I will do my best to not go out of my way to just voice my negative opinion about a fighter you follow.
GO STEELERS!!!
As most or all of you know I am a very, very passionate Pittsburgh Steelers fan. I have been for over 30 years. I've followed them through thick and thin, victory and defeat and always will.
So during the week of the Super Bowl I began to notice a trend that at first frustrated me and then flat out pissed me off. Haters. Now a little trash talking between fans is to be expected in sports and I had no issue what so ever with that. It never bothered me when Packers fans said something to me, emailed me or posted on my Facebook. That's part of the fun of being a fan right? But what really started to irritate me was the incredible amount of people who were not a fan of the Packers OR the Steelers who felt the need to tell me how the Steelers suck or how they could hardly wait to see them lose. They had no vested interest in either team. They really didn't care about the outcome of the game, they just wanted to say negative crap about my team.
So here's where you all come into play.... I sat there before the game just fuming as the bazillionth person at the Super Bowl party I was attending told me "Go Packers" or "The Steelers are going down". Most of these people couldn't find Wisconscin on a map if they had to and probably couldn't name 1 player on EITHER team. Yet they just HAD to tell me how they felt. So as I sat there fuming and reflecting on how much I hate that behavior I thought of Nick Diaz. And THAT was when the Holy Spirit really started to convict me. Truly.
It was then that I thought about how I share my feelings about the Diaz brothers, Tim Silvia and a few other fighters on this board. I don't share them when they are fighting somebody I follow, I simply share them so the fans of those fighters know how I feel. And that's unnecessary. So to Miss Foxy specifically I offer my apologies and ask your forgiveness. To the rest of you who might be Diaz or Silvia fans I ask you the same. If one of those fighters is going to fight somebody I like I think a fair amount of playful banter is ok but I will do my best to not go out of my way to just voice my negative opinion about a fighter you follow.
GO STEELERS!!!