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November 10th, 2011

Michelle Dean: So the other day when all this Paterno stuff was coming out, I and a... »

michelledean:

My working theory, and one I’d be happy to amend provided with the right evidence, is that the particular weird competitiveness that most team sports elicits in its fans (and even its players) is ultimately kind of destructive. I mean that seriously.

I think you sell this theory short! American politics is totally an us-vs.-them affair that owes a lot to sports fandom. (It would of course be uncharitable to compare these emotions to others governed by Godwin’s Law.)

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    1. ichwarindichverliebt reblogged this from lifeaquatic and added:
      All of this. Plus added emphasis on the fact that we’re not adding political correctness, we’re asking people to a) NOT...
    2. lifeaquatic reblogged this from free-cat-fancy and added:
      What catbus said.
    3. squashedcomments reblogged this from free-cat-fancy and added:
      one in—but let my contribution be...people reflexively defend things
    4. free-cat-fancy reblogged this from michelledean and added:
      a) When it came to light last year that...drummer of the band Drunkdriver had almost...
    5. mookieproof reblogged this from michelledean and added:
      think you sell this theory short! American politics...totally an us-vs.-them affair
    6. jonathanbogart said: There’s a lot to consider there, from sports-as-sublimated-war to the weird way people get hyper-defensive about any changes to any sports culture ever. The US military allows openly gay soldiers before pro sports allows openly gay (male) athletes.
    7. countcenci said: Agreed, but I think an indictment of team sports and competition based (SOLELY) on the reaction of idiot college students is tough.
    8. michelledean posted this