I think the one thing Americans have down in terms of sports (if anything =_=) is that most of us understand that trash-talking a rival team is part of being a fan, but you got to be decent to other people. I went to university in a city which is the major rival of the (American) football team of my hometown, and other than some good-natured ribbing, no one was ever mean to me about it.
Apparently after the NL derby, a black Arsenal fan ran into some hot-headed (read: racist) Spurs fans and then some police brutality. But then he mentioned that both Arsenal *AND* Spurs fans went out of their way to help him because stamping out racism and being a decent human being > your club affiliation.
Anyway, I'm sorry for anything that has happened to you :( No one deserves to be on the end of that bullshit. It's unfortunate because the club can't control people, but fans also inadvertently represent the club and it's like... you think this looks good for Chelsea? Or do you just not fucking care? I'm glad it seems like they're taking a strong stand and banning trash from ever coming to the stadium again and cooperating with police. Good riddance.
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RE: Gross, so gross.
Date: 2015-02-18 04:44 am (UTC)Apparently after the NL derby, a black Arsenal fan ran into some hot-headed (read: racist) Spurs fans and then some police brutality. But then he mentioned that both Arsenal *AND* Spurs fans went out of their way to help him because stamping out racism and being a decent human being > your club affiliation.
Anyway, I'm sorry for anything that has happened to you :( No one deserves to be on the end of that bullshit. It's unfortunate because the club can't control people, but fans also inadvertently represent the club and it's like... you think this looks good for Chelsea? Or do you just not fucking care? I'm glad it seems like they're taking a strong stand and banning trash from ever coming to the stadium again and cooperating with police. Good riddance.