Letters to the Editor
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Yeah, cause you've met all of us
It's only magnified by living as an exile in Boston, where the fans remain largely insufferable, having evolved from angry and unforgiving to smug and unforgiving.
Sorry to hear that you've met the miserable/smug Boston fans who weren't happy when their teams were losing and now aren't happy with their teams winning.
As a long time Boston fan can I please ask you to shut up?
We're not all like that, in fact, no one I know, and I know a lot of Boston fans, are like that.
Sounds like what you need to do is hang out with a better class of people in general, there are a lot of Boston sports fans who are as passionate about their teams as anyone and are just glad they're winning.
Having lived in NYC, I can tell you that those fans, a lot of them anyway, are as passionate and knowledgeable about their team as any fans anywhere.
Now living in the great midwest, what I find is that unless their team is doing well, there's no discussion of the team at all. People here don't mention the Reds or Bengals except to see if someone wants to buy their tickets. They expect failure and then seem gratified when it comes to be.
I'd rather be among a passionate group, living and dying with the success and failure of the team than fair-weather.
If that means that there's a few assholes in the group, we're ok with that...that's probably why they let you stay.