unsportsman-like conduct

Athlete and athletic supporters (he he) have always made me at least apprehensive. A 'dude' mentality, complete with homophobia and sexism, seems to flow freely through the sporting circles, at least from my viewpoint.

I have heard more than my share of disgusting slurs from drunken sportsfans but I don't think that it applies across the board. There are some fucking awesome people, both on the fields and in the stands. Some people can sit back, enjoy the sport for the sport and be rad to be around. Then there's who see the need to figuratively wag their penis around in order to secure their masculinity while rooting for their team. We ran into those guys tonight.

I knew that it was going to happen. We went to the Portland Timbers last home game of the season and the stadium was packed. We sat amidst the Timbers Army too which is generally the rowdier section. In front of us, there was a guy who looked like Pacey from Dawson's Creek who started off yelling things like, "You Dick-Ass" and soon came up with "Cock-sucker" which led to "You pussy faggot." After Charleston ended up scoring a second goal to our one goal with only two minutes left in the game, we decided to leave. We didn't go fist-to-cuffs because the drunkard wasn't worth engaging and we were deep in hostile territory. Another fan somewhere behind us yelled "Beaner" and another guy threatened the person sitting next to him because he wouldn't stand up to support the team. It felt wrong leaving early because people were being assholes but then again, I had no desire to stay any longer.

I think that I could like sports if it wasn't for the fans. Like the picture above, taken in while we were stranded in Cannon Beach, I can enjoy pure appreciation of the game.

Also, as an additional bit of related information, I found out last week that the homophobic 'church' group, the Westboro Baptist Church outta Topeka, Kansas will be attending the Nebraska Cornhuskers Games. However, they will be protesting, not supporting, the Cornhuskers. These are the same people who run the GodHatesFags website. Apparently, they believe that god hates Nebraska because Nebraska recently seperated Church and State in its courts. These people will be starting with the Virginia Tech game in Lincoln, saying, "Thank God for the Shooter" because god hates Virginia as well. But I wouldn't take it personal. They also say that god "definetely hates Kansass."