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For all the haters and boo birds...

Alfalfa said:
What self righteous nonsense. We boo opposing teams' players until our throats bleed. But when it's our team, it's just so dehumanizing. :rolleyes:

Don't play like *** and go down 21 in the first quarter, at home, against a terrible team, and you won't get boo'd.
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Ron Mexico said:
Still, it's no big deal. It's just a boo. Every star player gets booed all the time on the road. Again, it's just part of playing a fun silly game for entertainment sake.
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I don't think it's the same thing to boo the opposing team as booing your own team. The two feel a lot different to me.

One feels like hey we dont want you to beat our team and feels a lot more like healthy fandom. The other feels a lot like a-holes thinking they own you because they paid for a ticket and you better perform or else. Its so cringey.
 
NAOS said:
The team benefits by having passionate fans. The thing with passion, though, is that it sometimes gets expressed in less-than-ideal ways. Pro athletes should know this, and should also be pro at expecting and dealing with it.
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Naw players should always be praised, told how wonderful they are all the time and worshipped. A few boos hurts their precious fee fees and ego too much :(
 
NPC D4617 said:
I don't think it's the same thing to boo the opposing team as booing your own team. The two feel a lot different to me.

One feels like hey we dont want you to beat our team and feels a lot more like healthy fandom. The other feels a lot like a-holes thinking they own you because they paid for a ticket and you better perform or else. Its so cringey.
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Calling a player trash is fine though. Lol
 
checkbookdoc said:
Whether you think it is okay to boo or not is just an opinion. As such, I think it is very hypocritical of Locke to complain about how there is so much group think in the world and how we get caught up in an echo chamber, but then to be pissed off when people have a different opinion than him. How about just explaining your perspective without demonizing those that disagree with you (especially without making any attempt to understand their reasons or thought process for booing).
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Locke is very good at throwing a hissy fit and acting condescending to fans, especially when they disagree with him. He definitely sees himself above fans. Very dehumanizing of him.
 
I would assume the concept of ‘dehumanization’ arises when one views this through the lens of owners being slave masters and the players being plantation workers. Thus, Joe Ingles represents the plight of a struggling minority, while the guy taking his daughter to a game represents a pillaging tyrant who leaves destruction in his wake, and views players as beasts of entertainment, free to be expended at his leisure. While the people living paycheck to paycheck are surrogates for the oppressive ruling class, the millionaire players become a symbol of systemic oppression, and the fans carry out their lust for desiring to subjugate individuals through sublimation in ways that are cloaked in social acceptability.
 
Utah fans look like complete whiny babies when they go out of their way to boo players years after the fact. I don't care for Enes at all but booing the way we did the entire game is childish. If you have to do it feel good the first game back - ie Hayward - and if it makes you feel better than OK. But get over it and move on. Really bush league.
 
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