Head, meet desk.

[gridlore]

Congrats to the Indianapolis Colts. Good win, you earned it. And congrats to the Bears, especially their defense, for making a game where the Colts dominating the statistics sheet much closer on the scoreboard.

But now, the head-desk moment. I'm reading Crooks&Liars, and there is an open thread on the game. The responses make me ashamed to be a liberal. Some examples:

"How refreshing to see some anti-sports statements on this thread. I guess those of us who don't partake in the national bread and circus and its nationalistic capitalist indoctrination rituals are few and far between. Kudos to you my non-brainwashed comrades. Competition corrodes the soul, emboldens the arrogant and prideful, inculcates tribal divisions and enforces conformity. Cooperation is the modus operandi of socially evolved intelligence."

"At the coin toss, when the 4 team captains were presented by name, Mohammad (Bears) was booed by the Indianapolis fans because of his Muslim name while the others were cheered.

Thanks Indianapolis fans, for showing the world what a bunch of racist homophobes live in this country."

The player he's referring to is Muhsin Mohammed. His first name is pronounced Moose-in, and whenever he makes a good play, or is introduced at the start of a game, Bears fans all yell "Moose!"

"It's a stupid, violent game/bloodsport--figures that it's so popular woth the masses. So stupid."

Crap like this makes me ashamed to be a liberal.

Comments

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

Pretty much any player with that "oo" sound in his name or nickname is going to get that. Deuce McAllister of the Saints gets it all the time. I think the first time I heard it was for Darryl "Moose" Johnson of the Dallas Cowboys.

[lysana.livejournal.com]

I went to a BoSox/Yankees game in the early '80s, and the Pinstriped Pinheads had a player whose name rhymed with "boo". His name escapes me right now, but the Yankees fans went nuts when he came up to bat, and it sounded like booing if you didn't know who he was.