re: Why do Soccer Haters Hate Soccer so much?

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The SB is awesome and I'm glad to have it. But in the old days we kept all soccer talk in one thread on the MSB. My point is that we got daily complaints and postings by people annoyed at the mere fact of a soccer thread on the board at all. The World Cup and the desire to keep all soccer threads due to the tournament in one place created the soccer board in earnest and it's grown exponentially from then. But in the old days there were maybe five or six posters who posted soccer news.

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Then it's a 99% good, forget the 1%.

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As for the comments, it's mostly stupid shite like "real men don't play soccer" or "soccer is a commie sport" or long pointless discussions about how the sport will never catch on in the states

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That's nothing. The "commie" thing is hyperbole just like the "sissy" comments. You know when you're "ragging" on a friend you exaggerate whatever it is that you poking him about.

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My point is that the lack of exposure, which you pointed out, does not explain comments like these. Soccer fans, who in general are reasonable, assume ignorance because what type of fricking idiot would actually believe soccer is a commie sport.

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Sure lack of exposure does. No one actually believes it's a commie sport, it's just a way to get under your skin.

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I should add that this is definitely an Internet thing. Most people I interact with on a daily basis don't give a shite one way or another.

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And this is the answer for the whole thread. The internet magnifies and fosters rude behavior. You have to be able to brush off that foolishness. In real life people are indifferent or are coming around to soccer.