this is the 400th time I’ve said this but people who refuse to understand why sports are popular and demean sports fans as though we’re some kind of lesser species are just the worst.
Like, I get it sometimes. I’m a baseball fan. I know that the thing I love is hopelessly stuck in the weeds of capitalism, of patriarchy, of racism and homophobia.
But like. Are people just willing to disregard the basic human experience of playing games? of the joy and exaltation of one’s own body? of seeing the outer limits of what we are able to accomplish if we set our minds to it?
I know as a fact I would hate to be in the same room as most pro baseball players, but that doesn’t stop me from empathizing and feeling emotional about their struggles, their accomplishments, their hopes and dreams.
Even if you want to disengage from the System, there are people playing sports out there driven by nothing but their own desire. Queer folks, people of color, disabled folks, every kind of folks. You don’t have to like or even understand sports, but if you’re just taking the snobby and childish approach that Sports are Stupid, you’re missing out on so much of the human experience and I don’t feel sorry for you.
