I think with people’s blorbos the parasocialsm of it all warps everything, too.

Root yourself in materialism.

What difference does it make to the material world who you are rooting for in front of your TV on Sundays? What difference does it make to the material world whose photos you're liking on tumblr dot com? Fuck all difference.

There. Are. No. Thought. Crimes. Only your impact on the actual world matters.

I genuinely can't tell if the last one was made in bad faith or not but the answer is the same in any case so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why? I understand but I'm not articulate enough to explain it. Like, why shouldn't we. I feel like to a certain extent you shouldn't support certain people, but it shouldn't be a rule. So what the limit?

let's take my og post sentence by sentence

1 - "Still thinking about how people tried to apply a sense of morality to who you root for in the world cup"

all countries have done stuff that is considered to be morally wrong in their history so saying someone is a bad person for rooting for this or that national team in the world cup makes zero sense. by that logic there is no "good team", not that a team can be "morally good" or "morally bad" (just like an entire country can't be "morally good" or "morally bad"). it's a team. its role is to play games. sometimes people in the teams act bad during the game, and they should be punished for it within the game ; sometimes people in the teams act bad in society, and they should be punished by society.

supporters ≠ teams ≠ country ≠ governement ≠ history

2 - "Even stupider than tying your sense of morality to your blorbo."

first of all liking/disliking something is not the same thing as this thing being good/bad. because online spaces in particular keep ascribing morality to blorbos and things, people have started confusing liking something with it being good and disliking something with it being bad. but the fact that, for example, you don't like something personally doesn't make it evil, it just makes it not for you.

liking something ≠ the thing being morally "good" disliking something ≠ the thing being morally "bad"

second of all enjoying a character / celebrity / sports team / whatever says nothing about your morals. your actions and their material effects on the world do. there are no thought crimes. mind you sometimes liking something means you take certain actions that have an effect on the world like, say, giving money to jkr because you like harry potter. it's more complicated than black and white, because morals are nuanced and a grey area, hence can't be summarised by one thing or person you like. but by itself, liking someone doesn't mean you're gonna or you even can act like them, for them, towards them, etc.

liking someone ≠ this person being "good" ≠ this person being a representation of what one stands for ≠ one acting "good" ≠ one being "good" disliking someone ≠ this person being "bad" ≠ this person being a representation of what one doesn't stand for ≠ one not acting "bad" ≠ one not being "bad"

third of all because what you like/dislike isn't automatically "good/bad" and it also says nothing about your morals by itself, so goes for other people and the things they like and dislike compared to yours :

you liking sth ≠ it being "good" -> someone liking the same thing ≠ them being "good" ≠ them acting "good" you disliking sth ≠ it being "bad" -> someone disliking the same thing ≠ them being "good" ≠ them acting "good" you liking sth ≠ it being "good" -> someone disliking the same thing ≠ them being "bad" ≠ them acting "bad" you disliking sth ≠ it being "bad" -> someone liking the same thing ≠ them being "bad" ≠ them acting "bad"

hence : blorbos / favs / interests aren't a stand in for your nor someone else's morals. they don't make you a bad/good person, and they don't make other people bad/good either. what you actually do in life, the impact you actually have on the world and others, is what is determining, and same for others.

3 - "Just stop trying to root morality in an external source altogether."

as we've seen, liking something or someone doesn't automatically makes you good or bad or even say anything about your morals. more generally just don't look to someone or something else to tell you what is right or wrong. they don't know better than you. decide for yourself what you agree with or not. that extends to parenting, mentoring, religion, therapy, friendship, love, really any type of human relation under the sun. always think by yourself. always decide for yourself. you are responsible for yourself and your actions, no one else and no one else's. root your morals in yourself, in your actions, and their consequences for you and others.