Thread: Stay classy Boston fans...

Originally Posted by UniBonger

This is pretty much why I posted this. The microcosm / big brush argument is universal. A few unruly 'morans' really do ruin it for the vast majority of the real fans. Of course I don't see all Boston fans in this light, it would be ignorant to believe all city fans are cut from the same cloth. It just seems fitting to expose it coming out of the city that not only bashed Canuck fans post-riot, but painted our entire country as 'a social wasteland with an economy based on beer and hockey'. And that was a direct quote from a thread on the Boston Globe forums last year. All the self-righteous loathing that emanated out of their city last year (again in microcosm form but still enough to represent a percentage of opinion there) deserved exposure like this. It sickens me that it comes down to racial statements. I thought we were all beyond that nowadays.

i said it in another thread, i went to vancouver in 2008 and held the city and its residents in high regard. the riots were unfortunate, but not representative of a great city. EVERY CITY has it its idiot fan base, boston, vancouver, L.A.

Per wikipedia: Violence in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In June 2000, Los Angeles Lakers fans stormed the streets of Los Angeles after the Lakers victory over the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals. Fans briefly celebrated by starting bonfires, but it soon turned into a riot, with fans dancing and stomping on parked cars, and even turning a news van over.[6]

In October 2004, fans of the Boston Red Sox rioted just outside of Fenway Park after the Red Sox won the American League Championship Series over the New York Yankees. Police used "pepper guns" in some cases and an Emerson College student, Victoria Snelgrove, was killed by a pepper filled paintball-like projectile which hit her in the eye.

The 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot immediately followed the loss of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team to the Boston Bruins in the deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in June of that year.

What say we ALL get off our high horse...

Originally Posted by Bergeron

Per wikipedia: Violence in sports - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In June 2000, Los Angeles Lakers fans stormed the streets of Los Angeles after the Lakers victory over the Indiana Pacers in the 2000 NBA Finals. Fans briefly celebrated by starting bonfires, but it soon turned into a riot, with fans dancing and stomping on parked cars, and even turning a news van over.[6]

In October 2004, fans of the Boston Red Sox rioted just outside of Fenway Park after the Red Sox won the American League Championship Series over the New York Yankees. Police used "pepper guns" in some cases and an Emerson College student, Victoria Snelgrove, was killed by a pepper filled paintball-like projectile which hit her in the eye.

The 2011 Vancouver Stanley Cup riot immediately followed the loss of the Vancouver Canucks hockey team to the Boston Bruins in the deciding Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals in June of that year.

What say we ALL get off our high horse...

All due to respect to you man, and some of the good Bruin fans out there; But based off my experience with Boston fans in the 4 major sports, there are just too many fans still acting like the Confederacy is still intact and find it acceptable for the N word to be liberally thrown around like it's nothing. I know you aren't like that, and I know our fan base isn't perfect either, but it's tough to listen to how racist the culture can be over there.

Originally Posted by Brandon

All due to respect to you man, and some of the good Bruin fans out there; But based off my experience with Boston fans in the 4 major sports, there are just too many fans still acting like the Confederacy is still intact and find it acceptable for the N word to be liberally thrown around like it's nothing. I know you aren't like that, and I know our fan base isn't perfect either, but it's tough to listen to how racist the culture can be over there.

Come on . . . we're acting like Boston is ground zero for this kind of stuff. Take a tour through the south and see if you feel the same way.

Originally Posted by dgrycan

Come on . . . we're acting like Boston is ground zero for this kind of stuff. Take a tour through the south and see if you feel the same way.

No definitely not ground zero (Mississippi comes to mind...), but Boston is definitely closely within the radius of the blast.

Originally Posted by Brandon

All due to respect to you man, and some of the good Bruin fans out there; But based off my experience with Boston fans in the 4 major sports, there are just too many fans still acting like the Confederacy is still intact and find it acceptable for the N word to be liberally thrown around like it's nothing. I know you aren't like that, and I know our fan base isn't perfect either, but it's tough to listen to how racist the culture can be over there.

you are certainly welcome to your opinion. but much like i've had personal experience with the 0.0001% of the L.A. fan base, you have equal experience with boston fans. i may have more, given my in-laws are from L.A. and i've been there dozens of times. boston still has issues with race, no doubt, but the idiots still don't represent our fan base. besides the Celtics are as popular as ever and there is one white guy on the team (not including pavlovic), i would think popularity would have taken a hit if we are as racist as is made out. if you took a poll of popular sports figures in boston in the last five years, ortiz and pierce would have been near the top. i think bostons race issue is overplayed because of its past, things aren't perfect here, but they are certainly better. thanks to a couple of knobs we are back to being viewed as a racist city, despite being a liberal, live and let live bastion. oh well.

Originally Posted by Brandon

No definitely not ground zero (Mississippi comes to mind...), but Boston is definitely closely within the radius of the blast.

you just compared Boston to Mississippi??? and this is based on what? along with larry bird and bobby orr, bill russell is THE sports icon here. that and racist as we are, we have a black governer. don't know how he got into office. come on dude, you really are heading toward strong generalizations on places you only know through 'friends' and some idiots on twitter.

Originally Posted by onlyalad

Willie O'Ree, first black player in the NHL

On June 28, 2011, the Boston Sports Museum honored O'Ree with the Hockey Legacy Award at the 10th Annual "The Tradition." Other honorees that evening included Larry Bird, Mike Lowell, and Ty Law.[11]