Carl Green31 said:We don't like you, and you don't like us—it's no secret.
That isn't true at all. Fine, I’ll admit we enjoy it occasionally when you lose in sports, but certainly not for the reasons people immediately jump to. To be honest, if I'm being real, sometimes I enjoy watching you lose—or at least struggle—in soccer, mostly because of those ridiculous commentators on PBS, or just because it's funny reading how much you guys mock your own players whenever things go south. But honestly, the idea that we actually care about your losses because we can't stand you or because we hate you is pure nonsense. For the vast majority of us (exceptions exist, obviously), your results aren't even on our radar, just like we couldn't care less about the scores in England, Switzerland, or Poland...
As for that water polo player, what he did was objectively obnoxious, but hey, he's frustrated. He knows he’s going up against a major rival and maybe he just lacks the mental toughness—he could be seen as a bit unstable, which is something I can somewhat empathize with. That said, I obviously condemn that kind of behavior in sports. But he’s far from the only one; look at Pepe from Real Madrid, who’s basically an idiot regardless of where he comes from. And as for the journalists and their writing style—you have to understand them too. Who would bother reading those sensationalist columns if they didn't use clickbait headlines?
