05-19-2021, 10:04 PM
(05-19-2021, 06:26 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: We're all on this board for the same reason, because the Bengals are our favorite NFL team. Not all fans are ultra positive and hyper optimistic, believing that every player the team selects will be a star. Now, most of us started out that way, for sure. I used to be one of those who became intoxicated with enthusiasm and optimism after every draft class, completely believing that each and every season was going to be "The Year" the Bengals break through and win the Lombardi.
However, after a youthful fanhood of watching the team narrowly lose two Superbowls, and then watching them fall into an abyss of mismanagement in every facet of the practice, getting my hopes up time after time only to be crushed over and over, I decided to look at things a little more objectively. Now, I have learned to be skeptical of the Bengals moves, examine what could go wrong before blindly buying into the upside of things.
We're both still dedicated fans, we just choose to root for our team in different fashions. So, with that in mind, I'll ask you to not judge me by my style of being a fan, and I won't hassle you about taking some sort of sanctimonious high ground while looking down upon my opinions.
I disagree.... It's impossible not to judge. Our subconscious does it for us in every single thing we see, hear, taste, touch, etc.
Basically, you're really just asking him to not speak his opinion of your outspoken opinion against what he obviously feels is a foolish stance.... Oh, the irony.
People should outwardly judge more, IMO. It would force us to all to have to explain and own up to our opinions and logically (or idiotically) show our line of thinking. Others would rather hide behind the classic: I'm allowed an opinion (a fancy word for judgement, btw). Different strokes for different folks, I suppose.
^ Certainly people are free to have an opinion and express it. And others are free to have an opinion on if that opinion makes someone a bad fan.... or not.... and express it. It's only fair.
