[ SECRET POST #3567 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3567 ⌋

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Comments

[cloudtrader]

I find hockey fandom interesting and also polarizing. There does seem to be this odd thing where if you haven't been a fan through all the ups and downs or if you like more than one team, then you're a "bandwaggoning badfan." There is also a real sense of WE OWN HOCKEY by Canadian fans who smirk and call hockey fans from """""non-traditional hockey markets"""" things like "cute" and "adorable," basically infantilizing us. I think a lot of that is tongue-in-cheek, probably, but still.

And then there's the misogyny. Certainly it is not the only sports fandom with incredibly rampant misogyny, but when a new co-worker learns I am a hockey fan and he starts to mansplain the upcoming expansion draft to me and tell me how it will help the Coyotes a lot (when I can name which players just cleared waivers and who the goalie coach is, and also, he's wrong), it leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

Someone above also mentioned how hockey fans seem to always try to prove that hockey is better than everything else. I agree; it's small man syndrome. Football, basketball, baseball, and even arguably soccer are more cherished in U.S. sports than hockey, so some fans get so annoying about trying to push it on others.

I dunno, I listen to a lot of hockey podcasts and commentary and it really gets me down sometimes, but I do like the sport, so... *shrugs*