Evening all, hate to lead off with something serious, but perhaps you kind folks can give me some outside perspective:

I was informed today, by a pittsburgh fan naturally, that I was wrong to root for the caps tonight simply due to my dislike for a handful of penguin fans i know who inexplicably live in the greater chicago area, and that his criticism of the blackhawks and their fans is “totally different”, and that “i’m just a sore loser”

I responded with what I felt was a more than adequate dressing down of the penguins, and how utterly dislike able sidney crosby is, the response was the expected paper-thin rape accusation against patrick kane, which of course naturally brought up ben roethlisberger’s multiple accusations, which of course led to an ad hominem attack and I think you can fill in the rest. Obviously, the colloquial term for this fine fellow is “shithead” and shouldn’t be given significant thought, but that’s not my question.

As a human being I know full well the teams, players, and fellow fans I support are going to be far from perfect. its the human condition.

My question is, how do I take criticism of my team seriously, know there are a lot of shitheads out there, (not necessarily calling anyone on this site mind you), and the arguments they use are similarly flimsy?

Yes I know I should have attended my first blackhawks game before 2011. I know my mother should not being posting statuses about the blackhawks in what is a blatant attempt to connect to her sons. I know I should have payed more attention to the 91 stanley cup series (aforementioned shithead seems oblivious to the fact they happened). This doesn’t justify the constant negativity I’m seeing.

I’m clearly missing something here. I know its not “they hate us cuz they ain’t us” but man what has crawled up people’s collective ass over the blackhawks?

if i’m faulty in my arguments, please tell me why, I’m open to any thoughts.

If you’ve taken the time to read, and since it’s seems to once again be a theme tonight, here’s a redhead gif: http://www.evilmilk.com/galleries/st-patricks/stpattys-30.jpg