25. "Good call - plus, I forgot about the Packers" In response to In response to 17
>Whereas... the Packers essentially being owned by their fans >is a perfect framework for them having super left ultra fans. >That and their identity revolving around the town's industry.
Between community ownership of the Packers and pretty strong union support, Wisconsin does seem like a place ripe for radicalization. You could probably run Trotsky himself there, particularly if he was willing to take a soft-on-drunk-driving position. Shit's like the state sport there.
>But yeah, unfortunately there are a lot of football clubs that >use Nazi and fascist symbolism.
I have a friend who studies sociology of sports, and I'd love to see him deal with fascism and American football.
Instead he just, like, knows things about cricket. Which is not useful to me at all.
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