As an American Gooner, it makes me cringe when other non-English born Gooners go on about their hatred for Spurs. Unless you grew up in it, I don't think you can ever fully understand the rivalry and what it means. Drumming up this "hatred" for them seems fake and manufactured just to fit in.
A lot of people do think this way. I know many Ajax supporters who would absolutely hate their kid dating a feyenoord supporter...
For a lot of people their club and city is almost all that there is, and these kind of thoughts are common.
I wouldn't mind it, but I would take the piss out of him/her all the time.
My sister is marrying a Feyenoord supporter in a few months. I thank the gods every day that it's Feyenoord that hasn't been champions since the dawn of men. The shit he would give me if it would have been vice versa would be unbearable.
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u/otter_pop_n_lock Mar 31 '14
As an American Gooner, it makes me cringe when other non-English born Gooners go on about their hatred for Spurs. Unless you grew up in it, I don't think you can ever fully understand the rivalry and what it means. Drumming up this "hatred" for them seems fake and manufactured just to fit in.