re: The Infamous Bama Fan Has Turned Himself In

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There are a lot of great Bama fans, but there are a lot of Gumps that give y'all a terrible name. STOP videotaping it, STOP calling into Finebaum bragging about it and STOP deifying these nuts by making them local celebrities.

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I agree totally but this just goes back to my original point. People tend to hear what they want to hear. If you want to hear the 90% of Alabama fans who are embarrassed by this fan's behavior and condemn it or do you want to focus on the 5 or 10% of Alabama fans that think it's no big deal?

Any jackleg can post a youtube video or upload photos to the internet (i.e. pictures of fans with Updyke). It only takes a small number of fans to do these things which can paint a broad brush. It all boils down to what people want to believe from their prejudices. Look at the way many of us look at people from the Middle East after 9/11. Probably less than .001 believes or supports what those terrorist did but in many ways they are all looked at poorly by Americans. The same principle applies with Updyke and teabagger and broadbrushing the entire Alabama fanbase. People want to be offended in situations where they are prejudiced against someone. All of andouille's posts are a perfect illustration of this. He has such a seething hatred for all things Alabama that he even trashes James Beard Award finalist restaurants located in Alabama simply because he ties everything in the state with his hatred of Alabama.