re: Let's all share why we hate Auburn so much

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it makes no sense that they feel so morally superior all the time

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Well, we don't sexually assault other fans, poison their trees or kill our own fans over football

I think I will claim some moral high ground there.

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This is truer than people here are going to understand. This is something that can only be felt if you live in Alabama. And it has to be a university culture thing because it makes no sense that they feel so morally superior all the time, but they fking do.

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Well said. When Auburn fans get together as a fanbase the faux moral arrogance can get annoying. The air of moral superiority is especially strong among a large % of the middle age (mid 40s) and older part of the fanbase. The "Auburn family" the "Alabama fans love Alabama football, Auburn fans love Auburn". Then there's the whole cultish trope about the "Auburn spirit" described by many Auburn people as some sort of near religious experience that overcomes all students, alumni, and non-casual fans that spend any appreciable time on campus. It's easy at first to confuse this attitude as tongue in cheek trolling on the part of Auburn fans until you realize many of them are actually being serious about it. David Housel's infamous and embarrassingly weird pregame Iron Bowl game commentary in the early 2000s being one of the best examples.

Having said all that, on a strictly personal level many if not the majority of my closest friends are Auburn grads. As annoying as they can be when they get together in large numbers together, I have to admit that on a personal one on one level Auburn grads by and large are some of friendliest, most down to earth, solid people you'll find anywhere.