Rumor: Things Not Left Unsaid 3 - Flyers Rumors and Media Mentions: Never Ending Circles

[ponder719]

The hate directed at this kid is why Philly will never lose its reputation. "Passion" lol

It’s not hard to see the pattern, though, as a city, we’re insecure as hell and have a tremendous inferiority complex. Look at the things that piss us off the most: people who don’t want to be here (Cutter Gauthier, JD Drew, Scott Rolen), people who don’t seem to care as much as we do (Ricky Watters), and people coming after those we have deemed to be our own (the reaction to people mocking Gritty, after we decided Gritty was good, actually.) Philadelphians love and care about the city, each in our own way, and we take it personally when someone tells us they don’t.

 

[Beef Invictus]

His problem was never the city is the thing. It was the morons who ruined their relationship

 

[ponder719]

His problem was never the city is the thing. It was the morons who ruined their relationship

As with most cities, we identify our teams as an extension of our city. They're not just the Eagles, they're our Eagles (Go Birds), they're not just the Phillies, they're our Phillies. They're not just the Flyers, they're our idiots. Not wanting to be a part of our team means not wanting to be part of Philadelphia, and we react viscerally to that.