Don’t know why this came across my algorithm….but man….folks in Western Canada seem to get really bothered when the Leafs coming to town. LOL.
I don’t even know what to call this phenomenon…a one sided rivalry? To me, it’s like a like a toxic mix of hating Leafs fans, hating Toronto media, hockey rivalries, politics, the inability to accept Ontario’s dominance, racism and inferiority complexes all fused together into this torch of rage.
And it’s funny how this torch gets passed around too….mid 2000s and early 2010s, Vancouver held this torch….seems like over the past two years Edmonton has taken. Guess it depends what team is doing well at the moment? I don’t even know….I just find their mentality really weird.
Constant victimhood, constant whining….I lived in Calgary during school and anytime I mentioned I was from Toronto (well Waterloo, but I consider it GTA/Toronto), they’d start acting all defensive without knowing LOL.
“Oh did you know we have the tallest building west of Toronto in Canada”….I was like….okay? I didn’t even know that was a thing.
Also, I don’t know what they teach folks in Alberta about equalization payments, but they would bring it up every week. I used to keep quiet and not make a big fuss, but then I’d start replying snarkly about how Ontario has never taken any payments (only for a few years during the 09 recession). And I’d also point out how Canada’s history didn’t begin in 1950, and that prior to 1951…Ontario was being tasked to fund “have not” provinces like Alberta from 1905 onwards.
Like I said, the whole thing is just weird to me.
The Leafs/Habs…Toronto/Montreal….Ontario/Quebec….English/French rivalry makes sense to me. It’s rooted.
This I just don’t get at all.
Maybe Western Canada Leafs fans could help me out.