The Attack Upon Fandom

I've never seen such vitriolic attacks upon Washington football fans with regard to Sam Howell. 

Sourcing it takes me into a critque of sports journalism. They are the ones attacking. Why they attack fans I don't know. Maybe it is just the lay of the land they occupy. Starting bar fights is a way to get "hits".

Sports Journalism died for me when it veered into constant moral philosophizing. Social issues and politics became the subject matter. The games were secondary. The Pulitzer was in libelling players. Coaches. Owners. Hall of Famers.

I don't see a moral exemplar in the Sports Reporting crowd. I'm not one myself. I don't know anyone who is. Feel free to volunteer. Today's moral exemplars seem little more than Reign of Terror Denunciators. Full of narcissistic love for their outrage.

It seems Washington Sports Journalism is going to miss former Redskins Owner Daniel Snyder. He was a constant ritual sacrifice. They filled a man-made lake full of venom from their Snyder Hatred. He's gone. They have nothing to destroy. Where will they put their free-floating animosity?

The remains of Snyder's regime. That happens to be the present Football Operations people. The Coaching Staff. The General Manager. The Quarterback. The Die-Hard Fans.

Doesn't matter what I think about Sam Howell. He seems the type of QB that is having success in today's NFL. The intent of the Washington Journalist Establishment is to smash any talk of his success. Or talk of any Washington Commander's success for that matter.

Some of them feel the very existence of American Football is morally reprehensible.

The theory is Snyder was a moral cancer. Every vestige of his presence must be removed or the cancer will spread. Start over. For the three millionth time.

Starting over means 0-16 and five plus years of losing. Like the theory of perpetual war the theory of obligatory losing has too much influence in Washington Journalism. 

These guys have worked too hard to glorify disrespectful predictions out of a moral obligation to purge the Snyder Metastasis. I don't think holding a parade like some sort of Aztec Human sacrifice is going to clear the negativity. It is just going to increase the codependency.

I mean I guess this is codependency. It does not stop drinking even though that is what it is trying to do. It does not stop losing either. Washington Sports Journalism has a need for losing. How they would be able to comprehend success when it happened I have no idea. They could view it as failure.

Something is failing. Their careers as moral exemplars. Same thing happens to spouses of alcoholics who go sober. They want the alcoholic back so they can be the moral exemplar once again.

Apparently it is shameful to wish the Team well. I don't know what else a Fan is supposed to do. Wish the team ill? There is nothing wrong or dumb or toxic about wishing Sam Howell well. Or in thinking Ron Rivera is a good coach. 

I am about to commit a shameful act. I wish the Washington Commanders well on their quest for a Super Bowl Title. 

May they win it, may they enjoy it, may they reap many blessings personally and as a family because of it.