SKINS FANS = Hypocrites

[smd]

Hey, check out ES where they list "Famous skins fans".
Matt McConnuehy(sp) is supposedly a big skins fans that grew up in Texas. That seems fine with them,however, they seem to feel that it's impossible for someone from the DC area to be a fan of another team.
**** them, Cowboy fan since 67 and they can kiss it!!!!!

 

[rkell87]

Hey, check out ES where they list "Famous skins fans".
Matt McConnuehy(sp) is supposedly a big skins fans that grew up in Texas. That seems fine with them,however, they seem to feel that it's impossible for someone from the DC area to be a fan of another team.
**** them, Cowboy fan since 67 and they can kiss it!!!!!

04 join date and great first post.

 

[StylisticS]

Everytime I brought that up to Skins fans in DC, they shut up and have nothing to say. I've met many Skins fans in Texas and nobody gave a crap why they were Commander fans. But in DC, they scoff at the notion of being a Cowboy fan in that area.

 

[kapolani]

Everytime I brought that up to Skins fans in DC, they shut up and have nothing to say. I've met many Skins fans in Texas and nobody gave a crap why they were Commander fans. But in DC, they scoff at the notion of being a Cowboy fan in that area.

Because they are a bunch of hypocritcal turds.

What would you expect from them?

 

[Baileyneverfailey]

You have to be a special kind of Aspie to be a Commanders fan. I mean, I've seriously never met anybody with a >80 IQ who likes them. :laugh2:

 

[SkinsFan82]

I think you guys tend to miss the point of the dislike of Cowboys fans that are from NoVA/DC.

It really comes from about 20 years ago when the Cowboys became a good team again and they were rolling with Jimmy Johnson and winning Super Bowls, then all of a sudden these people who didn't care about football and were from just outside of DC suddenly became huge Cowboy fans.

People from this area tend to disrespect that because they're just people trying to attach themselves to winning team because it makes them feel good about themselves. It's like being a Lakers or a Yankee fan, and being from Boston. They're viewed as band wagon fans that really didn't earn the right to celebrate the teams success because you didn't care about them until they were successful. It's like people in a conflict who will sit on the fence and don't have the guts to pick a side till the winner is decided then they're like "YEAH! WE WON! WE WON!". I'm not saying that all Cowboys fans in this area are like that, but when you see someone that's lived in Virginia their entire life walk around in a Romo jersey, it's natural curiosity if they're a fan because it's the trendy thing to do. When the Cowboys had down years you didn't see these people nearly as much and now that the Cowboys over the past few years have really been on the rise again, this trend has come back.

I find it hard to believe that if the Commanders got to be a good team again and won a couple Super Bowls while the Cowboys struggled, and suddenly in the Dallas-Fort Worth area all these people who really didn't care about the NFL before suddenly started walking around in Orakpo and Portis jerseys going "Cowboys suck!". You would think they're a bunch of losers who just latched into the Commanders bandwagon because of success.

Ever since they've become 'America's Team' and they're just the trendy team to like. You'll find that in life people who like something just because it's trendy are easy to dislike. It might not be fair but that's how it is.

I think most Commanders fans have no problem with people being Cowboys fans if you're not from the Commanders home territory, or maybe you're dad was a Cowboys fan and it's how you grew up or something of that nature. It's just really a dislike of people who are from here and like the Cowboys for no other reason because it's trendy to like them. The problem is that everyone else who has legit reasons get caught up in the dislike of that group.

As far as the celebrities goes, who cares if some random dummy likes a team and they're famous...does it help the team or make the team better? Nope.

 

[SkinsFan82]

Perhaps I'm slow, but is there no edit button on here? =p

Went to correct all my grammatical errors from typing that up in like 2 minutes and I can't.

Edit: This post had an edit button but my other doesn't!

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

Meh, I tend not to care that much about it. I kinda like having Cowboy fans around here because its fun to talk trash when we beat you guys

Its been funny this week seeing fewer Cowboy flags, jersey's, stickers around town

 

[SkinsFan82]

Yeah, 95% of the time I don't care about people like that who are bandwagon fans from this area, the only time it's an issue is when the Cowboys win and they become annoying.

It's fun though having some fans in this area like you said, someone to be able to talk smack to and argue with some. I have family members who are Cowboys fans and weeks like this past are great because I can hassle them.

 

[slaga]

Perhaps I'm slow, but is there no edit button on here? =p

Went to correct all my grammatical errors from typing that up in like 2 minutes and I can't.

Edit: This post had an edit button but my other doesn't!

You can only edit your post in the first 5 minutes, at least that was the case with a post I made and I wanted to go back and add something.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

What I love is how fans try and pass off that it's only Cowboys fans, in their areas, who are bandwagon fans. As if fans of their team don't do the EXACT same things when they live in other areas and their team isn't winning or doing well.

 

[SkinsFan82]

What I love is how fans try and pass off that it's only Cowboys fans, in their areas, who are bandwagon fans. As if fans of their team don't do the EXACT same things when they live in other areas and their team isn't winning or doing well.

That's pretty much exactly what I said, if the Commanders do well and someone living in Texas all of a sudden decides they're going to be a Commanders fan now that they're doing well, that's lame.

I never said anything about *only* Cowboys fan do this.

 

[TellerMorrow34]

That's pretty much exactly what I said, if the Commanders do well and someone living in Texas all of a sudden decides they're going to be a Commanders fan now that they're doing well, that's lame.

I never said anything about *only* Cowboys fan do this.

You didn't but many of your fellow fans often do when this subject of Cowboys fans in that area comes up.

 

[slaga]

I am a Skins fan and I have never lived in DC or Dallas. I don't care if someone feels I am a true fan or not. I don't know why anyone would be bothered by a rival's opinion about their fanhood.

 

[RedskinNation]

What I love is how fans try and pass off that it's only Cowboys fans, in their areas, who are bandwagon fans. As if fans of their team don't do the EXACT same things when they live in other areas and their team isn't winning or doing well.

Probably right...

But it is nice not seeing any Cowboys flags, shirts, hats.......Michael Irvin APEX Jerseys floating around this week.

 

[Ren]

Meh, I tend not to care that much about it. I kinda like having Cowboy fans around here because its fun to talk trash when we beat you guys

Its been funny this week seeing fewer Cowboy flags, jersey's, stickers around town

kinda like how it was here with hardly any Skins fans last season, but now that you finally won a game you all come crawling out the woodwork. Skins fans are pathetic for calling us bandwagon fans when you're no where to be seen when you're not winning

(not directed at you personally since you never went away)

 

[SkinsHokieFan]

kinda like how it was here with hardly any Skins fans last season, but now that you finally won a game you all come crawling out the woodwork. Skins fans are pathetic for calling us bandwagon fans when you're no where to be seen when you're not winning

(not directed at you personally since you never went away)

Thats typical in the MB world.

I'll be honest, I feel kinda uncomfortable this week with so many other Commanders fans joining the fray here

I kind of liked being the lone voice in June, July and August

 

[SkinsFan82]

I generally don't post here because to be honest, not that interested in talking football here. It's not that I dislike the posters or anything, it's just that I don't want to be *that guy* that just chimes in when the Commanders are doing well (I was checking the game thread here but didn't post because it's lame to only jump in when the Commanders are winning, was just watching to see how the views on here reflected 'Skins forums).

I just happened to comment on this post because I wanted to clarify for good or bad why people dislike Cowboys fans in NoVA/VA. Again, I realize that all teams have bandwagon fans and I wasn't calling non-Texas natives that like the Cowboys bandwagon fans, it was more aimed at a very specific group of people just in the NoVA/DC area who didn't care about the Cowboys when they were struggling, but they're suddenly pretending to be life long fans basking in the success when things are going well. There are way more of those fans than Giants/Eagles fans (both much closer to here geographically), so they're easy to point out and it's why you see the whole silly "Are you from Texas?!?!" comments from Commanders fans.

 

[Wimbo]

It's fun though having some fans in this area like you said, someone to be able to talk smack to and argue with some. I have family members who are Cowboys fans and weeks like this past are great because I can hassle them.

So... Every 2 or 3 years you get to have one week of fun. How's that working out for you?

 

[kapolani]

Its been funny this week seeing fewer Cowboy flags, jersey's, stickers around town

Kind of like last year.

There wer F0resk!n flags, jerseys, and stickers right up until about mid season. Then, you wouldn't see squat...