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Originally Posted by Gozer
Not to me.
A Senator fan and a Maple Leaf fan are equal. Both like hockey teams that are; in the same league, Canadian, for-profit business, and an integral part of the community. Both teams have likable and unlikeable members/traits, based on personal taste. One has a long and celebrated past, one is relatively new to the league. One franchise is not greater than the other, popularity and recognition is not how it is decided.
If I called a Maple Leaf fan a Senator fan, I would be promplty corrected. Not because one team is inferior, or because the Senators aren't a "real" team, they're just not the same.
Some Maple Leafs fans hate Senators fans, even to the point of violence, but they're usually total a-holes that are only looking to justify their hatred. The teams and their fans shouldn't give them the time of day.
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I'm not understanding your comparison. If the gay couple are the Maple Leaf fans and the Senator fans are the straight couple, it wouldn't make any sense to call a straight couple gay. They are both hockey fans. One isn't a different kind of fan, one isn't less of a fan and one isn't more of a fan, they just cheer/play for a different team.