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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I enjoy tribalism, sue me.
Cheering for the Flames (my NHL tribe)
Cheering for Croatia at Euro and World Cups (my ethnic tribe)
Cheering for Canada at Olympics and other sporting events (my nationality tribe)
If someone invaded Canada, I would be down right pissed off and I would want to fight to protect what is "ours". And when the Canadian military was in Afghanistan, I was sure hoping our people wouldn't be killed.
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One of the ways to protect us from the darker impulses of tribalism is to divert them into relatively benign outlets like sports.