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Originally Posted by FunForOne
I do however appreciate the fans in the other countries following their team as a national symbol. However, it rubs me the wrong way when they try to use a kids sport to be anti-american. I'm sure american's win some sport like table tennis or badmitten in the olympics ever time, but we dont rub that in their face.
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That is exactly your problem. It has nothing to do with sport, football or anything else. It's about a disease called "patriotism" and a chip on the shoulder that will not permit any element of criticism. Next you'll be saying soccer, football or whatever you want to call it, is "un-American".
There is little doubt whatsoever, that if the US won the World Cup it would be nothing other than "my dick is bigger". There is also no doubt athletes from the US have done very well in Olympic sports as do many other countries. The fact that the US may not have won the World Cup is irrelevant - only one country did - and that was Italy.
How about congratulating Italy for winning instead of thinking about "self" and whining about percieved attacks on your patriotism 24 hours/day?
PS The sport is called badminton, not "badmitten".