Nationalism
The reason i mostly stopped watching football.
National teams tournaments, i do not remember the last time i saw a match.
I live in Portugal, not my country of birth, and plenty of Portuguese hate me for not pandering to their national pride regarding football, although I am not a football fan.
To some who would ask, always indirectly ( it seems to occur not to them - that i do not care about sports at all ), why i am not happy with their team ( which is a stupid thing to think ), i ask : Portuguese migrants do cheer their national team, without the natives feeling contempt, why should i behave the way you want me to?
To this day, the answers have been … - A proof that nationalism is poison.
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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino
“The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton
“… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade
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