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I should be proud because....

TheCatWoman

I'm often told that I should be proud of things like sporting achievements, but I hate sport and if it disapeared the only thing I'd notice was that my normal progames wern't being messed about because of it. It dosen't matter what sport is, mens, womens team or individual, I dont' care and I resent being told I should.

Can anyone give me a reason why I should care, because I really don't understand this national pride thing in sport, or much else to be honest.

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  • I suppose it is rooted in athletic events which demonstrated skills useful to be a hunter or warrior, like running, jumping, strength and accurate throwing of weapons.

    As well as marvelling at those of the highest skill, it made sense for you to want your family, village or tribe to excel as it helped you feel safe and secure. As societies started to coalesce into bigger units of nations, so did the affiliation. 

    For peoples who really valued oral tradition and artistic prowess, equivalent events developed like the eisteddfod. 

    Late-period capitalism has distorted the media prominence of many aspects of society to favour those which can readily be monetised (sport being one, hatred and tribalism another).

    For me, there are a couple of ways in which this can become problematic.

    The first is when people's hearts are closed to the merits of those not of their identity, for example wanting athletes from nation X to fail or hating them.

    The second is when one has a disinterest in, or active dislike of, the matter and writes off its validity for others who do find it interesting, possibly even disliking those who do have that interest. 

    The human challenge for us all is to remain openhearted to those who are not like ourselves, and to have curiosity about their lived experience, and I think that marginalised groups like us understand that all too well.

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  • I suppose it is rooted in athletic events which demonstrated skills useful to be a hunter or warrior, like running, jumping, strength and accurate throwing of weapons.

    As well as marvelling at those of the highest skill, it made sense for you to want your family, village or tribe to excel as it helped you feel safe and secure. As societies started to coalesce into bigger units of nations, so did the affiliation. 

    For peoples who really valued oral tradition and artistic prowess, equivalent events developed like the eisteddfod. 

    Late-period capitalism has distorted the media prominence of many aspects of society to favour those which can readily be monetised (sport being one, hatred and tribalism another).

    For me, there are a couple of ways in which this can become problematic.

    The first is when people's hearts are closed to the merits of those not of their identity, for example wanting athletes from nation X to fail or hating them.

    The second is when one has a disinterest in, or active dislike of, the matter and writes off its validity for others who do find it interesting, possibly even disliking those who do have that interest. 

    The human challenge for us all is to remain openhearted to those who are not like ourselves, and to have curiosity about their lived experience, and I think that marginalised groups like us understand that all too well.

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