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^ None of those are reasons to root against anyone.
I agree.
^ None of those are reasons to root against anyone.
I like them both (Ando and Flatt).
Well I think they are. I want to see the best skaters be at the at the top rather than the mediocore skaters.
It's a much better reason to root against someone than what country they are from...
I like them both (Ando and Flatt).
^ None of those are reasons to root against anyone.
Just an observation, root+ against translates into my language as an oxymoron phrase. You can just root for your favorite without rooting against anyone else just because she is a rival.It is energy consuming.Do we all have to like the same things :think:
I have to wonder if back when Michelle was competing if you did not ever root against Irina.....or Sasha for that matter.
Just an observation, root+ against translates into my language as an oxymoron phrase. You can just root for your favorite without rooting against anyone else just because she is a rival.It is energy consuming.
I m not talking about the cases when you dont like a skater, we are humans, cant like all.
In English it is a very common expression to say you "root against" something.....
I am from Philly so I always root against the Mets. I also root against the Dallas Cowgirls, I root against the New York Giants, etc
:thumbsup:On a more relevant note, I can't recall the last time I ever "rooted against" some skater. I think I might have been a teenager. Usually I only have two competition modes: incredibly positive support for skaters I like, and neutral politeness for skaters I don't seem to warm to. But not really an anti- or negative vibe. Even for skaters I don't normally prefer, I appreciate and applaud a well-skated program.
Actually that expression and the verb form "to root" is a very American English (or maybe North American English) phrase. I assure you it means something quite different in say, Australian English. Due to my current location and contact with speakers of a variety of versions of English, I tend to avoid using this phrase at all times now including forums with international viewership. I will let you look it up on your own if you are interested.
On a more relevant note, I can't recall the last time I ever "rooted against" some skater. I think I might have been a teenager. Usually I only have two competition modes: incredibly positive support for skaters I like, and neutral politeness for skaters I don't seem to warm to. But not really an anti- or negative vibe. Even for skaters I don't normally prefer, I appreciate and applaud a well-skated program.
There might be also the case that negative posts come cause someone simply doesnt like the skating of Evan or Rachel, not necessarily rooting against them as not to win no matter what happens. We only sacrifice the goats for our favs
Rachael Flatt has been criticized perhaps more than any female skater on GS in the last couple years, except for Mira Leung. That would include many posts by you, janetfan, and by Blades, as you acknowledged in your post above. That's OK. You're entitled to hate her skating, her appearance, and any other thing about her, (other than her character) and criticize those things, and to root against her, if that's your thing. However, to claim that no one allows you to criticize Rachael Flatt on GS is just not factual.
You, OTOH, find Sasha so above criticism that you have to score off people on the subject even when the thread is not about Sasha. And of course, if you want the right to hate everything about Rachael, and to be vocal about it at all times and in all threads, you really have, in the interest of fairness, to allow the same freedom to other posters about your favorites.
In fact, the continuous criticism of Rachael tends to give rise to "the underdog effect" in her favor. The "underdog effect" occurs when someone is so continuously criticized that it seems like severe piling on, if not bashing.
That causes people who get tired of the piling on to say a nice thing every once in a while about the skater, just for variety, even though she/he is not their favorite. And that emboldens people for whom he/she is a favorite to have the guts to brave public criticism for their "bad taste" and to post to that effect.
If this escalates, other people actually become fond of the underdog, and fond of their championing of the underdog, and start searching for positive things to like about the underdog. Some will even become uberfans of the underdog.
I suspect this is not your intention, but it is often how things work.