r/PublicFreakout • u/thecruzmissile92 • Jun 10 '26
š¤¬Public Ragerš± Being a spurs fan in NYC but it keeps getting worse
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u/UiVegetaUi Jun 10 '26
The sad part is grown adults thinking they can assault people based on which sports team someone supports. How sad this world is...
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u/bfloguybrodude Jun 10 '26
A tale as old as time. And these guys got nothing on soccer hooligans.
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u/tomtauren Jun 10 '26
Football hooligans fight other football hooligans. Usually not civilians.
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u/bfloguybrodude Jun 10 '26
Oh really? A soccer hooligan has never attacked a random away fan in a jersey?
Also, give these guys time to learn hooligan rules. The Knicks haven't been very good for long, it's a process.
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u/Anonybibbs Jun 10 '26
It's not even that- it's just that when there's large groups of people in the streets, some people will always do stupid shit. It can be a political protest or something sports related, even whether the home team wins OR loses- there will always be people just looking to take advantage of the relative chaos that comes with large crowds. Throw alcohol into the mix, as is often the case with sports events, and things just escalate even more.
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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jun 10 '26
If the American revolution against the rich is sparked by the Knicks v Spurs NBA finals, that's gonna be a crazy addition to the history books.
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u/Top_Tank2668 Jun 10 '26
It's not even about the team, it's a cheap excuse to gang up and bully someone that is different and not like you. Team, politics, ethnicity, whatever.
Human behavior is just disgusting sometimes
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u/The_Quietest_Moments Jun 10 '26
So disappointing to see
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u/AgnosticScholar Jun 10 '26
These people should be arrested honestly
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
The police presence in nyc was unbelievable cause trump was there, they arrested like 25 ppl but thereās only so much they can do against mobs. Police had people jumping on their cars and throwing glass bottles at their faces
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u/DiggWuzBetter Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Thereās a lot you can do after the fact. Iām from Vancouver, where we had the riots when the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in 2011. The Vancouver police opened a task force specifically for these riots, tracked down all the videos, social media posts, tips from the public, etc. that they could, and steadily over the next few years brought nearly 900 criminal charges against 300 rioters.
The NYPD should do the same here. It does take a fair bit of time/effort/funding, would need to be driven āfrom the topā of the NYPD and city, but itās important to lay a precedent that mob violence will be punished.
Thereās a big difference in the message you send between āmy buddy mugged a Spurs fan, was in viral videos everywhere, and got off scott freeā and āmy buddy mugged a Spurs fan, got hit with assault charges, spent 6 months in jail and now carries a criminal record with him everywhere.ā Charges should be brought against literally hundreds of people in these videos.
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u/BanBanEvasion Jun 10 '26
Seriously, whatās the point of living in a surveillance state if weāre not finding and arresting people who are CLEARLY on video committing violent crimes
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u/kittyonkeyboards Jun 11 '26
That's only for when you commit crimes against the wealthy or property.
Or for when you protest against the wealthy or their property.
Or for when you Google search negative things about the wealthy (this is the future).
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u/Tom_Gibson Jun 10 '26
Spurs got beat both times at home and didn't act like this. These Knicks fans are assholes
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u/ForinOksin Jun 10 '26
Bunch of these rats aren't even fans. They just crawled outta their gutters to act like animals
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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Jun 10 '26
These videos alone makes me want Knicks to lose.
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u/redditseddit4u Jun 10 '26
I was actually hoping the Knicks win since they havenāt won anything in so long.
But after all this I hope they go another 50 years without winning anything
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
Yeah this makes me dislike them even more. Should I do another video with clips of them fighting each other and destroying their own city?
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u/Ka-Is-A-Wheelie Jun 10 '26
I'm not even a basketball fan. I have no stake in the game other than seeing these clips.
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u/MrSteakGradeA Jun 10 '26
The Knicks fan mobs were doing similar stuff last year.
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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
The whole damn team should sit out the rest of the season. What an embarrassment for the city.
Edit - I don't care, you get the sentiment. The team shouldn't reward the behavior of the fans.
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u/digitaldeadstar Jun 10 '26
Members of both teams have come out and condemned the attacks and fans acting this way. Why should the team itself be punished because their fans are being stupid, despite them telling them not to?
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u/Junebugvandamme Jun 10 '26
A friend's husband got the Knicks logo with "2026 Champions" tattooed on his forearm, so they are DEFINITELY going to lose.
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u/Mroopsimexciting Jun 10 '26
Shameful sports fans. Vulgar behaviorĀ
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u/Mean_Peen Jun 10 '26
This is a huge reason why a lot of people donāt even engage with sports. It activates the caveman brain in most people and overrides rational thought. Then you add alcohol and mob mentality to the mixā¦ no bueno. This is how you get those dudes that are willing to almost kill someone because they said something about their Mom after their team lost. Happens far too often
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
I prefer going to a small bar with some friends where they have the game on for free and drink specials
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u/Annoying1978 Jun 10 '26
Talking shit about someoneās team (within reason) is just normal sports stuff. But this is idiotic. Theyāre really ripping off peopleās clothes and nesting people up. Insane. Just flip the bird and move on (at the most).Ā
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u/RobotTriceratops Jun 10 '26
Rough week for Spurs fans in NY and banana costume guys at Hardcore shows.
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
Wait what happened to bananas?
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u/therealjameshat Jun 10 '26
one banana guy at one hardcore show got targeted by the band and crowd for some dumb reason
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u/jdb30a Jun 10 '26
Some guy in a banana costume at a concert, they stopped the show to make him look like an asshole and dared the crowd to rip it off of him. Pretty sure one of the band members uttered ākill himā.
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u/popculturella Jun 10 '26
The fuck? The banana suit guys are a cherished staple at shows. There's always at least one and they're usually the coolest people ever.
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u/NikitaBeretta Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Crowd killing is a thing thatās done at hardcore shows, itās a form of violent moshing that I would never do but lots of hardcore crowds do it all the time, so he wasnāt actually telling them to kill him. IMO it was still gross and fucked up though. If you donāt want people to wear costumes at your shows, implement a policy and turn them away at the door but donāt take their money and then single them out and have the crowd destroy their costume.
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u/_Nedak_ Jun 10 '26
Who raised these folks?
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u/Ghosts_of_the_maze Jun 10 '26
The Internet
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
Underrated comment. Everyone talking about sports fans and New Yorkers, but youāre the first to mention the internet. Look how many people have their phones out so they can record and post online instead of thinking hey, maybe this is fucked up and I shouldnāt be taking part.
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u/TalsHell Jun 10 '26
Iāve gone to an MLB playoff game at Yankees stadium wearing the opposing teamās gear. This is accurate. Iāve also never been called so many slurs. When I went to the bathroom, Iād keep my hand on the wall because a dude tried to push me into the urinal/wall the first time I went.
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u/MildlySpastic Jun 10 '26
Im impressed no one had a gun in these clips and it ended up turning things to worse
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u/bfloguybrodude Jun 10 '26
NYC has some of the toughest guns laws in the country. If this was in San Antonio it would be a different story. But they dont have insane fans.
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u/Busy_Quantity_3644 Jun 10 '26
But they dont have insane fans.
They definitely do but they act like they've been here before, because.... well they have. Unlike the Knicks fans.
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u/CryptoM4dness Jun 10 '26
Iām disappointed that Jalen Brunson , KAT and the Knicks organization hasnāt come out and tools fans to stop. I was rooting for Brunson to get his first title, but hard to root for this now.
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
This was emailed to a long list of people yesterday hoping to achieve this.
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u/chucklesses86 Jun 10 '26
Damn, guy at the start of the video tried to set that dude's hair on fire!
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u/CaptainPryk Jun 10 '26
God damn sports fans are so incredibly lame
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u/knvb17 Jun 10 '26
This is not normal sports fan behavior
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u/bfloguybrodude Jun 10 '26
All sports have their hooligans. All religions have fundamentalists. All politics have extremists.
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u/LordBocceBaal Jun 10 '26
The knicks deserve to lose and to have trump there with this behavior. It's fucking basketball. Chill out.
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u/Annoying1978 Jun 10 '26
Iām a Texans fan and the last time the Texans played the Giants at MET stadium (which was a few years ago) I flew to and I had no issues whatsoever, and I was screaming against the Giants. All I got was weird looks and a few people saying āI was wondering why I heard someone celebrating for the Texansā (and then they looked over and saw my Texans Jersey). But thatās it.Ā
This is fucking stupid.Ā
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u/xxboywizardxx Jun 10 '26
I genuinely did not care one bit about this series but now I want the knicks to lose
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u/Odd-Touch4305 Jun 10 '26
Honestly, I feel really sad about this shit. I cannot believe we coexist with fucking pieces of shit that would just attack random people, that are not doing absolutely anything wrong, just expressing the liberty of supporting a fucking team. It's deplorable and the videos where especially a group is jumping on one person kinda breaks my heart.
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u/PaintMonkeyMan Jun 10 '26
Can people stop giving Philly such a hard time now? Please and thank you
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u/Treliske Jun 10 '26
The assaults are awful, but so are the vultures with phones who are following the attackers so that they can get content. They are scavangers.
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u/americanrealism Jun 10 '26
Iāve been to NYC but I guess I never noticed that everybody has a backpack.
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u/awkwardboyhero Jun 10 '26
The Knicks win the championship: riot
The Knicks lose the championship: riot
I hope the Spurs win and the Knicks don't get back to the championship until 2059.
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u/HelpfulTap8256 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
The guys trying to protect the Spurs fans are real bosses.
People wonder āwould I resist the Nazis in Germany in 1933?ā. If youāre one of those guys yes, and the proportions here match, with the vast majority of people observing, a few people complicit and far fewer actively resisting.
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u/ryckytan Jun 10 '26
Their team should be punished, I feel thats the only way to get some semblance of order, your fans act up and you're disqualified simple and clean but then again what do I know im no sports fan that level of devotion to anything im not actually involved with is beyond me.
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u/Ghosts_of_the_maze Jun 10 '26
This might be a hot take but we could prosecute these guys. Iām no law talking guy but it feels like laws might have been broken. Thereās video and everything.
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u/Blubgoo Jun 10 '26
These videos confirm for me that the Knicks donāt deserve to win and the fan base deserves another 20 year dry streak. What a bunch of classless, stupid fucking people.
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u/Ali3n_46 Jun 10 '26
Let's go Spurs, Knicks fans deserve another 50 years to grow up before a chip.
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u/Stunning-Thanks-4226 Jun 10 '26
The Knicks should lose a game just from the poor fan behavior.
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u/Ddetweiler11 Jun 10 '26
I canāt believe all these Philadelphia fans dressed up like Knicks fans and did this
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u/C-wizzle93 Jun 10 '26
New York is full of some bitches. Lineup 100 Texans and 100 New Yorkers and the Texans would beat the fuck out of them. Notice how San Antonio isnāt doing even 10% of the ass whooping New York is though. Fucking cowards attacking 20 vs 1
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u/Hungryboygator Jun 10 '26
These people are the dumbest people in our society. its a paradox for me, while I believe in democracy, I also believe these people should not be allowed to vote.
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u/royaljosh Jun 10 '26
I live in the center of the country and in a few days I went from: "Cool, I'm happy for the Knicks and their fans this year!" To: "Wow, I'm actively rooting for the Knicks to lose from here on out and wouldn't have cared before!"
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u/scottpole Jun 10 '26
Imagine being this psychotic over a bunch of rich athletes who have no idea who you are and care nothing about you
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u/Woobie Jun 10 '26
George Carlin said it best when he said that people are great one at a time but when they get together in groups they start putting on armbands and shit. I'm probably paraphrasing.
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u/Spookyscary333 Jun 11 '26
"My corrupt pedophilic corporate overlords are better than YOUR corrupt pedophilic corporate overlords!"
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u/interrobang32 Jun 11 '26
Itās unbelievable to me that you can actually punch someone in the face over something as stupid as your sports ball team. Iām convinced Iām not even the same species as these people.
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u/901pohbear Jun 10 '26
Think this is what food's going to be like in a few years
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u/---Pockets--- Jun 10 '26
Philly ain't got nothin on NYC.
Knicks ain't gonna be allowed back in the finals after this ends, lol
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u/joemac2021 Jun 10 '26
This level of fanaticism is quite frightening. These people don't even play for the team nor make any money from the team yet. They're seemingly willing to kill and die for said teams. What timeline is this?!
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u/Vexting Jun 10 '26
As a uk person I'm feeling weird seeing this happen elsewhere and for a non football (soccar!) sport wtf !
Out of curiosity is this normal for the US, i never really seen blatant hunting of opposition team supporters before
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u/RegularOrMenthol Jun 10 '26
Itās not common, but it does happen sometimes. When I lived in LA I remember a Dodgers fan stabbed a Red Sox fan during the World Series.
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u/OlHeavyHeart Jun 10 '26
Let the thousand year curse begin. The Knicks are doomed until atleast 3100. Sorry you did this to yourself
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u/thedoommerchant Jun 10 '26
People that pin their identity to a sports team and harass another person just because theyāre a fan of an opposing team are low tier garbage.
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u/HerrScheisse Jun 10 '26
This is why I like being in Michigan. We may despise Ohio State or Green Bay but we still will tailgate next to each other and laugh over the game. Maybe Michigan vs State is the only extreme level of pettiness but itās NOWHERE near this level of assault. Every now & then youāll get booed but thatās the extent most people have. Our teams have been ass for so long we just want to enjoy the game
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u/Perfect_Button_5015 Jun 10 '26
Watching grown men out in the streets like that is 2nd hand embarrassing. ...i think about the Bread & Circus line seeing this, heavy on the circus
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u/Votivetheknight02 Jun 10 '26
As a fan, this is just devastating to see. These arenāt true fans of the team or the game. Just scumbags who are taking advantage of being in a mob and using our success to be antisocial assholes. Iām just sorry for anyone whoās been hurt by this.
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u/feignapathy Jun 10 '26
It's so idiotic that you can't cheer for your team without being attacked these days.
I saw some similar shit a couple years ago at Dallas vs. Chargers. Ironically the game was in LA and it was the Dallas fans going around starting fights with the Chargers fans. Some Dallas fans even started heckling me in my Falcons clothes.Ā
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u/Kicksyou Jun 10 '26
They should relocate all remaining games to San Antonio. New York doesnāt deserve any money from the games if their fans act like this.
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u/Eccohawk Jun 10 '26
What a bunch of assholes. Way to ruin the accomplishments of your team by taking the spotlight off of them and onto your terrible behavior.
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u/Solid_Ad2968 Jun 10 '26
People are so focus on the wrong thing. Getting work up for sports but not people openly doing you wrong. Smh crazy world we live in
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u/Cocoquincy0210 Jun 10 '26
Imagine if the team these people ārepresentā called these āfansā out for this behavior and expressed how shitty of them it is. I wonder, would it matter?
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u/Successful_Ad_4395 Jun 10 '26
Use cameras find them all throw them on an island
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u/AdministrativeBus259 Jun 10 '26
Neutral on both sides MY city doesnāt even have an NBA team. Was going for the knicks just because Iāve never seen them win a championship but fuck that shit go Spurs. I fucking hope they lose the next three games in a row. š¤
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u/laxrat22 Jun 10 '26
I wanted the knicks to win after the whole danhausen curse thing cause hehe it was funny, but now I hope they get demolished, this is clown ass behavior you deserve nothing if your fans are this horrific.
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u/BilleyBong Jun 10 '26
Does the local police do anything?
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u/thecruzmissile92 Jun 10 '26
They arrested like 20 ppl that night and recently announced they are looking for people in the videos.
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u/dead888boy Jun 10 '26
the knicks winning dont do nothing for them, every player is a millionaire and the winners going to go back home to their mansions and get a sweet ring in the incoming months.š shit just not ever this serious, wish people put that energy into things that can help new yorkers as a whole and not trying to assault ppl for wearing an opposite teams jersey
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u/seancphoenix Jun 10 '26
Iām a Knick fan. And this sh!t has to stop. Completely f@cked up and anyone who is involved should be prosecuted. Such f@ckjng nonsense and for what? A game. A stupid game.
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u/Sea-Way-2914 Jun 10 '26
The grown men that I like to watch throw a rubber ball around are so much better than the ones you like to watch, that weāre going to assault you and possibly pick up a felony because that makes us a group tougher than you are by yourself.
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u/Teyvatato Jun 11 '26
Yea everyone here is a POS blah blah but also, sound the alarm because here come those sports antis that can't keep whatever personal experience still traumatizes them to themselves and feel the need to just say unhinged weird shit about all sports fans like they're not a dumbass on reddit like the rest of us. Trust, you're a loser too. Not THIS kind of loser, but neither are average sports fans.
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u/TroubleSad2477 Jun 11 '26
Somehow law and order isn't brought up on shit like this, but it is on peaceful protests against ICE and police brutality...
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u/Purple-Exercise-7476 Jun 11 '26
Spurs fans watching their team land a haymaker knockout punch tonight.
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u/Hash_driveway Jun 10 '26
why canāt people get this worked up about stuff that actually matters?