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New York Yankees: To Hate or Not to Hate? Part One: Where Are Your Loyalties?

 
Diversity, opposition, style, passion, loyalty.  There are many things that separate us.  We are all individuals, shaped by our lives, opportunities, and the people who came before us. Politics, religion, education, athletics.  Some things consume our thoughts, our hearts, our minds, so much so that we are unable to see the reality of truth.  We are blinded by our loyalty.  We are so certain that we are right, we forgo reason and sense with total disregard for rational thought.  You may have been born in Southie, Boston, Massachusetts.  You may have been born in Manhattan, or New York.  If you were, there is a very likely possibility that you have a hatred deeply ingrained in your heart, tightly entwined to your soul.  The New York Yankees. Your emotions are respected here.  Your hatred respected.  It is reciprocal, believe it.  The point is, it's part of the culture where you live, or lived.  It is part of the ... (link)

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