Originally Posted by uncle uncle

It's a corollary thought process along the lines of there being 'Yankee fan" guy, and there being "Yankee fan and Red Sox hater" guy. For some people, they are not appeased by mere association with a winner; they have to despise anything that is opposed to their chosen team/tubing/hotdog/whatever. I think it comes from a deep rooted need to be right, and better than others. I'm a que sera sera sort of person, and tubing pedigree doesn't sway my boat much. But I do find that haters get under my skin, to the point where I do whatever I can to create space between them and me, with me preferably a great distance ahead of them.