Take one mass spectacle; add in competitive spirit and callow insensitivity; shake: under the Friday night lights last week, a cross-town rivalry reportedly turned into large-scale homophobia. According to the Plain Dealer, when Eastlake North High School faced-off against Willoughby South, the northerners had a little “fun” regarding the baby blues worn by their southern counterparts.
Before the game the Eastlake student section launched into a rousing repeated recitation of “Power Blue [expletive].”
(It was the “F” word. The one that ends in “aggots”)
This article appears in Oct 13-19, 2010.
Next time why don’t you walk to the other side of the field and add the video of the their fans calling the North team Halloween Homos. Cover both sides or don’t bother.
This has been a chanting going back and forth at the teams for years not directed at any individual. Should it be changed, probably, but it was not ment in the context one person is making it to be. Maybe she should find another avenue to promote her cause.
I think what is missing here is that Willoughby and Eastlake are PART OF THE SAME SCHOOL SYSTEM, so it’s hardly a defense to say that the kids on the other side were doing the same thing ! And judging by the comments of the principal, I think the entire administration and student body needs a bit of sensitizing about the use of homophobic epithets as “fun and games.”
But what would you expect from a school system that sponsored a football team with a CSA flag on its helmet, and played Dixie both by the halftime marching band and at its graduation ceremony?