“I guess I'm rooting a little bit for the Saints as the underdog partly just because when I think of what's happened in New Orleans over the last several years and how much that team means to them. You know, I'm pretty sympathetic.”
President Obama to Diane Sawyer when asked, "So serious question, Colts/Saints?"
… I think President Obama's answer is simpatico with this generation's elevation of "victimology" and symbology above all else. Rather than focusing on the teams playing the game the rooting has been transferred to the more "deserving" team by proxy of their suffering fans. The Saints represent their fans which represent New Orleans which represents Katrina which represents victims of a storm event... which happened five years ago. See, the choice should be easy. American Thinker
Oh, for God’s sake. Now the fact that President Obama is rooting for the Saints in the Super Bowl is being touted by the folks at American Thinker as “this generations elevation of ‘victimology’” and a sign of an “anti-Capitalistic” bias.
Certain sections of the Right Wing don’t just have a problem with empathy. They are completely unable to grasp it, and perceive any expression of it as a personal affront.
