In today's paper, sports columnist David Fine defends (again) his decision to become a Giants fan after years of having supported the Dallas Cowboys:
Deciding to abandon the Dallas Cowboys was a difficult decision to make, but one made out of a rational desire to more fully ingrain myself in New York’s culture. Most of my critics seem willing to concede this point, but latch onto the fact that the team I picked happens to be Dallas’ archrival and the reigning Super Bowl champ.
The "critics" Fine refers to are a handful of people on Twitter, and though Fine summarizes the argument accurately, he omits an interesting part of the discussion: Is it possible for Fine, or anyone, to truly "become" a New Yorker?
The ringleader of the Twitter critics was CC alum and former Speccie Raphael Pope-Sussman, who has never missed an opportunity to remind people that he is from Brooklyn (Never. Ever.). He tweeted:
And:
