Patriots' Fans Have Delicate Sensibilities

Patriots fans were shocked and indignant when Anna Grant, 14, was booed for wearing a Patriots jersey at the AFC playoff game in Indianapolis on Sunday. Folks at the RCA Dome let her have it during the introduction of the Punt, Pass and Kick winners, where, it appears, even the Colts' mascot got into the act. Well, don't worry, New England Faithful. Patriots' owner Robert Kraft has given Anna and her family free tickets to this weekend's slaughter of the Chargers AFC Championship Game, where she will be honored in some sort of ceremony. But even that isn't enough to placate Patriots' fans.

From Patriots' Pulpit:

Only utter dolts could be so dumb not to separate a high school freshman from a team they don't like simply because that team is far better than theirs. Grant told reporters that people at the stadium told her, "It's not you. It's your jersey." Wow, that's some justification. They were booing the jersey. It's hard to believe any so-called adult could be that irrational. The display was far worse than Eagles fans booing Santa Claus. Worse than Jets fans cheering the injury of their own quarterback. The act is beyond comprehension, beyond words. It was by far the most classless act by the most classless fans imaginable.

Please ... get over it. Razzing the other team's laundry has been in fashion since Napoleon invaded Russia. Think that being a kid makes you exempt? Just travel to Europe for a dose of reality. Over there they boo the Paraplegic Games.

Ironically, Grant seems to be the only one in the greater Boston area who understands this.

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