An Open Letter to Cowhead

In an effort to rile up the Boston Bruins fan base, the Boston Bruins PR Dept. made some posters mocking the fans of other teams, A YEAR AGO! The most famous of these was the one dedicated to the Philadelphia Flyers fans:

While, I’m sure the fans of the Flyers were not amused, esp. their female fans; it caused some chuckles for both fan bases

This season, The Bear returned, first when we played the Montreal Canadiens:

And again, when we played the Flyers, again; the Bear had a comment about cholesterol running through the veins of the Flyers fans, where as ‘we bleed Black & Gold’.

After the Bruins swept the Flyers and we were getting ready to play the Tampa Bay Lightning, new posters were put up around the TD Garden:

I chuckled.

However, down in the ‘great’ state of Florida, a…… well, man is too strong of a word to describe him, so we’ll say person; who calls himself “Cowhead” got QUITE upset that the Boston Bruins would DARE say that the Tampa Bay Lightning had no fans. So upset, that he went on his (I’m taking his word for it) #1 radio show and complained…..by using every homophobic and hate driven words he could possibly think of; which wasn’t much, because he repeated himself, a lot.

In the end, two unfortunate things happened. 1) TD Garden and the Boston Bruins caved and took down the signs and 2) Cowhead ‘won’. And in true ‘winners’ fashion, he then proceeded to rub it in all of our faces.

Mr. Cowhead, I have this to say to you. While these posters poked fun at other fan bases, they weren’t mean spirited, offensive or hateful; however your choice of words and expressions were. I feel sad for the Tampa Bay Lightning fans (who I know there are a great many of)  have YOU as their voice for the team. I hope that situation sheds some light on who Tampa Bay associates themselves with and with any luck, you’ll be unemployed soon.

So, enjoy this small victory. Enjoy tonight’s game. But remember, the series isn’t over yet.

ComicGirl8 ~ BOSTON BRUINS FAN, SINCE 1977

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