Anonymous asked: Believe me - I know all about how much surrounding areas did for Katrina victims. My city (Baton Rouge) wasn't hit as hard by the hurricanes, so we too were taking people in. I'm happy people like you took the time to take care of our people. I never said "all alabama fans made these comments." I said "Alabama fans." The comments were made on some Alabama sports website by Alabama fans. It made our school newspaper. not sure how you got "hateful" from what I sent you...?

When I said hateful, I was referring to those comments, not that you were being hateful. But when you say “Alabama fans” you’re talking about the fandom as a whole, not just one or two fans. That’s why I took offense. I know there are some insanely hateful people out there and I don’t want to be associated with them at all. I’m sure you don’t want to be associated with the people who find this meme amusing, which is why I said not all LSU fans (or residents of Louisiana) are like that. In fact, I would like to think that very few of them are like that. And I hope you feel the same way about the state of Alabama and its various fandoms.