alright. this has been sitting in my ask box since the day after i posted the ravens rant. normally i brush off the hate i get(which is a surprisingly large amount)…but i feel like this really needs to be addressed. 

there is no possible way i could disagree with this more than i currently do. baltimore is a great city. one of the many things that makes it such a great place is football. ravens fans are diehard. we give it our all. purple friday is a must….sunday is reserved for nothing but football….monday is full of boasting or crying. you are right…baltimore does have a lot of issues. there are a lot of drug issues and unnecessary murders. but honestly, what city doesnt? yeah. there are other countries that are majorly struggling. we are all aware of that. if we spent all of our time focusing on the issues on baltimore and the struggles of other countries..we’d be one depressed city. we need to have something to believe in and bring us all together. football does that. on sundays…it doesnt matter if youre a multimillionaire or living on welfare…we become one. we cheer together for the wins and we console each other after the losses. football is really the one time that all of baltimore comes together and is a family. the city would probably far worse off without the ravens on a charitable level as well. the players are VERY involved in the city and charities involving the city’s people. i know i probably think this because i live near the city..but i think the ravens are one of the most involved teams. they dont just write over a check..they go and spend time with their fans….they help them out…they bring up their spirits. children growing up in the rough areas of the city that are honestly on the path to becoming another “issue” in the city have people to look up to. maybe they play football. maybe they see ray lewis and think..if he could make it. i can too. maybe that will keep them away from going down the rough path of the people before them who are their only role models.

yes. there are A LOT of problems in the world and in our city but blaming fans of a sport is by far the worst way to go about changing things. rather than sitting behind a computer anonymously attacking a blog about maryland, you should be out trying to make a change in the city that you think is so horrible. but i highly suggest that the ravens fans not be your first priority. we love our team. we love our city…good and bad. 

ps. pardon my horrible grammar. i promise im not an idiot.