Steelers fans are a tight-knit family.
The Steelers are America's team for those who have to live with a toothache because they don't have health insurance—
Who have their banks account frozen by the IRS—
Who have to work three jobs so that big corporate execs can work from their cell phones on some tropical island—
For those Americans who feel they no longer have a dream to fight for—
You got it, the Steelers are your team.
If you would rather have a beer with a guy who can't pay his bills than a latte with your therapist at the gym—
You got it—the Steelers are your team!
The road to the Super Bowl goes through the 'Burgh this year.
Forgive me for feeling a bit patriotic after watching my team disembowel the Ravens this past Monday—with Franco Harris, Terry Bradshaw, and Co. on the sideline.
This past Monday was like heaven for the Steeler faithful: watching Hines Ward flatten Ed Reed, seeing the boys smile while they were dishing out concussions.
Did the Steelers sign a big free agent like Randy Moss?
No!
They just said, "We have to start hitting people in the face. We gotta hurt people! We gotta make opposing players feel like dogs that've just taken a beating. They have to run away whimpering and scared to death.
"They have to fear us!"
Does the Steelers' quarterback hobnob with supermodels?
Hell no!
He rides his motorcycle without a helmet while chasing down a bar waitress.
Do they have a Hall of Fame coach?
No!
He's just some unknown hard-ass who says...
"Go hit 'em in the face!"
Steelers fans are Democrats. They listen to Bruce Springsteen. They'll give you all the money in their wallets if you're down on your luck...and let you crash on their couch.
America'a got plenty of problems. What the country needs is more Steelers fans.
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Derek Kramer about 1 year ago
Well, that was different... But I like it. If there is a team to knock those Pats, I hope it's Willie Parker and Co.
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Dave Metrick about 1 year ago
America needs more Steelers fans like it needs another four years of George W. in the White House.
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brittny d about 1 year ago
i think you're right... we do need both!! smart-ass....
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Jim Kraus Sr about 1 year ago
by Jim
You guys got it a little backwards, first the Steelers are Republicans and yes we need way more fans like that.
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Ron Confer about 1 year ago
The Steelers fans are not Republicans! We are just Steelers fans! It really doesn't matter as long as the Steelers win thats all that matters!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I bet Ed Reed thought his name was Eric after that hit.
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David Jensen about 1 year ago
oops... I bet "Ed Reed" did.... my typo.
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
I'm a Steelers fan. I pay all my taxes. I've had health insurance for years. I've never worked three jobs, and doing a job from a cell phone on a tropical island sounds pretty damn good to me. No dream to fight for? The statement of someone who obviously knows nothing about the people of Pittsburgh. Not being able to pay your bills isn't something we aspire to either.
I'm a Republican. Ben's most recent girlfriend is an actress, not a bar waitress. Riding a motorcycle around without a helmet or a license when you have very little experience is not something to be proud of, it's dumb. Ben would probably be the first one to admit that.
Have you ever actually met a Steelers fan? Or did you just write down every tired, weak old stereotype you oculd think of about Pittsburghers.
Lame, lame article.
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brittny d about 1 year ago
Don't take it so straight to the heart! He is just saying that steelers fans are real people! Ones that go stand in the freezing cold with no shirts on to show their love!! Not like the cowboys who have a covered stadium and still can't fill their seats week after week!! I'm from pittsburgh, fox chapel none the less, and clearly have had insurance, paid my taxes, and hever worked 3 jobs, but its still a good article!! So don't be such a tight ass and just take it for what hes trying to say... STEELERS FANS ARE #1!!
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
Yeah, maybe it's just my tight ass speaking, but I just can't see the connection between "stand in the freezing cold with no shirts on to show their love" and "can't pay their bills" or "no longer have a dream left to fight for".
In fact, those seem kind of like the opposite of the "real people" of Pittsburgh to me....the real people I know work hard, have plenty of dreams and don't rely on the government or anyone else to solve their problems.
I'm all for metaphor, but metaphor should be based in some kind of truth ...the idea that being an irresponsible, defeated pawn of the more educated makes you a "real person" is bogus...
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Jeff Whalen about 1 year ago
I gotta smile on my face a mile long....alladees udder posers can eat shit n'at...you got it right , just like Hank Jr. got it right...and a nudder dhing, Here We Go Steelers Here We Go!..Beat dem Brown-eyes
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David Jensen about 1 year ago
It was more a statement about how lame the American government has become in relation to the needs of the majority of its people. How hard work is meant to be exercised by a lower educated citizen and how poverty is excused as the operation of "impersonal market forces." Read between the lines... Obviously they are not things anyone aspires to... the disparity between rich and poor is becoming disgusting in capitalism, and the poor have no say. Writing isn't about stating the obvious, it's about using metaphor and getting people to think.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Agree completely regarding your statement of America today. But your projection of it onto the Steelers is hysterical. I get it. You're upset about the state of America right now AND you love the Steelers. But I mean, you can play this game all day long and cherry pick aspects of any team to make it fit your mythical definition of America's Team. That the examples you choose don't even work in this pretend analogy is amazing:
"Did the Steelers sign a big free agent like Randy Moss?"
Pats traded for Moss with a 4th round draft pick and he took a pay cut.
"Does the Steelers' quarterback hobnob with supermodels?"
Ben was seen last Super Bowl Sunday walking the streets of LA with a model/actress. Though, I suppose she's not a "super" model. Definitely not a waitress though.
"Steelers fans are Democrats."
PA voted for Kerry 51/49, while MA 62/37.
"They listen to Bruce Springsteen."
Belichick is known for his love of Bruce Springsteen and met him through his good friend Jon Bon Jovi.
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JEREMY SMITH about 1 year ago
MA voting for Kerry is nothing to be proud of. I would be ashamed of that. People love to rip Bush, (not saying that you are) but it's hard doing the right thing and standing by it while your popularity drops. Many Americans ire very mis-informed on what is really going on.
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
"It was more a statement about how lame the American government has become in relation to the needs of the majority of its people. How hard work is meant to be exercised by a lower educated citizen and how poverty is excused as the operation of "impersonal market forces." "the disparity between rich and poor is becoming disgusting in capitalism, and the poor have no say."
Really? So what does any of that have to do with Steelers fans? Because they're all so uneducated and impoverished?
And guess what...the "majority of its people" don't want or need the government to take care of their needs. I certainly don't know a single Steelers fan who does...
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David Jensen about 1 year ago
ok.. nevermind
I had fun wrriting the article. It's just like a song. Some people can percieve a song as an in-depth look at society, a protest song or what not> The guy(s) who wrote it thought they were just writing a Rock and Roll song. The song could have many meanings depending on what the listener wants to hear and their life experience. Once written you can't change the song. You can work on a song for 6 months or 5 minutes, people will still take from it what they will. You can break it down and analyse it with a microscope or just listen to it :-)
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
Your "song" would make more sense if it said something along the lines of "If you still believe hard work is nothing to be ashamed of, and leads to success, than the Steelers are your team..." Instead you make it sound like Steelers fans are downtrodden losers who've been taken advantage of by more educated people...nothing could be further from the truth.
I'm not analyzing it with a microscope...don't need to. The tired old stereotypes are glaring and obvious.
How about if I write a "song" that says "If you spit tobacco juice through your missing toothhole and marry your cousin, the Titans are your team..."
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Zander Freund about 1 year ago
I think that's his point though, Meghan to you, the message behind the lyrics was "Steelers fans are downtrodden losers who've been taken advantage of by more educated people." To David, the songwriter, the song was meant as a way to convey that the Steelers represented the working population of America that has been forgotten by the US government.
Music can mean different things to different people, as can writing. I personally liked the piece, but then again I'm not from Pittsburgh so I can't speak to the truth/stereotyping in the piece.
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
Guess I just don't see the hidden messages...there is some reason why the Steelers represent "people who can't pay their bills", "people who don't have health insurance", "people who have their bank accounts frozen by the IRS" to this guy...maybe the subtle hidden meaning is just too obtuse for an unsophisticated Pittsburgher like myself, so perhaps someone could point it out to me.
My guess is, it has to do with the long-outdated perception of Pittsburgh as a city full of beer swilling unemployed steelworkers, but again, that may be just my simple mind going for the most obvious interpretation. I'm open to hearing how else those comments could be interpreted.
This is not the first piece of its ilk I've responded to by the way, lest anyone think I'm picking on David here. I'm proud of my city and its people, and will debate misconceptions about them whenever I see them.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I had fun responding to it. Doesn't seem to be much room for interpretation but I'll re-read it with a different melody. In the meantime, here's a section from one of my favorite Bob Dylan blogposts . . . err . . . songs that is probably a better example of what you're talking about.
Einstein, disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Don't reproduce
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Ha!
Nothing could be further from the truth. It sounds like you are describing Green Bay Packer and Kansas City Chief fans.
Yes I work with a Steelers fan who has a terrible towel on the wall and steelers logos on all his equipment. I wish I could find that old ESPN article which showed Big Ben was the worst decision maker in the league the year he won the super bowl (counts not only interceptions and incompletions but adjusts for overthrowing, throwing into double coverage and things like that). And Brett Favre threw almost twice as many INTs as TDs that year. That's not lookin' good for Worthlessburger.
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Meghan Lacey about 1 year ago
Yeah, because that article is really relevant. I'm sure when Ben looks at his Super Bowl ring he's thinking "but some ESPN hack has proven my decision making sucked that year, so I guess it's not so great after all..."
It's too bad Ben is such a crappy QB...that horrible 110 QB rating he has through the last 9 games...it's only 2nd in the NFL...of course I guess that's not important, when you stack it up next to some bogus, fabricated "decision making" stats from two years ago...
The whining and sour grapes from the fans of lesser teams never cease to amuse me...
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
Funny you should mention tropical islands.
I know a few people from Guam, and they are huge Steelers fans. Sounds like the Steelers are the official team of the whole island.
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I liked this article a lot better before I read the posts. Lighten-up people.
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greg pitsch about 1 year ago
great... hilarious, the steelers are americas team... just look at bill Cowher... He was never a showboat, never ran up the score, just wanted to win for his family. Like a dad who works forty hours a week to put food on the table, and clothes on his family, while alternating the same two pairs of jeans for three weeks. Because its not about him.. Its bout the family... Steeler's will knock out the pats.!
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Anonymous about 1 year ago
I am a deicated steelers fan, i was born and raised to love the steelers!!
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