What's the definition of not being a true fan?

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This is something I've been grappling with for awhile out of fear of someone coming over to my house and beating me within an inch of my life because I say something that may be construed as negative. I mean people here are starting to get kinda scary with their anger towards people who have something bad to say about the team. And maybe I'm just being a typical girl and just taking things out of context, but the way people are acting is getting kind of silly.

I think the Skins have had bandwagon problems for awhile. I don't think I've ever actually jumped off and said we suck, but I definitely don't think we're good. And I think a lot of fans feel that we just aren't a good team. But do you think people wish ill will upon the team? Those are the people that I think people need to have a problem with. I don't think we're going to beat the Vikes and the Giants. And I think we'll have a problem with the Cowboys even though we're playing at home. The Bears though, I do think we can beat. I don't think we're a very good team. We have inconsistency problems, we have gaping holes in our O-line because of injury and with the tragedy of ST we have a huge hole to fill at safety. But I'm certainly going to watch and I'm certainly going to cheer and pray to God that they win. Does that make me not a fan?

I don't like Gibbs 2.0. I'm 21 years old. I didn't get to see or remember Gibbs 1.0 and of course I'm thankful for what he gave the team back in the day, but.. You know, I'm not living in the past cause I wasn't alive. So. I'm looking ahead towards the future, what does he have to continue offering the team. I want to see this team gradually build and not say "Hey, wasn't life swell back in the early 90s?" Does that make me not a fan?

I mean what do people feel ISN'T a true fan? I don't wanna see people get bitched at and it's come to a point of where if I dissent, I'm afraid of getting bitched at. I hate too people who are fair-weather fans who love the team when they win and hate it when they lose and I too wish they wouldn't poison peoples positive vibes. But to just put people down for their beliefs isn't right either. So do I have a substantiated fear of not being a real fan or is this all imagined?