Someone from Europe, here. I don't know everything about the sport culture in the US, but where I live, our football competitions (which you wrongly call "soccer", but that's an other debate) have been for a long time to be tarnished by a part of the supporters known as "hooligans".
I'd say, "yeah, those a real fuckers and I wish they didn't exist, I am with you on that one. Hope there won't be any around for this game" instead of taking personal offence or thinking I need to defend the virtue of other supporters.
It’s very easy to win if you pretend your opponent is made of straw.
Bob is saying that anyone who expresses enthusiasm for the Snyder Cut is a domestic terrorist. It’s the equivalent of saying every Liverpool fan who has ever lived is a murderer because of Heysel.
Hooligans are not even an half-step away from actual domestic terrorists, and yeah, most football fans are aware that a part of their supporters are (justifiably) compared to domestic terrorists. And most of them don't take umbrage from it because:
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Bob is saying that anyone who expresses enthusiasm for the Snyder Cut is a domestic terrorist. It’s the equivalent of saying every Liverpool fan who has ever lived is a murderer because of Heysel.
2. They know it's a real problem and actually condemn it too.
Would you be happy if you simply said ‘I want a ticket to a football game’ and got called a hooligan? Because that is what Bob is doing.