Unpopular Opinions of RSF'S:
(Some unpopular opinions are unpopular only in certain places.)
1. God created the Heavens and the Earth and the Red Sox (unpopular everyplace west of Pittsfield).
2. The Yankees are the work of the devil. (unpopular in the NY-NJ-CT tri-state)
3. The Lakers are the work of the devil. (unpopular where I live)
4. Hockey is just as good a sport as baseball, basketball, or football. (unpopular everywhere south of Duluth, MN)
5. Post-season 4 just doesn't cut it. (When I first joined, this was actually a popular opinion.)
6. The Boston accent is not too strong, you just can't understand it. Watch North Shore Fish and an episode or two of Cheers.
6a. Israel Horovitz is the greatest literary genius of all time. (Unpopular everywhere outside of Wakefield, Massachusetts)
7. Yosemite is better than Yellowstone.
8. Cold weather is better than hot weather.
9. XP is better than Vista AND 7.
10. Real books are better than Kindles. (unpopular as of c. 2011)
11. Real newspapers are better than online news websites.
12. The Hunger Games does not qualify as actual literature.
13. The Twilight Saga does not qualify as actual literature.
14. Fantasy novels do not qualify as actual literature (Harry Potter excluded because J.K. Rowling actually wove in timely undertones about the Bush era, ethnic cleansing, and other such topics, and, well, they were simply written on a higher level.)
15. Bill Buckner is a real human being with real feelings, it has been 27 years, 3 World Series championships have been won since, and he ought to be forgiven once and for all.
I offer a quote from my work-in-progress novel, The Families of Allspice, which, I believe, accurately sums up the majority of my unpopular opinions, especially in regard to New England:
Up here we’re always either too liberal, too conservative, have too thick an accent, are too overweight, or root for the wrong baseball team.