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Bears coach Ben Johnson won't apologize for hating the Packers — and his boss likes it

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Bears coach Ben Johnson isn’t apologizing for smack-talking a rival.

Two days after his “[Screw] the Packers” locker room rant went viral, Johnson didn’t have any issues were airing his hatred of the team the Bears in the playoffs Saturday night.

“This is a rivalry,” Johnson said Monday at Halas Hall. “The city of Chicago, Green Bay. It needs to be a rivalry.”

His boss is fine with it. Chairman George McCaskey — who last year insisted that HBO air an entire season of “Hard Knocks” without cursing — is also known for openly disliking the Packers.