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Chutzvah t1_j4vvex2 wrote

I have a hard time believing the NHL culture really cares about Pride Stuff when they only wear the jerseys for like 15 min just for warm ups, along with saying they care after what happened with the Blackhawks scandal.

A player was sexually assaulted, made fun of by other players whom he told happened, top of the brass allegedly knew about all this and just swept it under the rug for years because we were good 10 years ago. This person was protected for years and the NHL did basically nothing to him. To this day, I still refuse to go to or watch Hawks games because of it.

The NHL at the end of the day is a business and it will do anything they can to capitalize on things as long as they sell more tickets. So while I was happy that the Hawks were a dynasty all those years ago, those years just feel tainted to me.

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Corntillas t1_j4vtj0v wrote

I’d like him to support his team and do what the team is doing, support gay American fans of his team by doing what his team is doing. His country and other countries under Putin’s control kill and purge gay people. Does it make you feel good to support his belief that gay people should be purged?

Would you support an Iranian American soccer player not playing until every female in the arena is obeying sharia?

You don’t coddle beliefs like that, I don’t care if it makes you feel good to say you support everyone. Go deal with the realities of those political beliefs before you shroud yourself in the pretense that supporting everyone is ok.

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Cassigirl21 t1_j4vtgk8 wrote

Tell me how this makes him homophobic? Phobic or Phobia means to have an irrational fear of something. I don’t think the man is afraid of anything pertaining to LQ+ culture. He simply doesn’t agree with the culture for religious reasons. His opinion is his. We don’t need to label him.🙄

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