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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Whether or not you believe Rose or any of these athletes to have done what they're accused of, by wearing their gear in public, you are making a very public statement, and you need to ask yourself if you're truly comfortable making it.
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No you aren’t, at least, not to a lot of people. Kane was the second highest-selling jersey last year behind Crosby. It’s not because a huge number of jersey buyers don’t believe the victim or want to normalise sexual assault, it’s because it’s a hockey jersey. In the same way people can enjoy Woody Allen the director and not Woody Allen the person, people can love Patrick Kane the player and not Patrick Kane the person, and wearing his jersey shows support for his professional life, not his personal one.
Without getting into the discussion of “is being accused enough to be treated as guilty,” I’d say a lot of people rightly have no problem separating the man from the athlete, but I understand not being able to as well.