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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
In my opinion, you cannot make a political statement, then hide from the ramifications. Crosby has an argument (I'm not buying it, but...) about the White House visit as that's a tradition he forced to choose/not choose. Ovechkin is making this political stance on his own. He had no right to now say he didn't want to talk politics.
These questions absolutely should be asked and pressed endlessly if he refuses to answer:
Do you support Putin's antigay laws?
Do you support Russia's invasion of Crimea?
Do you think it's ok for Putin to jail his political rivals and lol critical journalists?
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Why should he be made to explain his political views to the public? Should we follow all sports stars and do this also or only the ones that have political views that don't suit yours?