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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I disagree. The problem is this stuff has been "taken off line" too much.
Name it.
Call it what it is.
Address it.
Deal with it.
I think it's great that this community, for the most part, reacted with the outrage the comment deserved.
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This.
As a member of a minority community, the Bill Peters saga was the toughest part of my flames fandom. Reading the comments from fellow fans on Facebook (and a few even here) on how that was acceptable or “not a big deal” was extremely unnerving and disturbing.
Staying quiet or ignoring doesn’t cut it IMO. It NEEDs to be called out especially when it is blatant racism.
Heck, I have seen some posters have unreasonable hatred or dislike for Kylington over the last few years (even before he truely made the team) and it does raise the question how much is racism and how much is actual dislike of his playing style.
I had heard similar points from Canadiens fans about Subban when he was in his prime.