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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
All that being said, I don't know this dude. No one on this forum does. No one writing articles like the one you linked to does either, I assume. Maybe he really is, to this day, some form of evil, remorseless, racist villain. It's just weird to me that people want to assume that he is, rather than a relatively median, flawed human being who was a horrible prick as an adolescent and now has to deal with the fallout as he transitions to adulthood.
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I think it really comes down to how likely you think it is that he’s still the horrible prick he was and, given the lack of ability to truly know (based especially on the fact that Miller hasn’t really done anything to sufficiently show he isn’t for anyone for who wasn’t already ready to assume he’d changed), whether you want to root for or against someone like that having a special opportunity. I think it’s maybe equally likely he still is, and think it’s stupid the Bruins signed him (from a PR perspective especially) but ultimately it is what it is.
And that’s why these conversations get so ridiculous. Nobody is campaigning the Bruins. Nobody here is writing into the NHL. People are simply saying “hey, this guy is a prick (or more common: I can’t yet believe this guy isn’t a prick because his apology sucks), this team is gross for signing him.” It’s not like anyone is going to stop watching the NHL, or uhhh, the Bruins? Or whatever.
So, while it’s weird to take a “he’s an evil villain who will never rehabilitate” stance, it’s also entirely weird to act like people want him to kill himself, or love the US prison system, or think he should work at McDonalds forever (like that’s somehow the only option outside of making millions in the NHL). We’re talking about a guy who did some heinous stuff and people’s first reaction was “anyone who doesn’t forgive him or thinks he’s still bad is actually garbage.”
Miller isn’t owed forgiveness or NHL fans. It’s weird to go after people for not giving them to him.