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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
This is pretty much nonsense and misses the point completely.
Pride Night isn’t supposed to be a big deal. It’s a little thing teams do that really is only for fans in attendance. You don’t need to hear about every team’s night for it to matter. This isn’t some “bad publicity is better than no publicity!” situation. Educate yourself, because suggesting that people against LGBTQ saying so publicly is actually good for LGBTQ kids is extremely stupid.
And for the absolute losers in this thread who don’t get it and are trying to use this as an opportunity to share your own dim little political ideology or broken sense of morality: it’s not about the fact that Provorov doesn’t agree with or “believe in” LGBTQ rights or whatever. He’s allowed not to. There is not some intolerant/illiberal agenda about it. The fact is that on a night that maybe only makes a small difference to a few LGBTQ children in attendance, since no adult actually thinks putting on a Pride warmup jersey constitutes unwavering support and interest in queer folks, Provorov made it about him. Nobody would have confused his participating in warmups with his individual support of LGBTQ people. Nobody would have cared. He’s just one player and it’s a warmup of all things. A jersey. But he made it about him. And then cowered about it. It’s pathetic.
Compare it to players kneeling if you want. The difference is that those players didn’t pretend it was anything but a protest. If Provorov and Torts want to have a little protest, go for it. Stand behind what you believe in like mature adults, don’t hide behind some “I respect everyone” bull####. And expect, at minimum, the same amount of criticism people who kneeled got. Should Provorov be out of the league like Kaepernick?
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But he's not saying he's against it, he simply didn't want to participate in something he didn't support. He didn't go out of his way to draw attention to himself and hasn't said anything negative about the LGBTQ community. Just because you don't support something doesn't mean you hate it, please tell me you understand there is more nuance to this than "you're either with us or against us".
Athletes are here to entertain us, if you're looking for them to be a moral compass for you I think you're setting yourself up for disappointment.