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Originally Posted by Icantwhisper
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.
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There really isn't though. Either you think LGBTQ+ people should have the same rights as the rest of us, or you don't.
The players were asked to do a very very basic little gesture to support the rights of a historically repressed group of people. He refused to do it, even though doing so would have cost him nothing, and he would have just blended in with his teammates without drawing any attention to himself of any kind. Yet he chose to stick out like a sore thumb. It was a d### move.