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Originally Posted by BoLevi
This is a very thoughtful post and I largely agree. The most effective way for all of this to have an impact is for the NHL to make it totally optional, and to celebrate those who wear the jerseys. The most inclusive thing to do at that point as fans, media and the teams is to celebrate the people wearing the jerseys and simply ignore the players who choose not to.
But this is insufficient for the Inclusivity Police, who require compliance.
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Making it optional would not be the league supporting the community, but passing that on to the player. The league is clearly extending support to a segment of their community.
As to the inclusivity police, that works in a number of ways. Not to be an apologist, but now being one, the majority faith community in North America has done a horrible job of attempting to dictate morality through corporate/legislative means. In the US the constitution clearly separates religion from state, yet many folks ignore this rather fundamental issue of law, while lauding the constitution. Moral lectures become tiresome rather quickly, but such lectures and ideologies are not limited to the inclusivity police.