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Originally Posted by Major Major
Is there not a mechanism just to mute these fools? Like what if the internal memo went something like this.
As an organization, we value inclusivity. If you wish to exercise your right to not wear a pride jersey, you will be healthy scratched. In future media availabilities, we ask that you decline to comment as you are a representative of the organization.
How hard is that? Instead, you have guys gleefully soapboxing about some make believe voice in their head that told them to do something dumb. Like, Reimer is about to not be an NHL player anymore. His career persisted in the face of mediocrity, which he should be proud about. But it's over now. Why are you letting him drag your whole team through this dirt?
Now, we all have the false perception now that because of a couple people out of 700 worshiping a bigoted god, that hockey is going backwards. No, this is an ever vanquishing but unextinguishable attitude that for some reason is being amplified to be louder than the 99.99% of players that believe in inclusivity.
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You are right. As a business, the NHL should simply excercise a procedure like you illustrated in your first paragraph. End of story from all sides.
What happens instead is that people are as intolerant and unwelcoming to Reimer as he has been to the LBGTQ+ community. Your statement in Bold is a good example of that. People truly intent to be intolerant, which is great, but it mistakenly only goes in one direction sometimes. The intolerance just goes around in circles, round and round, and each opposing group gets louder, louder, more indignant, and less tolerant with each iteration.
It is a big nothingburger if the NHL had a procedure like you mentioned. It is also a big nothingburger if nobody gave Reimer any press. There'd be lots of nothingburgers if every person just accepted every other person as a human and didnt try to impose their beliefs/morals/lifestyles on anyone else. It doesnt look like we are close to that.