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Originally Posted by gvitaly
As I've been saying all along I'm not offended by pride night. I don't care one way or another about having it. What I do mind is the mind set that anyone who doesn't support it is an idiot, a homophobe, a transphobe, or w.e. I didn't like the backlash that Provorov got for skipping warmup. I don't like the fact that people are saying he has a freedom only as long as he agrees with them.
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No one is saying that. Again freedom of speech and action doesn't mean freedom of consequences.
And no one is suggesting that Provorov or Reimer are going around doing violent hate crimes. But the fact of the matter is that violent hate crimes still happen today. They've happened to friends of mine, and a ex have been fortunately that it only nearly happened to us.
Pride nights, and warm up jerseys, really are the lowest bar imaginable to feel like when I go to a hockey game the person sitting beside is less likely to do harm to me outside the Saddledome depending on who I'm holding hands with (platonic or otherwise).