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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Considering the basic premise of wearing the jersey is making the statement that everyone is welcome/appreciated, refusing to wear it is hateful.
People dress up the decision in religion and say they can’t support “the lifestyle” or “the choice” which is bigoted to begin with, but they’re also effectively lying about what the jersey actually represents. They say everyone is welcome, but refuse to wear the jersey that is meant to be a symbol of everyone being welcome.
It shows you how cheap their words are.
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Just because wearing a pride jersey symbolizes a specific thing to you, it doesn't mean wearing the jersey symbolizes the exact same specific thing to someone else.
Someone can believe gay players should be welcomed to play hockey and attend hockey games and be a fan of the game...while still being uncomfortable or unwanting to wear pride gear due to their interpretation of what wearing the jersey symbolizes to them.
Even lumping all the NHL players who choose not to wear it into the same group is unreasonable, because you only know the reason for some specific players like staals and Reimer.