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Originally Posted by GullFoss
People are weird, complicated, not-fully rational, not fully logical and don't see everything through the same lens due to different wiring and lived experiences.
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A lot of homophobia, which is hateful, is rooted in irrational beliefs, broken logic, or weird ideas about what being a member of the LGBTQ community involves.
That doesn’t make it better or something above criticism.
The jersey doesn’t mean a specific thing “to me.” It means a specific thing. Some players purposely pretend it means something else, or give it meaning it is not intended to have, and use that as a reason not to wear it. That, again, is not something that should be above criticism.
If I were to go the opposite direction and say that wearing the jersey means a player is a member of the LGBTQ community, that would also be wrong, and also deserving of criticism. So, even the bigoted terminology these players use aside (lifestyle, choice), their interpretation is just plain wrong.