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Originally Posted by Goriders
Pretty sure if I was a member of the LBGTQ community I wouldn’t give a crap if Reimer wore a warm up jersey or not. I’d pride myself on being a little mentally tougher than that. Disappointed maybe. But who really cares.
If he was out beating up people or truly discriminating against them somehow I’d say that would obviously be another story. There are laws to prevent or handle those situations.
North Americans are offended by everything these days. Fueled by the media and especially social media. We don’t have to all agree on everything. There are plenty of things that people do that I don’t understand or agree with. But if they aren’t illegal and they hurting anyone why would I care or waste my time focusing on it.
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Activists consider controversy as a form of currency for at least a couple of reasons. First it allows people to translate their "support" into social status. Secondly, controversy draws attention to the issue that is of importance to them.
If every single player wore the jersey, I suspect that a population of activists would create controversy in another manner. My guess is they would look for players to make verbal statements and find the players who were a little too light on full endorsement. We then wouldn't be talking about jerseys but instead about players not providing "clear and unambiguous" supporting statements to the jerseys. There is no endpoint or goal to this process.