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Originally Posted by curves2000
Lets just be honest with ourselves when it comes to this specific situation and it's ok to be honest. No name calling, no no slander, no he's a homophobe, no racist talk etc.
When it comes to this specific situation with Pride jersey's, the NHL is taking the low risk approach to avoid significant issues in the future that will arise 100%. Full stop. People are looking at an issue that is complicated and trying to turn it into a black and white issue when it's not.
We can sit here and debate this all we want but I can guarantee more players had an issue with this privately than we know about and it was reflected possibly in polling. A lot of players might have participated with joy and a lot reluctantly. That's fine. Nobody agrees with everything 100%. Wearing a Pride jersey and participating in breast cancer awareness, hockey supports cancer, military appreciation night or whatever other theme's are available are all not the same thing.
I don't know how I would feel if I was forced to wear a Pride jersey as an NHL player as an example. I support a whole host of issues within that community but find some things strange as do a lot of people. If I was an owner making $100 million in payroll, my views may be different. The notion that straight people would impose beliefs that 2 same sex men who are married should be 100% on board with gender fluidity or gender reassignment surgery for 8 year old's is absurd. We can't bunch in everybody together even within a community like LGBTQ.
I used this example prior and I still haven't been given an answer as to what we do with non white NHL players who have different beliefs in this regard. The NHL is trying to promote "Hockey is for everyone". What do we do with visible minorities and/or people other faiths? Suspend them? Fine them? Bench them? Not draft them? Void contract? Send to the AHL? Mandatory education?
It's just easier to pretend that Pride Jersey night is the same thing as Hockey Fights Cancer and banish both warm up jerseys. Just like it was a lot easier to pretend the NHL gave a crap about race based issues with their diversity committee when after a few years, the minority players involved said it was a total joke.
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Tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about.
As a queer person this makes me feel less welcome as an NHL fan with the number of people on social media that are celebrating this move. How sad how far we have to go in 2023.