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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
OK, well instead of believing something nobody asked you to believe, would you believe he’s just an abusive coach who is also a racist in a category somewhere below “klan rally racist”?
I don’t know, I don’t know why people are so quick to write-off or diminish guys like Aliu and Carcillo who talk about physical and emotional abuse, but weep for guys like Beach who were sexually abused. Regardless of what kind of abuse it is, abuse isn’t OK and can have a detrimental impact on people. And for a game that is so mental like hockey, it can have a detrimental impact on the ice as well.
You don’t even have to think Peters is all that bad, but there doesn’t seem to be any reason to diminish Aliu’s experiences to justify that.
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Tony DeAngelo is a renowned and certified dooshnozzle who still manages to find work. Evander Kane is the crown jewel of locker room cancers (and is black) and still finds work.
I'm not diminishing Aliu's experience with this coach. Racism has no place in any part of society. But Aliu is saying that in ADDITION to the racist incident, Peters went out of his way to make sure Aliu didn't ever play for an NHL team. I doubt Peters has that kind of pull around the league - and even if he did, if Aliu was good enough, he would have found work. He wasn't.