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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
In my view the PA has always incorrectly focused on defending the few instead of the many.
- When a player is suspended for hurting another player, often there is an appeal. Seems to index towards the rights of the offender and not the impacts on the victim
- In this case, they have supported the memo, basically to defend the rights of the bigots amongst their members, such as the Staals. Instead of respecting what seems to be the more prevailing desire to support pride.
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I'm not taking sides here, but isn't this today's society in general? The loudest are typically the ones that are heard versus the many. A great example is the anti-vax crowd or anti-flouride crowds.
It's the PAs job to speak for everyone and there are likely far more hockey players and other pro athletes across all pro sport voicing displeasure in participating behind the scenes than there are publicly. The PA wouldn't be taking this action if it were just the Staals and a few other dinosaurs making a stink.