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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
The other poster said he didn't want to get into an argument about it and I don't either, so I'll explain what I meant and hopefully we can just leave it there.
I personally agree with or embody many of the things he listed, but I think setting a bunch of terms about ideological tenets that people need to believe (over and above the basic tenet that people should be afforded respect and not discriminated against due to their inherent traits), shibboleths they need to be prepared to state, and things they need to do (like showing up at a pride parade being a minimum requirement) is, in my view, highly unproductive, divisive, and is a sort of gatekeeping-via-moral-grandstanding ("Sure, maybe you say you're in favour of gay rights, but unless you think like I do and do the things I think are important, you're not a true ally").
Hopefully that explains my meaning and we can just drop it and return our focus to the NHL's bafflingly stupid decision.
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My eyebrow did raise when I saw that particular ask, but then I assumed ben meant that just showing up to Pride Parade and then never doing anything else to stand with the community is akin to the Catholic that only attends church at Easter and on Christmas but considers themselves faithful.