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Originally Posted by Yamer
I'm used to it from the typical crowd here, but reading KFF join in was a bit disappointing. Seemed really out of character for a person that typically fosters discussion and encourages diverse viewpoints. As someone I consider a community leader that was really discouraging. I also spiraled a bit in my responses, so I'll take my share of the blame.
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Okay, I guess I better step in here. This comment really took me by surprise.
I wasn't trying to shut down opposing viewpoints. I don't care if people have different opinions than I do. Such is life. But as I was reading the thread about a trade it seemed like the discussion was skewing more and more towards Kuzmenko's LGBTQ stance and less and less about the trade, which was the whole point of the thread. It would get on track and then another post about Kuzmenko's stance. Rinse and repeat. I get it, he's part of the trade. But I know I wasn't the only one getting a bit annoyed when we kept stopping talking about the trade and talking more and more about his stance. Like......we get it. It's a great hockey trade, let's talk about it for a few minutes.
I didn't give any infractions. Didn't ban anyone. Didn't close the thread. There's the OT forum, there's this thread, there's multiple places to have that discussion here. Which is fine with me. In fact, it's great. But politics is involved now in so much we read about sports that we can't even just have a fun hockey trade without having to talk about something negative or controversial yet again. It's draining.
It's a Calgary Flames hockey board. Sometimes people here just want to talk about hockey. Especially when a big trade happens. That's all. Hope you get why I was getting annoyed.