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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
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.
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Although I planned to log out for a while I read your response and felt I owed you something in return.
If all that is true, which I have no reason to believe it's not, I'm sure you likely regret asking butterfly to "Please. Stop" while claiming "Half of this thread has turned political" when it was just two of us bringing any of this up.
You may also regret, as a mod, thanking this post:
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Originally Posted by DoubleK
Seriously.
Where the hell are the mods and what are they doing?
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EDIT: After typing this out and feeling so self-assured, this seems like I whooshed on a clear joke. I'll own the stupidity of the following paragraph and the overall sillyness of my accusations.
It is indeed draining. You're a proven good person and I have nothing but the highest respect for you in this community, but this just didn't sit well with me. I hope you get why I consider this a misstep.
This community zaps me every time I engage on this topic. And even though there's so many ways to be encouraged by members far more informed and involved regarding it willing to speak, the general and accepted expression is "shut up and dribble".
The whole of the exchange felt disheartening. I feel that more and more on this site and yeah, that's probably a "me" problem. So taking ownership I'm going to vacate for a bit and see when I want to engage again with this community.