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Originally Posted by jayswin
I know thread derails don't get angrily and immediately shut down when they get taken over by endless middle age dad jokes, or any number of off topic drivel. I mean it's literally an ongoing joke that threads will morph to any number of player discussions.
Something was different here, it was anger towards what was being said.
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Not to mention, it wasn't butterfly's original comment that brought "politics" into it. It was the subsequent posts, thanked by almost 100 posters.
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Conroy got a pretty decent haul here.
Now we flip the LGBTphobe for another pick and we are golden.
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Then the first three responses:
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Can we give the guy a chance before we label him and run him out of town? I don't believe his stance matters. If he can score 40 goals, why can't hockey be about hockey? That's my point.
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Okay, we heard ya the first time.
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Please don't ruin the best thread of the season by bringing politics into it. Can we just celebrate the Flames making a trade that helps moves this team in the right direction
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And then it just got worse and more hateful from there.
Sadly, not a lot of posters even seem to realize, or care.