Flames' Pride Night slotted for March 28 vs. LA

[Alpha_Q]

Originally Posted by Goriders

You have to realize that everyone will not be on board and accept it.

And every year there's fewer and fewer of them.

[Alpha_Q]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

A common refrain in this thread is "it's just a jersey... Just put the thing on."

Reimer has provided no support to the people you describe above. In fact he has stated exactly the opposite. Lumping Reimer in with the people you describe in your post is a straw man argument.

His actions encourage that view, there's no getting around it. Add straw-man to the list of #### you don't get.

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Alpha_Q

He was also very clear in his actions. We've all smelt this fart before. Dress it up however you want, he's homophobic. Probably not hate, but fear, or fragile masculinity maybe.
Whatever his motivation, he took a very small bit from a very large body of work to support his statement, and only a small few of probably like-minded folk are falling for it.

So my point is why do you care? Like I said, not everyone is going to agree with you. So you can take whatever gains the event made. Or you can get mad at people on the internet for pointing out the obvious.

I find it’s better to not spend all your energy being mad.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by Goriders

So my point is why do you care? Like I said, not everyone is going to agree with you. So you can take whatever gains the event made. Or you can get mad at people on the internet for pointing out the obvious.

I find it’s better to not spend all your energy being mad.

Why do you care?

You now have the fifth-most posts out of anyone in this thread. Over 20 posts pretending not to care.

[jayswin]

This thread is wonderful as everyone gets to say their piece. BoLevi and GoRiders posts upset me and then someone like AlphaQ and others come along and make things feel good again on this subject.

That's free speech at work.

[Howie_16]

I've come to view BoLevi & GoRiders as the Flat Earthers of CP.

[Infinit47]

Originally Posted by cannon7

Godwin's law.

/thread

Yes, how surprising that a discussion of bigotry would lead to other examples of bigotry being mentioned.

It's not like Godwin's law was meant to make fun of totally irrelevant subject matter discussions somehow leading to the invocation of comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis.

Of course in your case you are trying to use it to downplay the parallels between current LGBTQ+ struggles and those of other marginalized groups of the past.

It's sad you would feel the need to bring that up in a conversation about such a serious topic, but I guess it shows what personal bias you bring to the conversation.

[kermitology]

All this and we’re missing that Jesus was gay:

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMYsA9HDy/

[Mathgod]

Originally Posted by BoLevi

This is simply wrong. Reimer was very clear in his statements.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Actions speak louder than words."

[Yeah_Baby]

Just not to be confused, I want BoLevi et el to know I'm not a liberal but a socialist.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Just not to be confused, I want BoLevi et el to know I'm not a liberal but a socialist.

All I see is communist

[BoLevi]

Originally Posted by Mathgod

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Actions speak louder than words."

What action has Reimer taken?

[Goriders]

Originally Posted by Yeah_Baby

Just not to be confused, I want BoLevi et el to know I'm not a liberal but a socialist.

Well that makes it all better. Phew!

[cannon7]

Originally Posted by Infinit47

Yes, how surprising that a discussion of bigotry would lead to other examples of bigotry being mentioned.

No one said it was surprising. Lazy? Sure. Surprising? No.

Originally Posted by Infinit47

It's not like Godwin's law was meant to make fun of totally irrelevant subject matter discussions somehow leading to the invocation of comparisons to Hitler and the Nazis.

Is this sarcasm?

Originally Posted by Infinit47

Of course in your case you are trying to use it to downplay the parallels between current LGBTQ+ struggles and those of other marginalized groups of the past.

I'm not sure I did that. Can you provide a quote?

Originally Posted by Infinit47

It's sad you would feel the need to bring that up in a conversation about such a serious topic, but I guess it shows what personal bias you bring to the conversation.

It's sad that you need to resort to ad hominems. Lazy? Sure. Surprising? No.

[KelVarnsen]

You sure like posting in a thread that isn’t about hockey

[OptimalTates]

There has to be a law or word for people using laws like Godwin’s Law wrong, no? Not just acting in a bad faith argument but like being completely wrong about it also like Cannon7 was.

[OptimalTates]

Sorry I mean a word other than the usual like stupid or idiotic.

[OptimalTates]

Oh and then he screws up ad hominem too lol.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Godwin himself has issued certain corollaries to his law in recent years.


Amending the reductio ad absurdum.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by OptimalTates

There has to be a law or word for people using laws like Godwin’s Law wrong, no? Not just acting in a bad faith argument but like being completely wrong about it also like Cannon7 was.

There can’t be a word for it because the type of person who it’s about would almost certainly misuse that word as well in an attempt to sound intelligent and it’s exhausting enough humouring the internet philosophy minor schtick as it is.