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askmeaboutmysciatica t1_j4vo4zz wrote

Let him be homophobic and let people associate him with his prejudices.

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seksveinycock t1_j4vpk9e wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,396,710)

>I don't support a rigid ideological blueprint that everyone has to follow or else it becomes a national news story that has an implied motive of forcing someone to publicly change their views or be ostracized.

Best thing on here

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Corntillas t1_j4vqrmf wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#1,396,710)

We don’t want to hurt a foreign players feelings while then make money in America or anything. We need to respect his right to support his government and their anti gay purges, so morally correct.

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Courage-Natural t1_j4vr4qu wrote

I think you should be able to do what you want, but people (myself included) will certainly be judging him for it

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Jasader t1_j4vrkzd wrote

Replying to Corntillas (#1,396,806)

So you'd like what exactly?

Try to shame everyone who disagrees to switch to your preferred view? Or is it to send a message to everyone else to comply or else you'll go after them next?

How does that help anyone?

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xc2215x t1_j4vs8jm wrote

I don't agree with what he says but I don't think you can force every player to wear these shirts. Not every player will be tolerant always.

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Cassigirl21 t1_j4vtgk8 wrote

Replying to askmeaboutmysciatica (#1,396,612)

Tell me how this makes him homophobic? Phobic or Phobia means to have an irrational fear of something. I don’t think the man is afraid of anything pertaining to LQ+ culture. He simply doesn’t agree with the culture for religious reasons. His opinion is his. We don’t need to label him.🙄

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Corntillas t1_j4vtj0v wrote

Replying to Jasader (#1,396,862)

I’d like him to support his team and do what the team is doing, support gay American fans of his team by doing what his team is doing. His country and other countries under Putin’s control kill and purge gay people. Does it make you feel good to support his belief that gay people should be purged?

Would you support an Iranian American soccer player not playing until every female in the arena is obeying sharia?

You don’t coddle beliefs like that, I don’t care if it makes you feel good to say you support everyone. Go deal with the realities of those political beliefs before you shroud yourself in the pretense that supporting everyone is ok.

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Chutzvah t1_j4vvex2 wrote

I have a hard time believing the NHL culture really cares about Pride Stuff when they only wear the jerseys for like 15 min just for warm ups, along with saying they care after what happened with the Blackhawks scandal.

A player was sexually assaulted, made fun of by other players whom he told happened, top of the brass allegedly knew about all this and just swept it under the rug for years because we were good 10 years ago. This person was protected for years and the NHL did basically nothing to him. To this day, I still refuse to go to or watch Hawks games because of it.

The NHL at the end of the day is a business and it will do anything they can to capitalize on things as long as they sell more tickets. So while I was happy that the Hawks were a dynasty all those years ago, those years just feel tainted to me.

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Btetier t1_j4vy6wi wrote

Replying to Jasader (#1,396,862)

Lol, when people were getting arrested for wearing pride flags in Qatar there were dumbasses who were defending the Qatar police by saying that the people should know they are in a different country and to follow their rules and respect their culture. But, now we have the same thing happening here (but without any real penalty) and the same people are saying "well he is from Russia so it's ok"

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Btetier t1_j4vyjdo wrote

Replying to Cassigirl21 (#1,396,972)

Lol semantics. You obviously know what homophobic means in the current world, yet you try deflect from the issue. That's like me saying "but gay means happy, not homosexual"

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