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From the article I read just now, I can't really see the big deal, even if the article writer clearly thinks otherwise. Seems he was smart enough to avoid saying anything homophobic even if he does think it. Honestly, I'd be inclined to say LGBT advocates should be happy that all other players on the team did agree to wear that gear - seems like solid progress compared to not that long ago, in a macho environment like the NHL.
View original postso I'm gonna say it's that Hockey player who's in hot water for refusing to wear LGBT-aligned gear.
From the article I read just now, I can't really see the big deal, even if the article writer clearly thinks otherwise. Seems he was smart enough to avoid saying anything homophobic even if he does think it. Honestly, I'd be inclined to say LGBT advocates should be happy that all other players on the team did agree to wear that gear - seems like solid progress compared to not that long ago, in a macho environment like the NHL.
who sometimes follows hockey too, it seems this is a choice given to players and not NHL policy requiring anything. Such a non-story.
It's 2023 and I'm taking the side of a Putin-loving Russkie in a sport I don't care about.
- 22/01/2023 02:59:13 AM
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Who would that be? *NM*
- 22/01/2023 11:21:41 AM
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Probably >50% of 'Russkie' pro sports players in North America play Hockey
- 22/01/2023 02:25:18 PM
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Yeah, figured it was likely to be NHL indeed.
- 22/01/2023 02:54:01 PM
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As a gay Russian-American man,
- 25/01/2023 02:13:24 PM
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And yet, people are calling for his firing. Freedom of speech? Not even freedom of silence. *NM*
- 25/01/2023 06:31:07 PM
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