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[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It's fucking hockey. How can someone be into hockey and be so precious and fragile with their feely feels that rainbow tape upsets them?

"This is Bob. He's our fourth line filler. He's a bit emotional about some things but his mother comes to every game to make sure he's okay and the ref isn't being too hard on him. You'll need to take your pride tape off too. Also, we need him effective and not sulking on the bench, so he asks everyone call him Alpha from now on. If he trips and calls slashing on you, yes, even though you're on his team and no where near him, just apologise so we can keep the game flowing."

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

One of the most hateful snowflakes I know is a former pro hockey player. Maybe hit in the head too many times?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Fragile masculinity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So part of this is reaction to anti-gay laws in other countries where players come from. Part is just cowardice. It's basically an open secret that many Russian players have family held "hostage," mandatory participation could be problematic for them. Banning all participation doesn't make any sense though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Good point. Though, I think anyone moving to another country should respect the people there and acknowledge the situation—regardless if they disagree or not—before making the leap.

Of course, that's all hippie bullshit and it doesn't work that way, but it's true. Maybe one day, in many, many generations from now, we'll get there and everyone can just enjoy hockey as it is and participate how they like. Sounds pretty righteous duuude ✌️

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huge hockey fan and this has really disappointed me. Really hoping to see a player break it here soon now that season is underway.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The NHLs take a knee moment, how inspiring for them.

Target showed the way now other corps are walking back 10 years of diversity statements and commitments that were empty markering to begin with for most.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Shit, what did I miss with Target? They’ve def always seemed pretty open and let their employees wear little flag or pronoun pins. Or do you mean them removing pride merch in June after all the threats on their employees/stores?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's what I was referring to with Target. In the face of ignorance and hate speech and threats, folding like a stack of cards because you're worried about your margins isn't a commitment to diversity. Bigots threatening employees is not a cause to remove the reality making them uncomfortable, it's cause to get security to throw them the fuck out of your store if you're "committed to diversity" not just changing your LinkedIn logo once a year.

The problem is that when someone as big with as many resources as they have abandons their stated values so quickly, it just sets the tone for many other companies; and the bigots know if they just act like assholes, many smaller companies wont' have the resources to be able to support their employees, call the cops, hire security, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh, the whitest sport in the world is bigoted?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

They banned Confederate flags, so it's 2% less hateful.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'm straight, and that looks like a Megadeth tee shirt at first glance. Pretty awesome.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Hey, leave curling out of this

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is Hockey whiter than Water Polo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only if you're not playing it on horses.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Oh shut the fuck up asshole, wait till you hear about how football reacted to BLM

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It got deleted from [email protected] for not being relevant to US politics.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I can see why that might be. While LGBTQ+ rights are a political issue, this is technically about a sports league decision to disallow Pride displays.

Still sucks, and it is sports politics, but it's not really politics as it pertains to matters of government and law.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

"@lemmy.WORLD" deleted for not being about US politics lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

One doesn't even have to know what hockey is to automatically identify this as stupid as fuck.

As someone who likes hockey, holy fuck. Tape? Yeah, if that's the mentality of whomever is running the NHL, fuck y'all. This isn't like players are changing the dynamic or anything important at all to the game, and quite frankly in support of a very important message.

I'd like to demand that the staff who passed this all step the fuck down in disgrace. All of them.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

"People with the rainbows tapes have an unfair advantage!"

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

they could just rename it autism acceptance tape. let's see the NHL ban that.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The NHL has "summer" policies. Some are over here and some are over there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just watched a hockey game where rainbow tape was banned, they started off with a "We stand with Israel!" bit, followed by an indigenous land acknowledgement.

agony-limitless

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Sooo... they endorsed one genocide right before pretending to be concerned over another?

You can't make this shit up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

This is what "nonpolitical" politics really are: status quo adherence.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hockey has been dead to me since the NHL made this announcement.

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