Yeah, that's perfect. If he has any brains at all- which, based upon his brilliant comments, is highly doubtful- he's already regretting his little tantrum.

The insane leftist I was referring to appears at the 56 second mark of the PJW video posted on this page by Balzé Halzé. Arrogant little shit. He needs to be slapped so hard, he'd fall right out of his comfy chair.

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Originally posted by parabellum:

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Originally posted by goose5:
These things are hatched by the NHL no doubt. But, the concept that the NHL requires players to participate is not correct.

Tell me- what is the NHL doing to protect Provorov?

They released a statement saying this warm up was not mandatory after the press went crazy insane. They didn't have to do that. They could have just stayed quiet and let the chip fall. They didn't. I'm sure there are elements within the NHL who wanted to toss him under, but in their official statement they didn't.

https://www.tsn.ca/nhl-release...n-provorov-1.1907742

Here is what his coach had to say on the matter.

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story...ovorov-pride-boycott

The NHL, Flyers, and his coach did not throw this guy under the bus. The media tried that.

The NHL should quietly back away from this social justice bullshit. Three years ago my Sundays revolved around watching at least one NFL game. After they took on the BLM and trans gender issues I stopped watching cold turkey. I haven't watched a game since. I know I am not alone in my disgust. The Provorov issue along with Florida the minority only summit issue could be a very large problem for fans that like to watch sports to forget about political issues for a couple of hours.

I completely agree with the above statement. Injecting politics into sports is a huge mistake.

How many NFL fans give a shit? Is this just the media barking about this? Or are the fans not agreeable either?

If the fans are okay, they, not the NHL or the team, should be telling the media to STFU.

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Originally posted by goose5:
I completely agree with the above statement. Injecting politics into sports is a huge mistake.

Injecting politics into any business is a huge mistake.

Ah yes, the most tolerant become the least tolerant.

When does this shit end?

Parabellum has it right. This is not so much about the Jersey as it is about compulsion. What the Left of all flavors consistently does is compel. Even if a thing is aligned with one's moral code, compelling that choice is immoral. I wouldn't wear the jersey or whatever because I wouldn't be free to choose without some consequence imposed. Frankly, and I'm glad it worked out the way it did, but had government and private business not compelled the covid measures, I would have gladly worn the mask and taken the vaccine. I resisted because they were tyrants.

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Originally posted by Bytes:
The NHL should quietly back away from this social justice bullshit. Three years ago my Sundays revolved around watching at least one NFL game. After they took on the BLM and trans gender issues I stopped watching cold turkey. I haven't watched a game since. I know I am not alone in my disgust. The Provorov issue along with Florida the minority only summit issue could be a very large problem for fans that like to watch sports to forget about political issues for a couple of hours.

I gave up on the NFL too and now if the NHL doesn't wise up, I will be leaving that behind to.

Gues I will just have to stick to Scotch and Cigars for Sunday down time.

I think the NHL fans have spoken. After Provorov refused the participate and therefore got crucified by the media the fans bought out his jersey immediately.

The player couldn't have said it much better.
“I respect everybody and I respect everybody’s choices,” Provorov explained. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.”

Basically I respect your choices so you should respect mine.


https://www.outkick.com/ivan-p...ov-jersey-sells-out/

Shit-for-brains has retreated from the issue after his rant. No apology, but that doesn't matter because it would be meaningless anyway. I'm content that there was enough pushback so that he shut his stupid fucking mouth.

https://www.outkick.com/nhl-ne...mments-flyers-pride/

If Canada wants respect, EJ needs to be treated like he just leg whipped Gretzky. And pressure the league to never put a pride jersey on ice again. That's just getting to the starting line at this point though.

Wonder how much he got paid to try and execute an honest innocent person. Swing and a miss you cocksucker. The vast majority are sick of your gay racial bullshit the media is pushing on us.

PJ Media has an opinion piece on forced wokeness
https://pjmedia.com/columns/ch...f-the-beast-n1663726

Is 'Pride' the Woke World Version of 'the Mark of the Beast'?

FTA:

For generations, we’ve seen people worry about some new technology becoming the “mark of the beast” from Revelation, but the truth is that Biblical prophecy is far more inscrutable than these armchair interpreters want to believe. So I suppose this paragraph should serve as a disclaimer: I’m not making any claims based on scripture; instead, I’m making a comparison between this prophecy and what we’re seeing from the left these days.

It’s no secret that, over the past few years, the left has moved from expecting tolerance for every part of the LGBTQ (and sometimes Y) movement to demanding that everyone celebrate it. We’ve come a long way from people having to say, “Yeah, yeah, sure. Gay people can marry and do all the things that straight people can do” to the demand that we all rainbow up during Pride Month and any other time the LGBTQPLUS — now with 20% more plus! — decides it’s time to celebrate.

Witness what happened this week when Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to participate in a “Pride Night” event where the team warmed up wearing rainbow jerseys and with sticks wrapped in rainbow tape. Provorov conscientiously objected, citing his Russian Orthodox faith, and refused to take part.

The Flyers issued a statement about “inclusivity” and supporting “the LGBTQ+ community,” and Flyers coach John Tortorella went out of his way to state that the teams’ Pride Night was “really a great night” while tepidly standing behind Provorov for staying true to his beliefs.

It reminds me of the episode of Seinfeld where Kramer participates in the charity AIDS Walk but doesn’t want to wear the then-ubiquitous red ribbon (remember those?)...

The LGBTQ-UGH pride rainbow symbol is the new red ribbon. We see it everywhere we go: at sporting events, flying at U.S. embassies, in the children’s clothing department, and even on Fox News. Every major corporation goes rainbow in June — and, much like “Christmas creep,” “Pride Month” seems to start earlier and earlier every year. My niece once told me that she wished she hadn’t been born in June because gay pride dominates throughout her birth month.

And now we’re seeing an increasing desire to otherize those who won’t comply with the Pride agenda. Much like Kramer’s pushback on the red ribbon, we hear, “Why won’t you wear the rainbow? Don’t you support gay people?” The truth of the matter is that, while most of us conservatives don’t have anything against someone’s choice to be gay, we also don’t want anyone to pressure us to celebrate it.

By the way, the gay pride movement’s co-opting of the rainbow as a symbol flies in the face of God’s promise in the Bible. God gave us the rainbow as a promise that He would never flood the earth as he did in the days of Noah...

There is so much hypocrisy wrapped around all of the alphabet crowd garbage that I really have no use for it. That group has a whole rash of insults, cutting remarks, and derogatory nicknames for straight people.