Chuck Murray
WIS & Effingwoods Hockey Almanac
You were probably being "satirical", Whalers. I think any of us who read your post objectively understood that. I have faith in the intelligence and perception of this group, even when we disagree on stuff. But the preferred narratives in MSM these days have strayed far from anything resembling normalcy and tolerance. To those behind the prevailing narrative, "tolerance" is what YOU are supposed to do when someone tries to force-feed you THEIR views. But ask THEM to reciprocate - not anyone on here, mind you, but in academia and the MSM - and then there is no tolerance, only derision, damnation and cancellation (and with Provorov, anti-religious bigotry).
But a funny thing happened in real life in the aftermath of attempts to tar & feather/cancel Provorov ...
Ivan Provorov jerseys sell out days after NHL player refuses to wear LGBT pride jersey | Washington Examiner
... but I'm sure you didn't read or hear about that in the prevailing narrative, did you??
For those keeping score at home ... if you dare not wear gear momentarily that conflicts with your personal beliefs in a pre-game skate, you are pond scum. But if you pile on with criticism of that decision by saying something like this ...
"Nothing scares me more than any human being who says I’m not doing this because of my religious beliefs. Because when you look at people’s lives who normally say that publicly, you’d throw up at what you saw. You would throw up at what you saw. And I’ve seen that a million times in a lot of different ways. So don’t give me that. With respect, don’t gimme that, because no one’s perfect. Don’t feed me the religious beliefs line and all of a sudden the NHL is going to back off this."
... then you are "wonderful" and "virtuous" and tolerant, and not at all an anti-religious bigot. And mind you, at no point did Provorov claim to be "perfect", again unless I'm missing something here?!?
To be clear ... gay folks are free to play and participate in hockey (or any other sport) in any way they so choose, I don't think they need a bunch of SJW do-gooders patronizing them to earn their business/devotion. And I think some of us would be pretty surprised to find that not everyone in the gay community wears rainbow-themed gear or hang rainbow flags outside their homes because maybe - just maybe - like many of the rest of us, they do not live their lives in strict conformance with some single programmed vision of what their lives should look like, what they should think or do, who they should vote for, etc. Y'know ... kinda like the rest of us, actually - not some cartoonish stereotype.
Exhibit One: HR pointed out in her recent post that "OMG some hockey players are gay (even some soccer players I bet ...)" and of that I have no doubt. In fact, turns out the NFL (of all places) had one about 50 or so years ago, who earned respect in virtually all corners of the NFL (not the least of which from his one year HC Vince Lombardi) for his reliable, no-nonsense play. Only those close to him even had the slightest clue ...
Went to the spaghetti dinner before the game and saw the President near our table so of course I called to him "there's the Prez" he came over with a big