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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 77 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."

[–] survive@sh.itjust.works 19 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?

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Fragile masculinity.

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 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.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 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 ✌️

[–] zuu@lemmy.world 54 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.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 30 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.

[–] poppy@lemm.ee 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?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 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.

[–] Chef_Boyardee@lemm.ee 39 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Oh, the whitest sport in the world is bigoted?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] BambiDiego@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] BigPapaE@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Hey, leave curling out of this

[–] Fraylor@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is Hockey whiter than Water Polo?

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Only if you're not playing it on horses.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 year ago
[–] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It got deleted from politics@lemmy.world for not being relevant to US politics.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 22 points 1 year ago (1 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.

[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

But where does the US come into that?

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 19 points 1 year ago

NHL is a US/Ca league

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

[–] Wage_slave@lemmy.ml 19 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.

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Haus@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

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

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 9 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

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

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

You can't make this shit up.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

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

[–] DougHolland@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Spyd3r@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

It's been pretty much dead since the league expansion in the 90s-00s diluted the talent pool, and put enough teams in markets that can't support a hockey team that the league had to change the rules (salary cap) to prop up these failing teams and "fix" their mistake.

During this time there was also a bunch of stupid rule changes made that completely interrupted the flow and intensity of the game, with the purpose of increasing scoring to make the game more "TV friendly" for the non-hockey orientated viewers.

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