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    it should be about the game, not whatever social, political, or economic issue the player is interested in.

    How naive to think that there has never been any social or political commentary in sports. No Jackie Robinson, no Muhammad Ali, nothing. Right?

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      I didn’t say there wasn’t, I said there shouldn’t. If players want to make political or social commentary, they should do it outside of the game itself. But once they’re suited up and playing, it should be all about the game.

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        Please feel free to protest, but only in the way I want you to.

        That sums up what you’re saying, right?

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          I guess, if you take it to an extreme.

          I’m just saying that a sporting event is not the place for social or political commentary, it’s a place for sports. I also think we shouldn’t play the national anthem as well. I feel the same about actors in a play, so I’m not treating sports special here.

          If they want to push for some cause they believe in outside of their performance time, that’s fine, but during a performance, they should merely perform.

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              I sure hope not, because I absolutely cannot stand that woman.

              Players should be free to say or do whatever they want on their own time, but when they’re playing, they should just play. If LeBron wants to run for office or something, more power to him, but he should keep that kind of thing off the court.

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                We don’t want to hear your opinion here. You should keep your opinion in your own home and not on the internet.

                I hope that didn’t go over your head.

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                  Do you want an echo chamber/safe space? I thought a lot of people came from Reddit to avoid that. If you really do want a safe space, why not find an instance that shares your view and defederates from the broader lemmy community?

                  I like using lemmy (and Reddit before that) because I like having my views challenged so I can learn and grow from others. That’s why I’m here, and why I intend to stay. I have had many productive conversations where I changed my opinion on something, I I sincerely hope for that to continue.

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                    Yeah, it went over your head. The rest of your comment proves my point, though. How you managed to argue against yourself without realizing it is quite impressive. It’s hilarious how it’s such a big deal when you’re told what you can say and when.

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        What players do off the ice is irrelevant, what matters here is that there are teams that still want to do pride warmups, but they can’t.

        You haven’t yet given a good reason for why teams shouldn’t be able to use pride related jerseys during warmups, and that’s because there really isn’t a good reason.

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          I have no problem with teams using pride related jerseys during warmups and practices.

          I thought this article was mostly discussing pride tape use during games.

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            True you’re right.

            I assumed this was the extension of the pride related equipment.

            It just being tape used on stickes makes this even more unreasonable to be upset over. 😂

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              I know, right?

              I’m happy to line up in protest over the NHL restricting jerseys and whatnot in warmups, but complaining about stick tape is silly.

              Once the game starts, everyone should wear the same jerseys and tape their sticks the same way. That sounds reasonable to me.