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.”
Fragile masculinity.
Huge hockey fan and this has really disappointed me. Really hoping to see a player break it here soon now that season is underway.
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.
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?
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.
Oh, the whitest sport in the world is bigoted?
What did NASCAR do now?
They banned Confederate flags, so it’s 2% less hateful.
I’m straight, and that looks like a Megadeth tee shirt at first glance. Pretty awesome.
Hey, leave curling out of this
Is Hockey whiter than Water Polo?
Only if you’re not playing it on horses.
Oh shut the fuck up asshole, wait till you hear about how football reacted to BLM
It got deleted from politics@lemmy.world for not being relevant to US politics.
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.
But where does the US come into that?
NHL is a US/Ca league
“@lemmy.WORLD” deleted for not being about US politics lol
they could just rename it autism acceptance tape. let’s see the NHL ban that.
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.
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The NHL has “summer” policies. Some are over here and some are over there.
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.
Sooo… they endorsed one genocide right before pretending to be concerned over another?
You can’t make this shit up.
Hockey has been dead to me since the NHL made this announcement.
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This is what “nonpolitical” politics really are: status quo adherence.
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Lets make gay special again. in another sport… let you wanting everyone to know you like the same sex be the focus point instead of the sport… hey look at me… enough already we dont care one way or the other what youre into in that way. ITS PERSONAL !! aka none of my business
They should ban all this shit. I just want to watch hockey.
Good news, this shit has zero impact on the game you’re trying to watch.
Which is why banning it is so stupid. If you’re such a huge bigot that being reminded that people who are different from you exist, and that reminder is enough to ruin hockey for you then that’s on you.
Welp as other industries have learned when you pander to a small minority and alienate other fans your industry starts to collapse. Look at comic books or bud light.
You throw words like bigot around. But your just showing your ignorance. I just want to be able to enjoy entertainment without having causes shoved down my throat.
Would you be happy of the NHL allows Isreal flag tape and do Isreal pride night’s? I don’t want that shit either.
Bud light and comics are doing just fine.
Who told you otherwise? You might need to reevaluate your news sources.
You must be living under a rock
https://www.comicsbeat.com/idw-layoffs-goes-dark-on-the-nyse/
Sales are going to continue to decline , they are down again over 2022
None of those give any connections to the drop in sales and then being inclusive.
The whole economy has been slowing down and people have less spare money. Did you know that when people have less money to spend the first thing they stop spending money on are luxuries.
I hope you see a rainbow today. 🌈
Why? It isn’t even a rainbow flag anymore. It’s filled with shit now and is just a hot mess. The lgbti whatever group needs to hire better designers
It hurts your fee fees to see colors? How weak willed are you?
Does it hurt your fee fees not to see colors? If you don’t see your pride flag on everything do you cry ?
No, people should be allowed to do what they want. I’m not weak of will so it doesn’t bother me like it does for you.
