The NHL (National Hockey League) has been making some headlines lately for some of its players refusing to wear PRIDE gear.
Legacy blue-check Andrew Berkshire, host of ‘Game Over: Montreal’ wanted everyone to know that he is not happy about it.
Someone in the NHL needs to have a stern meeting with players & inform them that wearing pride gear doesn’t make you gay
All it does is make a statement that people in the LGBT+ community are welcome in the sport
So don’t say there’s no hate in your heart if you can’t do that
— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) March 18, 2023
This statement alone was enough to make us go hmm, but Andrew went a step further and introduced the idea of ‘consequences’ for the choice of not wearing the PRIDE gear.
Im very left but I still feel the players should have a choice. That’s just my humble opinion though.
— Ant Ifa (@AntIfaInUrCity) March 18, 2023
They do have a choice. And there are consequences for that choice.
— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) March 18, 2023
What are those consequences, Andrew?
So @AndrewBerkshire thinks it cool to force people to make a political statement or face consequences
"They do have a choice. And there are consequences for that choice"
I think NHL players know wearing pride gear "doesn't make you gay" FFS
Maybe they just want to play hockey https://t.co/tAd80GV2wB
— Philip Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) March 19, 2023
Nobody thinks wearing the gear is going to ‘make them gay’. Andrew knows this, but he does not care. It is not enough to say anyone is allowed and welcome in the league, the players need to celebrate it and support it in the manner Andrew sees fit.
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Makes complete sense that a police lawyer doesn’t understand that all choices have consequences. https://t.co/wNdm3Bl4hx
— Andrew Berkshire (@AndrewBerkshire) March 19, 2023
All choices have consequences is correct, but the question is what are the consequences? Should the consequence of not wanting to wear PRIDE gear in a Hockey game be the loss of a job or income, or should your reputation be destroyed?
To afraid to turn the comments back on I see
— Robert Boudrie (@Nurs3Dad621) March 19, 2023
We chuckled at this one. Andrew made it so only those who follow him or he mentions can reply to him on the original tweet as well as all of the tweets related to the original. It seems the consequence of that choice was everyone moving to QT him instead. 🙂
No it should be a players choice. This is a free society we live in.
— ICY-ICE ❄️🧊🥶 (@reidermeister) March 18, 2023
No stern meetings necessary. Some individuals are not comfortable wearing the pride jersey and no there is no hate in his heat.
It's what he believes, and his beliefs should be respected in a democratic society that does not impose selective opinions on everyone.— ronniepapa (@ronniepapa3) March 18, 2023
Andrew thinks that if you are in the NHL you must comply with what he thinks and a free society means being free to make the choice but punished if it is not the same as HIS choice.
Are you saying that your religious beliefs are all that matter
and anyone who doesn't have another is wrong?That's terrifying https://t.co/1I1RGzVJk7
— Boxing 🖖Teddy 🇺🇲Dave (@middlingobiwan) March 19, 2023
https://twitter.com/lioness0817/status/1637515444897845249
It is not intolerant if he disagrees with you, only if you disagree with him!
Someone needs to tell Andy that unless you're demonstrating your sexual proclivities as part of a team event, it has no place in sports. https://t.co/Ntkl6LVky0
— TugboatPhil 🐦 (@TugboatPhil) March 19, 2023
Indeed! If we could like and retweet that one more than once, we would.
What a stupid tweet. https://t.co/dxGbDF7ZKd
— 🇨🇦 Jack Daniels (@JackDan110) March 19, 2023
We will end it with that one. It states it succinctly and perfectly.
Make better choices yourself Andrew. Every player in the NHL does not have to agree with you.
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