Hockey actually made the news this week after Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to wear a “Pride” jersey for the warmup skate, saying it was against his religion. Not wanting to wear it was a good enough reason for us, but sports journalists went a little bit crazy, from saying Provorov should have been benched to saying the Flyers should have been fined to saying Provorov should be sent back to Russia and made to fight against Ukraine.
Greg Price has found a poetic pair of tweets that we’d like to share; actually, we’ll add a bonus one:
Poetic 🎻 pic.twitter.com/SJIbpAcceI
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 20, 2023
Writer Steph Driver had opinions:
https://twitter.com/StephaliciousD/status/1615540267741810691
https://twitter.com/StephaliciousD/status/1615541057759870977
Three days later …
https://twitter.com/StephaliciousD/status/1616457726627807233
If you're not a Philly sports fan, a website called Broad Street Hockey full of annoying woke bloggers had their whole staff laid off by Vox today. I hope they enjoy making solar panels.
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) January 20, 2023
You love to see it
— Mostly Peaceful Memes (@MostlyPeacefull) January 20, 2023
I’m savoring the absolute bliss off all these woke & tech layoffs. No I don’t care about their families
— Gary Gensler’s Mom (@garygenslersmom) January 20, 2023
I am a Philly sports fan and I couldn’t stand that page
— Peter J Kratofilow (@PeterJKratofilo) January 21, 2023
Karma has a fast lane.
— Martha's Vineyard Refugee (@DavidKunca) January 20, 2023
She can go get one of those green energy jobs or do coding.
— Firsttimeigami 🇺🇲 (@LennyLeonard77) January 20, 2023
You have to be special to make the 7% least likely to contribute to the bottom line.
— WmHarrington (@RoadglideRick) January 20, 2023
Shot, chaser
— Professional Timonen Tukija 🇺🇸🇫🇮 (@TimoTimonen44) January 21, 2023
That is beautiful. A white pill.
— Stephen Spurling Is… @Drangula (@Drangula) January 21, 2023
Recommended
— William Knox (@HoodooMachine) January 20, 2023
I just want to cry at the absolute beauty of this. Priceless.🤣🤣
— CommonSense (@CommonSenseNoM2) January 20, 2023
Nature is healing.
— Caleb Box (@calebbox) January 20, 2023
Damn, that is good karma.
— anibinani (@anibinani) January 20, 2023
We know, we should never celebrate anyone losing their job — especially journalists, who were a protected class on Twitter after a spate of layoffs and tweeting “learn to code” could get you suspended. So we’ll just celebrate that Provorov still has his job.
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Related:
NHL Network senior reporter suggests Ivan Provorov be deported to Russia for eschewing pride Jersey https://t.co/zF9FfU4f0w
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 19, 2023
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