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The demand for tolerance long ago became the demand that we all endorse the Left’s values and mores. The Philadelphia Flyers NHL team accordingly aroused no controversy when it designated Tuesday its “annual Pride Night celebration.” All the sports teams have them now, although for some reason they’ve been slower to adopt Anger Night, Lust Night, and Sloth Night. The team, however, found that not everyone was willing to play along with the Left’s totalitarian bullying. Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to don the Flyers’ special rainbow gear for the night, citing his Russian Orthodox faith as the reason. It takes courage to make oneself a target for the wrath of the intolerant woke fascists; in this age of pandemic cowardice, Provorov has made a heroic stand.
“Prior to the game,” the Flyers announced happily on Tuesday, Flyers players will wear special Pride-themed warmup jerseys and use warm-up sticks wrapped in rainbow Pride tape. Both the jerseys and sticks will be auctioned off by Flyers Charities following the game with proceeds going to Flyers Charities and their efforts to grow the game of hockey in diverse communities.” The Flyers like their communities “diverse,” but this doesn’t extend to diversity of thought; everyone was expected to don the rainbow jerseys and use the rainbow sticks. Provorov enunciated his dissent, however, in the politest of terms: “I respect everyone. I respect everybody’s choices,” he said. “My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion.”
Aye, there’s the rub. In the woke world, someone like Provorov doesn’t get a choice. The Left is all about “choice” for other Leftists only, not for dissidents. And so, in response to Provorov’s stand, the Flyers felt the need to bolster their woke bona fides, issuing a statement saying, “The Philadelphia Flyers organization is committed to inclusivity and is proud to support the local LGBTQ+ community. Many of our players are active in their support of local LGBTQ+ organizations, and we were proud to host our annual Pride Night again this year. The Flyers will continue to be strong advocates for inclusivity and the LGBTQ+ community.” Translation: Please, Leftists, don’t hurt us! Don’t bar us from polite society! This heretic doesn’t represent us! We’ll be good, we promise!
John Tortorella, the coach of the Flyers, tried to play both ends against the middle, bowing to the woke fascists while not throwing Provorov under the bus. He affirmed that the Flyers’ statement had enunciated “the beliefs that we have” and asserted that Pride Night was “really a great night.”
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Keith O says
Anyone who is brave enough to stand up against the woke hordes deserves some respect.
GreekEmpress says
My hero!
dazzleme says
+1 ME TOO
James Lincoln says
Courage is contagious!
Wellington says
The entire Pride “narrative,” replete with flag, very much has a totalitarian, control-freak, better-conform-or-else aspect about it. A very menacing aspect.
PRCS says
The only reason he needed to provide: he doesn’t want to.
If pressed for a “why” answer: I just told you why.
That should be the response of anyone who refuses to comply with the “Pride” mob’s dictates.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Precisely! It’s nobody else’s business how devout he is. He probably didn’t use that to avoid being called a bigot, although since he cited faith, he’ll be called that anyway
OLD GUY says
And I was just beginning to enjoy Hockey, and here we go again with the WOKE political B.S. Professional sports is becoming ridiculous. We pay these players, teams and owners tons of money to PLAY a GAME and entertain us not anything else. High school sports is looking better all the time and a hell of a lot cheaper, and I know you can’t enjoy a cold one at high school games. Bot the price of that beer at an NFL game will pay for your ticket and parking at a high school game.
dazzleme says
I think NHL was the last to go for this pride crap! Maybe golf is left.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
A day after this news, Provorov’s jersey has sold out! I have no idea whether the NHL will get a message from it, but it should! I guess we should expect the LGBTQIA+ jihadis to attack Provorov since he’s Russian, since that’s the one country in the world okay to hate in the 2020s, even while other far worse countries like China, Qatar, Pakistan and Iran – are not just tolerated but also celebrated