Good for them. This is not a situation that calls for equivocation.
marshallthecatholic
The conflict is solved!
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ImSocialist
Does the NHL also condemn the 75 years of land annexation, murder, and terrorists actions that Israel has perpetrated against the Palestinian people? According to the UN, Palestine has suffered 20x more deaths since 2008.
bobbystoker94
Mods will lock this thread because r/nhl does not 100% stand with Israel
DoubleDumpsterFire
Sports entities randomly chiming in on this is so weird.
comacove
on a day they announce the end of warm up this and that, and then turn around and give their condolences on this, oy vey
zanzibartraveler666
Need Kanye’s take on the situation
OMP159
So long as they aren’t gay, let’s play.
zivlynsbane
Virtue signalling at its best.
Ovenface
Why a sports league feels like they need to put in their two cents is beyond me. Everything around us it littered with political bullshit. Fuck! There is no escaping it
MomboDM
Im so glad they mourned with Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and so many others as well. Oh… and the Palestinians.
Fuck this selective virtue signaling bullshit from large corporations.
Ilkley_dipper
When will the Rockford IceHogs finally break their silence on this matter?
skunkpunk1
This is the modern world we’re living in, where simply expressing sympathy for civilians that were targeted in a brutal terrorist attack is something to be reprimanded and needs to come with a qualifier. Imagine on 9/11 people said we sympathize with America…..but remember all the bad foreign policy they had!
vito_corleone01
Keep politics out the game.
Awkward-Singer522
How brave of the NHL to cry with Israel. This info has truly impacted the lives of the citizens, who now have the support of a professional North American Hockey League.
ObverseNebula
This isn’t a black and white issue, it’s completely possible to take an anti-Israel and anti-Palestinian/Hamas position.
Anyone supporting Hamas is either misinformed or shitty.
To anyone supporting Hamas, what do you say about their use of child suicide bombers?
You can’t use child suicide bombers and claim the other side are “the baddies”.
If you’re aligned with the sane and moral side of society, as unfortunate as it is, you would probably think this nullifies any argument Palestine has over ‘land rights’.
Recognising what Hamas have done and are doing, does not mean you have to fully endorse Israel and how it has treated Palestine
Both nations are objectively in the wrong, but both nations think they are right.
Worldsportstalk
Good.
bigtimechip
Why does a north American hockey league even need to comment on this?
JBrundy
Until this conflicts with the beliefs of a couple of players and they’ll back down
WidePark9725
Israeli or Palestinian, it doesn’t matter. Hockey does not see race, religion, nationality, rich or poor, in the eyes of the game. We hope both sides can find common ground and learn to respect each other. We hope this message is an inspiration to all young hockey fans who will grow up and learn that anybody can play hockey so long as your not a fucking queer.
-Bettman.
Extra-Wasabi-8639
Everyone was fine with multiple Ukraine nights. All the leftists are mad at this and support Palestine but Palestine hates the LGBTQ and doesnt support you back. Meanwhile LGBTQ rights are developed in ISRAEL. You guys are hilarious. Now give me all your downvotes and be offened.
Scuba_2
0.0000001 seconds for the NHL to respond to Israel
Russian players with direct ties to the kremlin are still going unsanctioned
Sweetknees66
So they ban pride gear, probably because they don’t want politics mixing with sport. Then they do this.
Average_Canadian1
This is a sports league, why are they commenting on international politics? Just seems unnecessary tbh.
JOJO_IN_FLAMES
This is one of the worst things about social media. Every company/celebrity/influencer/etc. feels obligated to make statements on every little thing that happens or else they are seen as condoning it.
The-G-89
Common NHL L with this one.
DarkUnderbelly
Great to see. God bless 🇮🇱
IShiddedMyPantaloons
This just in, Terminally Online Redditors getting mad at the NHL saying terrorism is bad.
The only people who have a problem with this statement are lurking terrorist sympathizers.
dbrink13
“But fuck the gays” /s
DeepPucks
In this moment of darkness, it’s time for the NHL to end TV blackouts.
QuiGonJohn69
Same league that is banning Pride tape because some homophobes might get their feelings hurt? NHL is a joke
FilmNoirOdy
Really amazing to see how upset so many of you are by this statement. It’s like when the EPL teams mention anything about Jews and the comments come in.
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Why comment at all wtf
Insert “this is worthless” meme.
Good for them. This is not a situation that calls for equivocation.
The conflict is solved!
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Does the NHL also condemn the 75 years of land annexation, murder, and terrorists actions that Israel has perpetrated against the Palestinian people? According to the UN, Palestine has suffered 20x more deaths since 2008.
Mods will lock this thread because r/nhl does not 100% stand with Israel
Sports entities randomly chiming in on this is so weird.
on a day they announce the end of warm up this and that, and then turn around and give their condolences on this, oy vey
Need Kanye’s take on the situation
So long as they aren’t gay, let’s play.
Virtue signalling at its best.
Why a sports league feels like they need to put in their two cents is beyond me. Everything around us it littered with political bullshit. Fuck! There is no escaping it
Im so glad they mourned with Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, and so many others as well. Oh… and the Palestinians.
Fuck this selective virtue signaling bullshit from large corporations.
When will the Rockford IceHogs finally break their silence on this matter?
This is the modern world we’re living in, where simply expressing sympathy for civilians that were targeted in a brutal terrorist attack is something to be reprimanded and needs to come with a qualifier. Imagine on 9/11 people said we sympathize with America…..but remember all the bad foreign policy they had!
Keep politics out the game.
How brave of the NHL to cry with Israel. This info has truly impacted the lives of the citizens, who now have the support of a professional North American Hockey League.
This isn’t a black and white issue, it’s completely possible to take an anti-Israel and anti-Palestinian/Hamas position.
Anyone supporting Hamas is either misinformed or shitty.
To anyone supporting Hamas, what do you say about their use of child suicide bombers?
You can’t use child suicide bombers and claim the other side are “the baddies”.
If you’re aligned with the sane and moral side of society, as unfortunate as it is, you would probably think this nullifies any argument Palestine has over ‘land rights’.
Recognising what Hamas have done and are doing, does not mean you have to fully endorse Israel and how it has treated Palestine
Both nations are objectively in the wrong, but both nations think they are right.
Good.
Why does a north American hockey league even need to comment on this?
Until this conflicts with the beliefs of a couple of players and they’ll back down
Israeli or Palestinian, it doesn’t matter. Hockey does not see race, religion, nationality, rich or poor, in the eyes of the game. We hope both sides can find common ground and learn to respect each other. We hope this message is an inspiration to all young hockey fans who will grow up and learn that anybody can play hockey so long as your not a fucking queer.
-Bettman.
Everyone was fine with multiple Ukraine nights. All the leftists are mad at this and support Palestine but Palestine hates the LGBTQ and doesnt support you back. Meanwhile LGBTQ rights are developed in ISRAEL. You guys are hilarious. Now give me all your downvotes and be offened.
0.0000001 seconds for the NHL to respond to Israel
Russian players with direct ties to the kremlin are still going unsanctioned
So they ban pride gear, probably because they don’t want politics mixing with sport. Then they do this.
This is a sports league, why are they commenting on international politics? Just seems unnecessary tbh.
This is one of the worst things about social media. Every company/celebrity/influencer/etc. feels obligated to make statements on every little thing that happens or else they are seen as condoning it.
Common NHL L with this one.
Great to see. God bless 🇮🇱
This just in, Terminally Online Redditors getting mad at the NHL saying terrorism is bad.
The only people who have a problem with this statement are lurking terrorist sympathizers.
“But fuck the gays” /s
In this moment of darkness, it’s time for the NHL to end TV blackouts.
Same league that is banning Pride tape because some homophobes might get their feelings hurt? NHL is a joke
Really amazing to see how upset so many of you are by this statement. It’s like when the EPL teams mention anything about Jews and the comments come in.
NHL huge W
*gets popcorn*