How times have changed...
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There are comments with dozens of upvotes saying to keep sports and politics separate topics. Nowadays, there are comments with thousands of upvotes saying we should cancel games and politicize sports because “sports is not important” (asinine thinking), and comments calling for escapism have -50 downvotes. Several comments also say that players should just respect the office regardless of their beliefs, now social media including Reddit encourages players to attack Mr. Orange Man.
r/hockey has been eating up the narrative for years that the sport has been behind the MLB, NFL, NBA due to too many straight white men in the sport and a conservative political stance amongst the players. Same with NASCAR. They've gone hard left to virtue signal that "hey, we're not white racists, this is how far we're willing to go to prove it".