Anonymous OP 11w

Even if it’s all uncomfortable laughter, which at least some of it very much doesn’t sound like, they are maga with no spine to do anything but laugh and go along with sexism towards female athletes

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Anonymous mother_russia 11w

Thank you. I feel so gaslit by these chronically online mfers.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Please show me proof that they are all MAGA other than two videos that can be easily be taken out of context.

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Anonymous #3 11w

Again please show me proof that they are all MAGA other than two videos that can be easily taken out of context.

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Anonymous OP 11w

Inviting kash Patel to party in their locker room, even from that phone call alone you can tell they are very enthusiastic to go to the White House and be talking to him while anyone who hates him would not be talking that happily and decline, common sense

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Anonymous OP 11w

Also like it’s hockey dude, it’s not that crazy to think they’re maga with all that

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Anonymous OP 11w

this is from last year - maybe not all maga but definitely maga adjacent

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Anonymous #3 11w

What are they supposed to do hang up on him… I don’t blame them for just trying to go with the flow when this admin attacks people for not supporting them. Imagine what he’d try to do if they didn’t talk to him.

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Anonymous OP 11w

i think you are being willfully obtuse does the president call up other teams before they play a big game?

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Anonymous #4 11w

Im fully aware that’s the biggest possibility but I refuse to demonize them all without solid proof.

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Anonymous OP 11w

They’re supposed to do what the women’s hockey team did if they’re simply mainly not maga, simple

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Anonymous #3 11w

He has a habit of calling teams that win so it’s not surprising at all to me

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Anonymous #2 11w

Or at the very least not sound so enthusiastic, I’m not saying all but a number of them are maga, denying that is dumb

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Anonymous OP 11w

yeah, plus i think it’s important to note that it’s usually the American Olympic committee / hockey executives and coaches inviting people like Patel rather than the players themselves, they don’t make those decisions, they just play

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Anonymous #2 11w

From everything I’m hearing Kash Patel just showed up.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Even if he was invited I doubt the players control that.

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Anonymous OP 11w

He stated that he was personally invited

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Anonymous #2 11w

Like I said I doubt the players control that.

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Anonymous #2 11w

my guess is the actual pro-MAGA players like the Tkachuks invited him to celebrate in the locker room

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Anonymous #2 11w

It’s important to note that the NHL resumes Wednesday so it’s not like they can go.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Do we really believe Kash Patel all of the sudden, mister “There is no Epstein Files”

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Anonymous #4 11w

I agree which is still players inciting him, I’m not saying they’re all huge maga people but some fs are

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Anonymous #2 11w

Inviting*

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Anonymous #2 11w

Definitely. But I refuse to group them all together.

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Anonymous #2 11w

And I think that the ones who aren’t could at least grow a bit of a spine, that’s all I’m saying

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Anonymous #2 11w

I get that but it’s not exactly easy situation to be put in. You could just go with it, don’t make waves. And people online come at you. Or make a statement and have Trump come at you.

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Anonymous OP 11w

And with how genuine some of those laughs sound, I could easily see some of the maga ones finding any sexist joke that come out of trumps mouth funny bc you can’t worship Trump and hate sexism. And the other ones are just bring stupid.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Being

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Anonymous OP 11w

also would be a great way to hurt your standing with the American national team, as bad as I bet some of them wanted to do it, they didn’t wanna disrespect their teammates or cause tension

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Anonymous OP 11w

And that is people’s problem. Be more like the figure skaters and women’s team.

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Anonymous #4 11w

Especially if it was a manager or similarly powerful person that accepted the call or invited Kash.

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Anonymous OP 11w

I’m not saying you need to decline the call, you reject the invitation and say you have prior commitments or a family event and you won’t personally be able to make it even

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Anonymous #2 11w

I doubt all of them are going, league is literally restarting

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Anonymous #4 11w

Ok perfect other excuse then

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Anonymous #2 11w

Ok and what if it was a manager or similarly positioned person that had control over the situation. Not only could they risk future placement in the Olympic team but their NHL career to. That’s not something everyone can afford to do especially if someone can torch their career to help appease Trump.

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Anonymous #2 11w

I bet a lot of them will go too still tho, but they’re mainly being used as props, visiting DC after winning gold is pretty common and an achievement many of these guys have dreamed of, it’s a shame that the pedo has to politicize it rather than invite everyone and simply celebrate American athletes being great

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Anonymous OP 11w

Can we not agree that this doesnt apply to a lot of them and a lot of them want to go, wanted kash there and it’s not like they were ignoring him in the locker room, and if they worship trump it’s not unlikely a lot of them find sexist jokes funny

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Anonymous #4 11w

Exactly having a President call you should be an honor, one they’ve worked their entire lives to experience and to make this some black and white issue about politics is naive.

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Anonymous OP 11w

Are you maga

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Anonymous #2 11w

Yes. I’ve already said I agreed. Some are bootlickers.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Fuck no. I’m not stupid.

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Anonymous OP 11w

Ofc I understand why people politicize it our own president is politicizing it after all, but imo I think it should just be a celebration of our athletes performing well and doing something they haven’t done in almost 50 years, I’m a leftist and I was still piss drunk cheering for the MAGA dudes when they scored, that’s like okay it doesn’t make you a bad person or a hypocrite at all lol

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Anonymous OP 11w

Why do you think a disgusting corrupt pedophile call you is an honor, idgaf if he’s the president

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Anonymous #2 11w

bc celebrating an Olympic medal win with the president is usually an honor, it shouldn’t be politicized and it’s a shame that it is

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Anonymous #4 11w

If it shouldn’t be politicized then Trump should just stay away from

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Anonymous #2 11w

I meant aside from Trump I was literally agreeing with #4 that this is something that Trump is ruining for these players. If you got a call from a president (accept Trump) that’s an honor.

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Anonymous #2 11w

I mean it’s a common tradition for the American president to celebrate American athletes, Obama did it, Biden did it, it’s just Trump is only inviting those who he thinks supports him which undermines the entire point of celebrating all of the athletes

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Anonymous #4 11w

That’s what I was just saying.

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Anonymous OP 11w

yeah, I think this person is saying that the athletes shouldn’t be invited to the White House at all in general maybe? Idk

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Anonymous #4 11w

That’s stupid though. And I hate that Trump is ruining what should be a great honor for anyone.

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Anonymous #4 11w

No that’s not what I’m saying, I was saying that at first in response to them saying it shouldn’t be politicized. I just don’t understand why people are acting like they are completely innocent and could not do anything if they really wanted to an absolutely have to be completely complicit or at first acting like they weren’t maga

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Anonymous #2 11w

I’m not I don’t understand the people making assumptions about the whole team.

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Anonymous #2 11w

And since when is laughing at sexist comments and leaving it at that something we are all defending with our lives no matter who it’s from

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Anonymous #2 11w

Maybe they just took it at face value and not a sexist comment. Not defending that or saying it’s a smart or right thing to do.

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Anonymous #2 11w

is there more they could have done? ofc that’s usually true ab literally anybody, but also they’re hockey players who take blows to head repeatedly and are notoriously conservative compared to athletes of other sports I think it’s more of a what did you expect type of situation, the predominantly rich white sport has people who actively support trump and others that prioritize respect over criticism, sounds about rich and white and not surprising whatsoever

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Anonymous OP 11w

no it was sexist, but also if the president made an insensitive joke in front of me, I wouldn’t call him out on it I don’t have the balls for that lol, I’d just laugh awkwardly probably like I would at my grandpa during Thanksgiving dinner

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Anonymous #4 11w

Exactly, that’s what I respect from rich white maga hockey player men

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Anonymous #2 11w

Expect* I need to turn autocorrect off

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Anonymous #4 11w

Did I did I not say “Not defending” them thinking it wasn’t sexist. It was sexist.

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Anonymous #2 11w

yeah I bet there’s numerous people in there that voted for Harris too tho that didn’t speak up ab it, it is kind of a very difficult thing to do, criticize the president for an insensitive joke while celebrating your win is it the right thing to do? Yeah. It’s also socially awkward and could even lead to you being targeted on social media so All of these guys have press training and are taught to avoid controversy so it’s a bit of that as well

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Anonymous OP 11w

*did I or did I not

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Anonymous OP 11w

Oh wait you mean NOT thinking bad of them… I mean it’s really obvious where they lie politically and what they were happy laughing along to.

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Anonymous mother_russia 11w

Like I said it’s obvious some are MAGA but lickers but I refuse to believe that about all of them based on situations they don’t have control over.

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Anonymous OP 11w

It’s not really jumping to conclusions to think “hmm partying with politicians/leaders who are doing horrible things and then getting on a call with the worst of them and laughing as he degrades your counterparts and just women in general and being proud enough to post these things… might make them bad people in support of bad people”

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Anonymous OP 11w

I mean they do have control over what they laugh at and how they interact with people. They can leave the room or just not laugh at gross jokes or even better yet, call it out.

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Anonymous mother_russia 11w

I’m glad you would have the balls to call out the god damn president in person bc I sure wouldn’t lol, I hate the guy but I understand why mfs would just stand there awkwardly esp bc of how the press could make such an uproar out of it

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Anonymous mother_russia 11w

Like Ive said I know how I would have reacted but it’s difficult to potentially risk your career over politics. There’s no denying that a lot of people in very high positions in sports are conservative, and willing to ruin careers over politics. It has happened before.

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Anonymous #4 11w

I feel like most people who actually dislike him have a spine against Trump. People consistently boo him, refuse to shake his hand, press him about issues even if he’s incredibly disrespectful to them (just listen to all the journalists women that he has been horrible to and how they still stand firm).

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Anonymous #4 11w

Calling out in this case can be something as simple as not laughing and saying things like “of course they should come!”

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Anonymous #4 11w

Charlie McAvoy didn’t speak up but imo it’s pretty clear this guy is also not MAGA or conservative lol, literally goes to the pride parade every year in Boston putting people in boxes based on their responses to the president of the U.S. calling them to celebrate an American win is silly even tho a lot of them likely are MAGA

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Anonymous #4 11w

Being spineless in the face of all that he has done is a cowardice that I don’t respect at all. And going so far as to be laughing and celebrating it all, clearly they don’t mind Trump and his people.

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Anonymous #2 11w

Most of them cheated in response yet here we are. Talking about the few that laughed like it’s the whole team.

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Anonymous #4 11w

He literally targets public figures that call him out. While I don’t agree with not speaking out I see why one wouldn’t.

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Anonymous #4 11w

McAvoy is an amazing human being.

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Anonymous #2 11w

I would do that and then make up some bs excuse of why I can’t make it either like the women’s team did saying they have prior educational and professional commitments then

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Anonymous OP 11w

Cheered*

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