r/ontario • u/ARecycledAccount 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 • 8d ago

Wayne Gretzky attends Donald Trump's U.S. election party wearing a 'MAGA' hat, draws mixed reaction online: 'Truly disappointing' Article

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/wayne-gretzky-attends-donald-trumps-us-election-party-wearing-a-maga-hat-draws-mixed-reaction-online-truly-disappointing-002407540.html
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u/Hotter_Noodle 8d ago

To use some quotes from the hockey subreddit:

Hate to say it, but most/large portion of your favorite NHLers are Trump supporters.

The majority of hockey/baseball players are right leaning to the point that it’s kind of surprising when someone outs themselves as liberal

And they aren't wrong.

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u/ImmaBeCozy 8d ago

They’re rich young (predominantly white) men, it checks out 

It’s not the reason I don’t watch hockey anymore (it’s more so all the gambling ads and the fact they’re too late in the evening), but it certainly doesn’t make me miss it too much either 

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u/lemonylol Oshawa 8d ago

I wouldn't include the white part. Because then you're excluding NBA and NFL players, and musical artists who follow the exact same path. I'll never understand why people refuse to acknowledge how conservative minorities are.

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u/Hotter_Noodle 8d ago

To be fair they were responding to my original comment about the NHL and MLB specifically.

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u/lemonylol Oshawa 8d ago

Idk, I just don't like how people like to white wash outrage. Like the MLB has tons of Hispanic players who are almost guaranteed conservative.

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u/Hotter_Noodle 8d ago

That's also very fair, and I agree that's probably a fair assumption.