To anyone still confused on why people are upset, the right spent most of the Olympics yelling āleave politics out of thisā and simultaneously sending death threats to some of my favorite olympians for speaking out respectfully against Trump. Those athletes have had their character attacked but the US menās team can invite and party with the FBI director on OUR tax payer dollars, laugh at sexist jokes with a perverted president, and then show up all giddy at the White House in MAGA Trump hats. And somehow thatās ok? Iāve actually had devil fans online cursing at me saying Iām censoring free speech by being mad at Jack for laughing. Which is crazy on so many levels.
As a devils fan this whole thing breaks my heart but I honestly should have seen this coming. My experiences as a fan from 7 years old changed drastically by the age of 15 and I feel like as a woman Iām constantly being told passive aggressively that women donāt belong in hockey or that Iām not worthy enough to voice my thoughts. For a lot of women we are tired of our existence being the butt of the joke. We are tired of excusing menās locker room talk. And any kind words he said about women prior to this in the media reveals itself as being PR! Iāve seen a lot of people saying cut him slack for laughing being heās an āally.ā Holy moly treating women with basic human decency and giving props where itās due is not being some sort of revolutionary feminist ally. AND acting supportive for the media while talking and mocking behind closed doors reveals you are being PERFORMATIVE. The Hughes family has always been sexist genocide accepting MAGA. And I think what Iām disappointed in the most is how disgusting the response has been from the NJ Devils fans (of course specifically men). They donāt listen to hear you out, they listen to explain how youāre wrong and after 14 years I no longer consider myself a NJ Devils fans. I think Iāll just stick with womenās hockey and figure skating unless anyone has had good experiences with a more liberal team. Open to suggestions!! š©·









