No one is defending him, and you saying that makes it pretty clear that you are conflating the two. Assume I say doesn't make him less of a rapist after every sentence fragment here- there are plenty of rich, white, blatantly racist, entitled frat boys who are still left-leaning, especially if they grew up in a pointedly political family in a steady blue area. He clearly had a lot of respect for his grandparents. While there is little doubt playing hockey drenched him toxic ideas about... everything, I doubt much of it was specifically, politically charged enough to convince him to stray from their legacy. As you can read in the article linked above, hockey players generally just aren't that engaged.
Mostly, though, I just don't believe this thread is based on much more than desperately trying to shove him off our side, which really isn't good for much of anything.
Re: Fandom Venting
No one is defending him, and you saying that makes it pretty clear that you are conflating the two. Assume I say doesn't make him less of a rapist after every sentence fragment here- there are plenty of rich, white, blatantly racist, entitled frat boys who are still left-leaning, especially if they grew up in a pointedly political family in a steady blue area. He clearly had a lot of respect for his grandparents. While there is little doubt playing hockey drenched him toxic ideas about... everything, I doubt much of it was specifically, politically charged enough to convince him to stray from their legacy. As you can read in the article linked above, hockey players generally just aren't that engaged.
Mostly, though, I just don't believe this thread is based on much more than desperately trying to shove him off our side, which really isn't good for much of anything.