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idontlikeem · 1 year

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I don't know what to think of the quote from Geno that was published today and is trending on twitter. Is it actually a real quote? Because if it is and was translated within context, oooh boy I'm gonna be pissed!

sigh ok i was hoping this wouldn't happen.

this is the only time i'll be addressing this.

that quote was from 2019. whatever the twitter account that posted a snippet of it is, it was clearly attempting to imply it was said today. it was not. i have proof!

is it the best quote ever? no. however, let's remember the context here: he's talking to a russian news outlet. what's he gonna say?

additionally, when you add in all the rest of his commentary, it's significantly less inflammatory.

#evgeni malkin #as always feel free to decide where lines are for you personally wrt hockey players and what they say and do #but they are none of them progressive perfect angels #and IMO there's a lot more recent evidence of him distancing himself from russia and russian politics #than there is of him being an ardent supporter of putin and his actions #back to add in that someone on reddit said that he's experiencing some backlash for wearing the rainbow jersey #is that true? no way to verify #but the person who posted it has posted stuff that's been vaguely geno-specific insidery before #so i'm inclined to believe there's a kernel in there #ok to reblog

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