Captain Mountain
Formerly Captain Wolverine
- Jun 6, 2010
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It shouldn't take courage to post something so obvious. Some people feel it necessary to have heroes and villains in every narrative. If they don't paint Subban as pure and virtuous in thought, word and deed then they feel as though they are somehow legitimizing Bergevin's actions. One doesn't have to mean the other. It is possible to admit that Subban engineered his own ouster and still hate Bergevin/Molson for doing the deed. Subban's actions don't excuse Bergevin's. But for some people the Subban trade is a zero-sum game. Subban must be pure and Bergevin must be dirty and Weber must be the fruit of a poisonous tree. It becomes a purity test for some posters. You say that PK has shortcomings or that Weber is elite and it makes you a Bergevin apologist in the eyes of some.
You can't simultaneously deride people for painting "Subban as pure and virtuous in thought, word and deed" and then suggest that "Subban engineered his own ouster". The idea that Subban engineered his ouster from the organization by making a massive contribution to a local hospital and laying down roots in the community sounds almost conspiratorial.