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We don't even know if Nathan Chen is homophobic or not. Why must we force him to support gay people if he is homophobic? On the other hand, without knowing if he even supports gay people or not, why must we cancel him and be disappointed that he did not say anything? Why can't we give him time to just come into his own views and express freely?
What the...?!? We can presume that until he exhibits homophobia, he is not homophobic. And to entertain the possibility that anyone is discriminatory without anything to substantiate it is hugely disrespectful to them. Are some honestly suggesting that Chen is homophobic until he unfollows Yagudin on Instagram or makes a statement decrying Yagudin’s statement.
Should we entertain the possibility that every skater who continues to follow Yagudin on Instagram or every skater who doesn’t denounce Yagudin’s statements by default supports homophobia and transphobia? Come on.