{"id":1819298,"date":"2023-01-22T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1819298"},"modified":"2023-01-22T10:06:35","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T15:06:35","slug":"elon-musk-on-flyers-provorov-pride-night-backlash-pendulum-has-swung-a-bit-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-on-flyers-provorov-pride-night-backlash-pendulum-has-swung-a-bit-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk on Flyers\u2019 Provorov Pride Night Backlash: \u201cPendulum Has Swung a Bit Too Far\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-on-flyers-provorov-pride-night-backlash-pendulum-has-swung-a-bit-too-far%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1819298&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\/philadelphia-flyers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers<\/u><\/a> He did not skate Tuesday&#8217;s pregame session due to the team wearing Pride-themed jerseys.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">&#8220;I respect everybody and I respect everybody\u2019s choices,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/flyers-ivan-provorov-labeled-homophobic-faces-backlash-boycotting-teams-pride-fetivities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Provorov told reporters<\/a> After the game. &#8220;My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/nhl-player-scolded-skipping-pride-event-launches-debate-forced-activism-think-ridiculous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>NHL PLAYER SCOLDED FOR SKIPPING PRIDE EVENT LAUNCHES DEBATE OVER FORCED ACTIVISM: \u2018I THINK IT\u2019S RIDICULOUS\u2019<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Provorov\u2019s decision has led to an outcry by many in the media, with one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/nhl-analyst-hradek-ivan-provorov-can-involved-russia-ukraine-war-refusing-gay-pride-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>NHL analyst advising him<\/u><\/a> Russia to return to &#8220;get involved&#8221; In the conflict between Ukraine and the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1457520085.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"The liberal sports media came down hard on Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov for skipping festivities celebrating LGBTQ pride.\u00a0\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Ivan Provorov, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman, was criticized by liberal media for not attending celebrations of LGBTQ pride.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Len Redkoles\/NHLI via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX and Twitter CEO, responded early Friday morning to Clay Travis&#8217; quote tweet about a video posted on Outkick.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The video displays the comments made by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>NHL analyst E.J. Hradek<\/u><\/a> Provorov should be expelled from the country\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1242720271.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"SpaceX founder Elon Musk during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event on August 25, 2022 in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. The two companies announced plans to work together to provide T-Mobile cellular service using Starlink satellites.\u00a0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Elon Musk, SpaceX founder, during a joint T-Mobile\/SpaceX event held in Boca Chica Beach on August 25, 2022. They announced their plans to collaborate to provide T-Mobile cellular service via Starlink satellites.\u00a0<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Michael Gonzalez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pendulum has swung a bit too far,&#8221; Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1616307291732729857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>wrote on Twitter<\/u><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Musk was responding to a tweet quote from the video that said that the gay movement had stopped calling for equal rights and instead called for them to. &#8220;go f***ing die in a trench war if you don\u2019t wear a pride shirt!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hradek\u2019s comments were made on Wednesday\u2019s edition of &#8220;NHL Now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ivan Provorov can get on a plane any day he wants and go back to a place where he feels more comfortable, take less money and get on with his life that way if it&#8217;s that problematic for him \u2026&#8221; Hradek stated. &#8220;If this is that much of a problem for him, to maybe assimilate into his group of teammates, and in the community and here in this country, that&#8217;s OK. Listen, you can feel any way you want. But the beauty is, if it bothers you that much, there&#8217;s always a chance to leave, go back to where you feel more comfortable \u2014 I understand there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>conflict of sorts<\/u><\/a> going on over there, maybe get involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/640\/320\/Ivan-Provorov6.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov against the Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center, Jan. 11, 2023, in Philadelphia.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers, defenseman against Washington Capitals at Wells Fargo Center. Jan. 11, 2023.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Eric Hartline &#8211; USA TODAY Sports).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flyers Head Coach will be available on Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/flyers-ivan-provorov-did-nothing-wrong-boycotted-pride-night-festivities-coach-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>John Tortorella defended Provorov<\/u><\/a>He stated that he was not concerned about the impact of the controversy on the locker room.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Provy did nothing wrong,&#8221; He added. &#8220;Just because you don&#8217;t agree with his decision, doesn&#8217;t mean he did anything wrong.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News\u2019 Ryan Gaydos and Ryan Morik contributed to this report<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Joe Morgan is a Fox News Sports Reporter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Provorov of the Philadelphia Flyers He did not skate Tuesday&#8217;s pregame session due to the team wearing Pride-themed jerseys.\u00a0 &#8220;I respect everybody and I respect everybody\u2019s choices,&#8221; Provorov told reporters After the game. &#8220;My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion. That\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say.&#8221; NHL PLAYER SCOLDED FOR &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1819301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[15987,4265,8399,5458,4249,11292,15672,4250,6692,6575,15452,3819,15988],"class_list":["post-1819298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-pendulum","tag-backlash","tag-bit","tag-bongino","tag-elon","tag-far","tag-flyers","tag-musk","tag-night","tag-pride","tag-provorov","tag-report","tag-swung"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1819298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1819298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1819301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1819298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1819298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1819298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}