Tim Thomas shitstorm.

[armandtanzarian]

Tru Dat Chuck...

[Lee]

[Lee]

This just in,

Tim Thomas is still an idiot: http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=387260

Just weeks after declining a visit to the White House with the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins, Tim Thomas made another political statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday.

With his team in Buffalo taking on the Sabres, the Bruins goaltender offered his views on the U.S. government's decision to make health insurance plans (including those offered by Catholic charities, hospitals and universities) to provide birth control to women, citing a passage from a poem by German anti-Nazi theologian Martin Niemoller:

"I Stand with the Catholics in the fight for Religious Freedom.

"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."

- by Martin Niemöller, prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, best known as the author of the poem First they came...."

Thomas, last year's Conn Smythe Trophy and Vezina Trophy winner, drew plenty of attention when he did not attend last month's team visit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama.

The Michigan-born netminder posted an explanation for his absence from the ceremony on Facebook, saying he believed, "the Federal government has grown out of control, threatening the Rights, Liberties, and Property of the People."

Thomas, the only American-born member on last year's squad to suit up in the Stanley Cup playoffs, was also a member of the silver-medal winning U.S. 2010 Olympic men's hockey team.

[MSP4LYFE]

Thomas is awesome.

[Scott]

Tim Thomas is a fucking retard

[Shep]

People are too sensitive.

[armandtanzarian]

He could grow a 2nd cock on his cheek for all i care. If he stops the puck, all that matters. Imagine how awesome it would be if every single person was the exact same?

[armandtanzarian]

People are too sensitive.

Want to get creative and make a sig with Thomas, the whitehouse, stanley cup and a logo of Freedom for the peoples?

[Nick]

IMO this is a much better and more appropriate action by Mr.Thomas; he's 100% open to have his own opinions and political views.

[Lee]

The problem is that the meaning of what he's quoting goes completely over his head. If his feelings were true to the quote , he would support both sides of the birth control debate. Instead , he is simply following the Catholic ethos of the debate.

[Shep]

People are too sensitive.

Want to get creative and make a sig with Thomas, the whitehouse, stanley cup and a logo of Freedom for the peoples?

SURE

[Lee]

The problem is that the meaning of what he's quoting goes completely over his head. If his feelings were true to the quote , he would support both sides of the birth control debate. Instead , he is simply following the Catholic ethos of the debate.

Or maybe I'm not getting what he is saying. Is he a Protestant and he doesn't agree with them, but he supports their right to that opinion? In that case, can't someOne explain the Protestant viewpoint of pregnancy prevention?

[Mike]

The problem is that the meaning of what he's quoting goes completely over his head. If his feelings were true to the quote , he would support both sides of the birth control debate. Instead , he is simply following the Catholic ethos of the debate.

Or maybe I'm not getting what he is saying. Is he a Protestant and he doesn't agree with them, but he supports their right to that opinion? In that case, can't someOne explain the Protestant viewpoint of pregnancy prevention?

The label protestant is such a nebulous one it's impossible to explain as a single view point. Obviously liberal sects and individuals are fine with birth control, stricter religionists are not.

[Tony]

opinion I don't agree with - what an asshole!!

[armandtanzarian]

This goalie definitely has some against the grain views. Fine by me.

[Tony]

I'm getting a Thomas jersey ... love this son of a bitch

[Chris]

This goalie definitely has some against the grain views. Fine by me.

Self-entitlement*

[KapG]

He's such a headcase.

wow.

[armandtanzarian]

Now i see an article in a Finnish paper saying tuukka is upset and doesnt want to be a backup the rest of his career. The glory days look to be coming to an end in Beantown. Team first mentality seems to all but be impossible after one cup is in the bags.

[KapG]

rofl.

If I was Rask, I wouldnt want to be a back up for the rest of my career either. The kid is a fucking beast. One of 3 young guys who deserve starter spots IMO!