by woodublieve12 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:34 pm
by Booney » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:38 pm
woodublieve12 wrote:
i find it amusing (sadly) the comments saying "he brings onto himself"
i wonder what some of their thoughts on rape... "oh she was a bit flirty, she deserved it"...
Obviously a massive difference but it's getting quite aggressive now when they say it.
by cennals05 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 3:41 pm
by Dogwatcher » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:02 pm
But the backlash was firm and swift. Talkback callers accused him of over-sensitivity and questioned his manhood. He was accused of reverse racism. Former players joined in. Tony Shaw warned Long he would get "a reputation". Mal Brown could not see why racist abuse was any different to him being called fat as a player. Brown pined for the '70s, when Aborigines were taunted with "nigger, nigger pull the trigger" and "people just rose above it". Simultaneously, he claimed victimhood for white children: "There is a great fear that, with the division between us and them, our own children won't get equal opportunity."
Sam Newman argued that the insult was probably designed to do no more than distract Long, and that in any event, "Michael Long IS black".
by woodublieve12 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:07 pm
Dogwatcher wrote:But the backlash was firm and swift. Talkback callers accused him of over-sensitivity and questioned his manhood. He was accused of reverse racism. Former players joined in. Tony Shaw warned Long he would get "a reputation". Mal Brown could not see why racist abuse was any different to him being called fat as a player. Brown pined for the '70s, when Aborigines were taunted with "nigger, nigger pull the trigger" and "people just rose above it". Simultaneously, he claimed victimhood for white children: "There is a great fear that, with the division between us and them, our own children won't get equal opportunity."
Sam Newman argued that the insult was probably designed to do no more than distract Long, and that in any event, "Michael Long IS black".
by woodublieve12 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:43 pm
by Hefty » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:52 pm
woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
by Jase » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:52 pm
woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
by whufc » Thu Jul 30, 2015 5:16 pm
Jase wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
So by booing someone you are assassinating their character? Because isn't that what this is about, him being boo'd, I wouldn't necessarily claim that booing is "vitriolic abuse" either...
Clearly, I am struggling to keep up here...
by woodublieve12 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:11 pm
Hefty wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
OK, we get it......you don't like the booing. Let me ask you this, if Goodes didn't play for Sydney would you be so anti-booing??
by Sheik Yerbouti » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:20 pm
by Rik E Boy » Thu Jul 30, 2015 6:23 pm
Footy Smart wrote:so many people are justifying their abuse 'because he is a flog'. That doesn’t cut it IMO. When challenged the arguments do come back round to being race related apart from his occasional snipes and the tribunal supposedly looking after him (his fault of course). But hey, Goodes started it by calling Australia Day, Invasion Day. Give me a break…. if that is the way the indigenous people of this country view the day, then who are we to tell them otherwise. They arent far off the truth!
by Wedgie » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:40 pm
Hefty wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
OK, we get it......you don't like the booing. Let me ask you this, if Goodes didn't play for Sydney would you be so anti-booing??
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by Wedgie » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:43 pm
Rik E Boy wrote:Footy Smart wrote:so many people are justifying their abuse 'because he is a flog'. That doesn’t cut it IMO. When challenged the arguments do come back round to being race related apart from his occasional snipes and the tribunal supposedly looking after him (his fault of course). But hey, Goodes started it by calling Australia Day, Invasion Day. Give me a break…. if that is the way the indigenous people of this country view the day, then who are we to tell them otherwise. They arent far off the truth!
Are you calling me a racist my friend? You're drawing a long ******* bow. If I'm a racist that's going to be a big ******* surprise to the best man at my wedding.
Regards,
REB
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by Jase » Thu Jul 30, 2015 8:51 pm
Wedgie wrote:Rik E Boy wrote:Footy Smart wrote:so many people are justifying their abuse 'because he is a flog'. That doesn’t cut it IMO. When challenged the arguments do come back round to being race related apart from his occasional snipes and the tribunal supposedly looking after him (his fault of course). But hey, Goodes started it by calling Australia Day, Invasion Day. Give me a break…. if that is the way the indigenous people of this country view the day, then who are we to tell them otherwise. They arent far off the truth!
Are you calling me a racist my friend? You're drawing a long ******* bow. If I'm a racist that's going to be a big ******* surprise to the best man at my wedding.
Regards,
REB
Who you had for your best man at your wedding is irrelevent. A racist isn't someone who hates every single person of an entire race (even though they can).
Most racists I know don't even realise or admit it themselves and they all deny it vehemently.
by Wedgie » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:19 pm
Armchair expert wrote:Such a great club are Geelong
by mighty_tiger_79 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 9:22 pm
by woodublieve12 » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:12 pm
Hefty wrote:woodublieve12 wrote:Remember when Taylor Walker got booed after the showdown, people said that was a disgrace. But apparently people don't think a continual character assassination of a bloke isn't...
double standards again...
OK, we get it......you don't like the booing. Let me ask you this, if Goodes didn't play for Sydney would you be so anti-booing??
by stan » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:51 pm
by stan » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:00 pm
Wedgie wrote:If I was on the side of the booers, I'd think to myself "hmmm, I'm on the same side of this argument as Jason Akermanis, Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt, Shane Warne, Dermott Brereton and basically every uneducated redneck racist in Australia, perhaps I should reconsider?"
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