Mega Thread The Adam Goodes Megathread - Now with Added Poll!

[Number37]

Ignorance doesn't excuse racism

EFA.

 

[Coolangatta]

Ignorance is not racism

Closet racists or pussy racists as I call them are so predictable. Nothing they ever say has racist intent. Ignorance isn't racism, correct. Ignorance does have a lot to do with racism, though.

 

[CatFan79]

And what is his political agenda? How does it conflict with yours?

His agenda is to convince YOU that all the boooing is racially motivated, which is wrong. I don't have a political agenda, I don't blindly follow a party either.

Nobody likes Goodes for a myriad of reasons, West Coast crowd boo more than any other crowd in AUS. Goodes hates it, everyone knows it so they boo him. It's a game of footy not lefty politics 101.

How many WC supporters were thinking 'he's black so lets boo him' ? Get over it FFS.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Ignorance is not racism

It's certainly the mother of it.

 

[Feerits Elf]

there is no recent upswing in his amount of staging that would explain why the booing has started only in the last two years of an illustrious career spanning more games than all but eight other players in the game's history.

I thought the booing only started following Goodes's "war dance" against Carlton in Rd 9?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

Edit: appeared to start Rd 8 versus the Hawks.

 

[Kram]

The answer to that nonsense is back on page 1 or 2.
But just to be clear, calling an indigenous person an ape is racial abuse. End of story.
The girl may not have known ( I call BS) but that doesn't change the fact that it is racial abuse.

I had heard just about every racial slur growing up in a small town in WA with a high % of aboriginals but had never heard of 'ape', nor had my mother. We are both of indigenous decent with my Nanna being aboriginal.

We must be racists

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Just because he's not the biggest, doesn't mean he's not one

So why aren't we booing the others a whole lot more?

 

[Coolangatta]

His agenda is to convince YOU that all the boooing is racially motivated, which is wrong. I don't have a political agenda, I don't blindly follow a party either.

Nobody likes Goodes for a myriad of reasons, West Coast crowd boo more than any other crowd in AUS. Goodes hates it, everyone knows it so they boo him. It's a game of footy not lefty politics 101.

How many WC supporters were thinking 'he's black so lets boo him' ? Get over it FFS.

Hardly anyone, I'd suspect. It's more like they were thinking, "He's an outspoken black who provokes whites so let's boo him." I liken it to homophobic people being called out as closet homosexuals. Expect a defensive reaction from them. "I'm not gay." "I'm not racist."

 

[subaru]

Closet racists or pussy racists as I call them are so predictable. Nothing they ever say has racist intent. Ignorance isn't racism, correct. Ignorance does have a lot to do with racism, though.

" pussy racists " feline variety or sexist pig variety ?
Fact
And you concede
Ignorance is not racism

 

[Coolangatta]

" pussy racists " feline variety or sexist pig variety ?
Fact
And you concede
Ignorance is not racism

subaru variety.

 

[subaru]

It's certainly the mother of it.

Maybe so
But you would condemn someone that is ignorant of a fact?

 

[Number37]

I had heard just about every racial slur growing up in a small town in WA with a high % of aboriginals but had never heard of 'ape', nor had my mother. We are both of indigenous decent with my Nanna being aboriginal.

We must be racists

Not every indigenous person needs to have been called every possible racist name for it to be racist you know?
If someone called you an ape would you think it was a compliment?

 

[Number37]

" pussy racists " feline variety or sexist pig variety ?
Fact
And you concede
Ignorance is not racism

Manslaughter is not murder, the victim would not care about the difference.

 

[Coolangatta]

Maybe so
But you would condemn someone that is ignorant of a fact?

No, and neither did Goodes. He said the girl probably didn't know the racist connotation. I think she did, however, that's just speculation. See? Not all Goodes defenders hang off his every word. I could just imagine the backlash the poor bugger would have received if he said she knew it was racist.

 

[Footy Is The Win]

Yes. Is that ok? Nothing worse than a sook is there? So I wouldn't want to offend your sensibilities.

Number 37 said: "You sound outraged to me, you keep posting the same outrage over and over.

Here's a tip for you, call an SJW an SJW and they won't get all cut and start shouting about their freedom of speech and a whole lot of other irrelevant BS.
Compared to say....blah blah blah..."

 

[Number37]

No, and neither did Goodes. He said the girl probably didn't know the racist connotation. I think she did, however, that's just speculation. See? Not all Goodes defenders hang off his every word. I could just imagine the backlash the poor bugger would have received if he said she knew it was racist.

Don't go giving them ideas Coolangatta.
Next thing you know someone will quote you as proof Goodes said she knew it was racist.

 

[Number37]

Number 37 said: "You sound outraged to me, you keep posting the same outrage over and over.

Here's a tip for you, call an SJW an SJW and they won't get all cut and start shouting about their freedom of speech and a whole lot of other irrelevant BS.
Compared to say....blah blah blah..."

Are you trying to take away my freedom of speech. How dare you.
Did the AFL make you do it?

I can't be an SJW anyway, I have a right wing friend...

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

Maybe so
But you would condemn someone that is ignorant of a fact?

If their actions arising from that ignorance are wilfully nasty, yes.

Sorry, I just dropped in on your conversation with a general comment and don't even know specifically what you guys were discussing. Carry on.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

I thought the booing only started following Goodes's "war dance" against Carlton in Rd 9?

Correct me if I'm wrong.

You might be right. I was speaking in loose terms. Although I feel my point stands, I haven't been taking my boo-ometer along to every game.

 

[Footy Is The Win]

Are you trying to take away my freedom of speech. How dare you.
Did the AFL make you do it?

I can't be an SJW anyway, I have a right wing friend...

Never. If we silence the fools, then how can we learn from their stupidity?

 

[Maybenextyear]

Wow just fantastic that all the mind readers of the world can perceive what others are thinking and the reasons why they do things.

If you don't agree with them your racist.

Great logic.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

If they did half the crap off-field, they would

Remind me how many strangers Goodesy has bashed to the point of permanent brain damage and a compensation payout of tens of thousands.

Why aren't we booing that guy every time he gets the ball?

What's Goodes done that even remotely compares in the Dickhead Stakes?

 

[Footy Is The Win]

I think all people judge themselves by their intentions, and others by their actions by default.

 

[Milanista28]

Anyone else hope he gets booed this weekend or am I sick?

I think Australians are strong minded people who hate to be labelled so if the booing does happen it proves once and for all it was never race motivated.

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

His agenda is to convince YOU that all the boooing is racially motivated, which is wrong

Sorry to harp on this but I do think it's high time one of you good folk came up with a single verified quote of Adam Goodes saying the people booing him are racists. Just one will do thanks.