NO TROLLS Rankine handed a 4 match suspension by the AFL integrity unit for a homophobic slur against opponent

[MrBarry]

What an absolute grub Houston is.

 

[BigPond101]

If he's banned the Crows need to take out an injunction on the grand final to prevent documented homophobic rapper from appearing

 

[Humblebob]

This indigenous man should get 0 weeks. Other players should have gotten 0 weeks too. Draw a line in the sand now and just stop the insane bans.

Guess who loses the most if we go back to the Wild West, grow a brain

 

[ashep]

Every man can have their opinion but it's a long bow to draw to claim that personal insults about someone's partner are definitely better than using an expletive that has historically been a slur.

That's why I asked for a specific example which has yet to be forthcoming.

 

[Cyclonus]

Can someone please compile a list of all the whataboutisms from the last ten pages? Reckon there would be minimum 30 of increasing ridiculousness.

What about if Rankine was on a bus and it was going to explode if he didn't use the f word? How many weeks?!

 

[demondavey]

Holy whataboutism batman!

Whataboutism isn’t a word. It’s made up.

You want to look at double standards? Let’s just suspend someone for saying the F word but employ SD with the litany of felonies that have encompassed him for many a year.

You either decide you want to make a stand on all forms of antisocial behaviour and or commentary or not. You can’t pick and choose where your standards fall to look like a progressive organisation in order to tick an equality box.

 

[chickenonachain]

Pretty poor defence from Adelaide I reckon ,to say he copped some verbal from the opposition so it’s ok to give it back and call someone a ******

 

[Underarm]

Whataboutism isn’t a word. It’s made up.

You want to look at double standards? Let’s just suspend someone for saying the F word but employ SD with the litany of felonies that have encompassed him for many a year.

You either decide you want to make a stand on all forms of antisocial behaviour and or commentary or not. You can’t pick and choose where your standards fall to look like a progressive organisation in order to tick an equality box.

Hey I'm with you. Snoop dog shouldn't be anywhere near the AFL GF.

 

[MrBarry]

Pretty poor defence from Adelaide I reckon ,to say he copped some verbal from the opposition so it’s ok to give it back and call someone a ******

Depends on the nature of abuse from Houston.

 

[ABAB]

Pretty poor defence from Adelaide I reckon ,to say he copped some verbal from the opposition so it’s ok to give it back and call someone a ******

You do know Houston KO Rankine last year and got 5 weeks????

 

[seeit]

now here is snoop dogg to perform.

 

[Cyclonus]

Pretty poor defence from Adelaide I reckon ,to say he copped some verbal from the opposition so it’s ok to give it back and call someone a ******

I agree, unless there's something we don't know. I'm sure it will all come out.

 

[MrBarry]

You do know Houston KO Rankine last year and got 5 weeks????

And Port tried for days to play the 'he's a good bloke' card to get him off.

 

[cecil]

Pretty poor defence from Adelaide I reckon ,to say he copped some verbal from the opposition so it’s ok to give it back and call someone a ******

Laughably bad. The club has an ongoing track record with insensitivity and this just shows nothing has changed.

 

[deck]

You do know Houston KO Rankine last year and got 5 weeks????

But what did Quaynor do?

 

[Underarm]

Is that it? Embarrassing by the club to even submit it.

 

[offtherails9]

If he's banned the Crows need to take out an injunction on the grand final to prevent documented homophobic rapper from appearing

Lol mate a lyric from 25 years ago should hardly be applied to today’s standards. Things have changed significantly in the last ten years. It shows a lack of intelligence to act like this.

 

[ABAB]

But what did Quaynor do?

Maybe the Collingwood player said "Houston will KO you again, pussy"????

 

[ET Phone Sloane]

Is that it? Embarrassing by the club to even submit it.

Reckon the part where it says multi-faceted defence suggests it is more than just that, champ

 

[ray_purchase]

The only person that should be suspended is that snitch Quaynor.

 

[Cyclonus]

Maybe the Collingwood player said "Houston will KO you again pussy"????

So call the Collingwood player a ****wit, not what he actually did.

 

[Fletched]

AFL are putting snoop on a pedestal would be pretty hypocritical if they came out with a suspension here

 

[Ludovico]

Unpopular take perhaps (and not condoning the act), but to me, the term 'f***t" has largely lost it's meaning over the years, much like 'w****r' has. To me, both these terms are more akin to calling someone a *d**khead' these days.

Obviously no one can go inside Rankin's head, but I would not be surprised if his true intent was not a deliberate attack on homsexuals, but more a very poor choice of words in the heat of the moment.

Thats an interesting take. The guy who carved the word into the duco of my car would probably disagree. My bad for having a small rainbow flag in my back window of course. Nobody likes an uppity ****** apparently. Oops, the word has no derogatory meaning I forget.

Speaking of forgetting, so did the charming individual who came up to me and my partner on the train last time I was in Melbourne. Holding hands you see. My fault for triggering him, which he let me know by informing me that "he put a ****** like you in hospital just last week." Well thanks for the warning, clearly not directed at me of course.

And then the lady who tried to get the cops onto me and my partner when we took my son to an event. Apparently, as she was keen to express loudly, two ******s with a kid must be pedophiles. I would have loved it if you were there to tell my son why the words didnt have the meaning that it seemed were intended.

Do yourself and me a favour if so inclined. Take your self serving bullshit and shove it somewhere useful, like your date, because gushing it onto this board is not doing much.

 

[rye]

AFL are putting snoop on a pedestal would be pretty hypocritical if they came out with a suspension here

people who keep posting this ridiculous false equivalence are beyond saving.

 

[Struggle]

So he was only homophobic because he was intimidated by big bad Dan Houston

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Dan Houston

Age

28

Ht

186cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

11.8

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

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3.0

5star

MG

289.2

4star

D

17.6

4star

K

11.6

4star

HB

6.0

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

3.4

4star

MG

319.9

5star

D

16.6

4star

K

12.4

5star

HB

4.2

4star

M

7.0

5star

T

2.6

4star

MG

279.8

5star

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He should get extra weeks added on if that's his excuse

Pathetic