No Opposition Supporters General AFL and other clubs discussion thread. **Opposition fans not welcome** Part 3

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Carl Spackler

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Here's my question: How many Hawthorn supporters showed their ugly, racist innards do you reckon? 40,000? 20,000? 10? If all the people who booed Goodes because it got under his skin and everyone enjoys booing the villain at the G had shut up would you have still been able to hear the dinky-die racists?
 

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Because none of those players were outspoken.

We like our black fellas to just shut up and play footy.

If they shine a light on some of the shit they’ve had to cop quite a few people turn on them, while others protect these mouthy bigots by claiming “it has nothing to do with race” - completely disregarding some of the vile comments directed towards him for his stance on the settlement history of this nation.
The bold bit is a racist comment it lumps everyone not indigenous in the same boat.

WE don't want that at all. But we want our footy players to tackle responsibly, not dive for frees and so slide in studs first. When they do these things we want tom not to do, they get booed.

I am in part indigenous Australian, my wife is a Mekeo woman from PNG, my kids are not white, and I want them to shine as bright as the brightest light they can be. SO do all their teachers, lecturers and everyone else who knows them. But then they don't slide in studs first, dive for frees and try to break people's legs/necks in tackles. So maybe that's the cause.

What Goodes said about the settlement of this country (although somewhat divisive) is absolutely his entitlement, attempting to injure people on the footy field is not.
 

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Why are we talking about Adam Goodes again?

It's all been done to death, yes there were racists reasons for it, yes he was a flog deserving of an occasional booing and many people just did it because it was getting a reaction and they were told not to.

Carey was booed most weeks, heck we used to chant "carey's a wanker" all game out at Waverley. Looking back on it we were too light on him.

Anyway goodes has retired so let's move on to Geelong getting walloped tonight.
 

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“The AFL believes an expanded goalsquare, which Dustin Fletcher told the Herald Sun this year could help clear congestion, is a winner.”

I wasn’t sure where these crazy rules were heading, but luckily Dustin Fletcher told the Herald Sun he thinks it could help. Crisis averted!

Thanks Herald Sun and thanks Dustin.
I don't get it.

How does increasing the size of the goal square stop multiple ball-ups on the wing or the sydney maul through the centre?
 

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Ok. Therefore... racism?
It means your argument that Goodes admission that it affected him greatly escalated an otherwise minor booing is not congruent with the facts. I can point to racist arguments to justify the booing. But no one is going to own them or use them again now. Now is all about justifying being an arshole by pretending Goodes was a monster that killed babies and ate the heads of puppies. Oh he was a sniper. Oh he was diver. Oh he got favourable treatment by the umpires/mrp. Joel Selwood is statistically the most favoured player in history by the umpire. Always has a go at players. Has been let off numerous times by the mrp for incidents that look blatantly suspendable. Has never and will never get booed like Goodes did. It started in may and stopped when he retired. And years later people still can’t move on. It’s not facts that lead to booing. It’s psycology. It’s ugly human psycology. It’s time for people to own their actions instead blaming Adam Goodes.
 

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“The AFL believes an expanded goalsquare, which Dustin Fletcher told the Herald Sun this year could help clear congestion, is a winner.”

I wasn’t sure where these crazy rules were heading, but luckily Dustin Fletcher told the Herald Sun he thinks it could help. Crisis averted!

Thanks Herald Sun and thanks Dustin.
Who gives a **** what doping Dustin thinks.
 

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I don't get it.

How does increasing the size of the goal square stop multiple ball-ups on the wing or the sydney maul through the centre?
Bring back Clarko’s cluster!

I guess the theory is there will be a greater area for teams to defend, which would therefore open up the play. I think really they are just desperate to try and get rid of the rugby mauls that happen inside the 50’s. Expect Sicily to take the majority of our kick outs if introduced....

To be honest I was just laughing at the Herald Sun for telling us that Dustin Fletcher thought it might be a good idea and some time in the past. Just a random pointless inclusion to the story that no one gives a shit about...why was it in there?
 

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It means your argument that Goodes admission that it affected him greatly escalated an otherwise minor booing is not congruent with the facts. I can point to racist arguments to justify the booing. But no one is going to own them or use them again now. Now is all about justifying being an arshole by pretending Goodes was a monster that killed babies and ate the heads of puppies. Oh he was a sniper. Oh he was diver. Oh he got favourable treatment by the umpires/mrp. Joel Selwood is statistically the most favoured player in history by the umpire. Always has a go at players. Has been let off numerous times by the mrp for incidents that look blatantly suspendable. Has never and will never get booed like Goodes did. It started in may and stopped when he retired. And years later people still can’t move on. It’s not facts that lead to booing. It’s psycology. It’s ugly human psycology. It’s time for people to own their actions instead blaming Adam Goodes.
I’m all against people behaving like a$$holes, particularly at the football. A$$hole isn’t racist.

And there isn’t a call in general for better behaviour. In fact feral booing is encouraged to this day. Just not against Goodes as the enlightened betters got out their racism divining rods and have determined that in that case, and that case only, those dirty racists blossomed in their hatred.

And you so righteously condemn tens of thousands of good people, aside from the classless booing, by looking into their hearts and projecting onto them the racist arguments you can muster up. By Jove, it’s almost as if your willing to condemn large groups of people based on your own views of their value. Self-awareness is in short supply, it seems.
 
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