Society/Culture Remembering the REAL "Cheers and Tears" in the AFL

[Lethality]

Those culture warriors over at AFL Channel 7 have this new segment called “Cheers and Tears” that celebrates toxic AFL culture while mocking the occasional display of male emotion that might occasionally leak out.

It lets you know right away, just in case you forgot, that getting drunk on the weekend is fine. Showing emotion is not. Because getting drunk leads to domestic violence, while normal outlet of emotion avoids it. Well, we simply can't have that.

So instead of dishonestly trying to associate decent AFLM on-field plays with alcohol, why not a more honest depiction, by celebrating AFLM people who normalise the toxic culture in our society, and remembering those who suffer from it? That is, after all, what that segment, and many others, are all about.

This is the real "Cheers and Tears".

Cheers:

Tears:

It's not only alcohol of course, it's the entire celebration of toxic masculinity, alcohol, cigarettes, swearing, violence, pokies, gambling, and so on, which is normalised week by week.

 

[Snake_Baker]

 

[Herne Hill Hammer]

Domestic violence or rhinoplasty?

 

[Frank Bunn]

Domestic violence or rhinoplasty?

DV case from Argentina. Clearly the AFL is to blame.

 

[Brunswick Trap King]

The link between smoking and DV seems tenuous at best.

 

[ShanDog]

You really need to get yourself a Tumblr account.

 

[smokingjacket]

This is the rare example where unmoderated abuse of the OP would actually improve the thread.

 

[Fire]

what is an AFLM?

 

[Lethality]

what is an AFLM?

The male version of AFL.

 

[Lethality]

The link between smoking and DV seems tenuous at best.

It's usually drinking, gambling, pokies, which are encouraged and normalised by the AFL media and its clubs. Worth remembering it's not harmless and essentially we're making money off of battered women.