NO TROLLS Should AFL players bend the knee before each match in 2021?

[General Giant]

You crap you post is hilarious. Every single one of them is proved to be complete and utter bullshit within minutes

Yeah keep telling yourself that.

 

[Kozzie_Magic]

Yeah keep telling yourself that.

Yet here we are

 

[General Giant]

Yet here we are

Indeed

 

[King Elvis]

Because there's no evidence for it.

What?

 

[SBD Gonzalez]

When will this stop? Leave sport in sport, politics in politics. Stop highjacking our sports with political agendas.

If only it were that simple:

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[The Passenger]

No surprise at the usual posters getting all up and offended over this.

Conservatism is basically just a day to day lurching of one angry grievance to the next.

Source: Was formerly afflicted with the disease. Hung out with too many private school drop kicks for whom it was everyone else's fault they missed the Uni course of their choice.

 

[Leeda]

Make it voluntary but don't punish or disrespect people who do kneel like America did.

or people who don't kneel.. please don't get all uppity with any of it..

 

[Substance]

The right hates snowflakes, but is constantly triggered over things like this. It's nothing but a culture war which has already been lost.

 

[thedank]

Conservatism is basically just a day to day lurching of one angry grievance to the next.

That could be applied to either end of the political spectrum, i would argue both of which are as bad as each other.

 

[Wosh]

NO trolling, please discuss in a civil manner and use the report button for anything untowards.
Thanks.

 

[Leeda]

So you admit you are perpetuating commie leftist cancel culture? Repent your sins!

nanny state..

 

[WCE_phil]

we should say good bye to ANZAC day full stop

there should be no celebration of war

It is not a celebration of war. It is the complete opposite.

It is in remembrance not only of those lives lost in war but what the soldiers, support staff and families suffered not only during the war but as a result as well in a lot of cases for the rest of their lives.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.

I find your post abhorrent and your lack of respect for the fallen and their families beyond disgusting.

There are many veterans and their families that believe rather than federation on 1st of January 1901 that Anzac day is the real date that not only was our country internationally recognised as being a country in and of itself rather than just an off shoot of the english empire.

Anzac day also recognises the combined sacrifice and brotherhood with which we share with New Zealanders and the sacrifices and bonds which were made that hold our countries so closely together today.

 

[Chief]

Sorry Wosh - I should not have sworn at what’s his name earlier.

 

[chickentendies]

bless xx

 

[Agenda 21]

What does it actually achieve? It's just virtue-signaling.

 

[Leeda]

I do find this waltz amusing.
Haha

well we like your mind..

 

[Wosh]

Sorry Wosh - I should not have sworn at what’s his name earlier.

Sometimes it’s hard not to, I wanna swear at a whatshisname at least 3 times a day, that’s why you have the good old filter

 

[Maddo11]

What does it actually achieve? It's just virtue-signaling.

It gets a few dozen nuffies riled up enough to post hot garbage and bad takes on an internet forum. Like calling it "just virtue-signalling". Fantastic take.

 

[Leeda]

Sometimes it’s hard not to, I wanna swear at a whatshisname at least 3 times a day, that’s why you have the good old filter

hm chief is on board? ... get me going.. he is a dynamite..

 

[Agenda 21]

It gets a few dozen nuffies riled up enough to post hot garbage and bad takes on an internet forum. Like calling it "just virtue-signalling". Fantastic take.

Well, it is.

What does it actually achieve?

 

[JohnZ]

Similar problems in Australia as Aboriginal people are imprisoned and killed in custody per capita far more than white people

Once a person is in custody, the rates are per capita negligibly different no matter what race you are (a white person is just as likely to die as an aboriginal person on a per capita basis). There is however an over representation of aboriginal's in Australian jails in the first place. Not sure what you do about that (I'm no policy expert), it's a case of chicken and the egg at this point. Something has to be done though. The removal of the public drunkenness laws is a good start.

 

[JohnZ]

That could be applied to either end of the political spectrum, i would argue both of which are as bad as each other.

And if you stand in the middle you get crucified by both sides and sent to the gulag for not picking a side. win/win/win all around.

 

[Cmarsh]

I've remembered that a whole host of AFL players and umpires had actually taken a knee before the start of games at the resumption of the season post lockdown last year.

This was around the time of the George Floyd incident. In a way this answers my question in the OP however thinking back to that time the cicumstances were that they were kneeling without any crowds present. So I do wonder what kind of response crowds would have given them.

Would there have been boos?

 

[thedank]

And if you stand in the middle you get crucified by both sides and sent to the gulag for not picking a side. win/win/win all around.

The only way to win is to not play the game, removing myself from social media and refusal to read/watch the news is one of the best things i've done.

 

[Gavin Excell]

The only way to win is to not play the game, removing myself from social media and refusal to read/watch the news is one of the best things i've done.

Isnt b footy social media?