Forward Press... ahh this all over again. Same old racist shit, same old nonsense excuses, same old hate.
Haters always hate;
Wbby nailed it on his first post that people are going to hate without knowing why they're hating. Mob mentality definitely comes into it, because he wasn't being booed much until this season. Dog acts on the field? Why don't people boo Hodge, Mitchell, Selwood, Rioli, Johnson, Harvey etc.
But a very well known public figure is always an easy target; future AFL legend, will probably be the best and most decorated indigenous player of all time, Australian of the year, community leader and champion for indigenous rights. But hey, if he was white would he get booed as much and publicly derided? I don't recall any
white person being called an
ape.
Seriously, it's always some feral posters from Collingwood, Adelaide and Hawthorn who're most adamant and most actively bashing without having even the faintest idea what the **** they're talking about. If you don't know anything about what you're talking about, don't bother engaging because your opinion is wrong.
People complaining about political correctness can **** back off to 50s where I know people who were raised in those years hold a very strong racist opinion on the matter, the sort of people who supported the 'White Australia' argument that Pauline Hanson desperately tried to bring back. I've listened to individuals in their 60s mindlessly babble and ramble on senselessly about reinvigorating White Australia, closing down our borders and refusing entry to anyone who isn't white. Of course they ignore the indigenous population and hope that they just piss off to their camps, drink petrol and beer and leach off the government, just sit down in the corner, take your handout and shut the **** up.
I'm white and I'm proud of the cultural diversity that we have in Australia, especially in Sydney and Melbourne. Having traveled a little it really gives perspective on why Melbourne and Sydney are so often rated as the most liveable cities. I find it upsetting and deeply offensive as a 30 year old to hear and read what people truly believe when they think they're just an anonymous member of society, another face in the crowd. I go to football games in Melbourne and no matter where you sit whenever it's a Swans game you hear someone spewing racist nonsense. Black campaigner, ape, etc. is just the stock standard. It isn't just the old racists who say this, it's people of all ages; kids, teens, 20s, 30s, parents and families, senior citizens, baby boomers etc.
We have serious societal issues if people are countering racism with freedom of speech.