The booing of Gary Ablett jnr

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Why are you using the word in the singular? Thousands of gods have been fabricated. Should we be sitting on the fence about all of them? Or just your favourite one? The fact is that your favourite god comes with exactly the same amount of supporting evidence as the thousands of other gods that you know are fake. That amount is zero. The obvious fact is that any book which contains talking snakes, zombies, a 600 year old man building a boat, land animals crossing oceans to board that boat, and a magic invisible floating weirdo in the sky is axiomatically a work of fiction.



Guess again, godboy.
What makes you believe I am Christian? I have never stated that.

You say fiction. Well, it's kinda ironic that people are up in arms about an apparent fictional place called hell.

One final thing. There's been plenty of cases of so called fictional or mythical things/creatures/places that have been proven. So, my advice is to always keep an open mind.
 

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As far as I know neither Folau or Ablett have stated that they "want" these groups to go to hell, it's more likely they want these groups to stop what they believe is sinning.
Intelligent post. Well done for being the tiny minority that can actually differentiate between what they did and what they are being accused of.

They are promoting repentance and forgiveness for what the religious text they follows consider to be sins.

In Ablett's case I dont think he even stated anything at all. He just liked a post. People throw likes around for everything on social media. He may have just been liking the post of another devout Christian for posting from the same religious text he follows.
 
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Im so livid at the fake news reporting of this im ready to organize a proper Facebook Egypt style uprising boycott of the afl games ... let's see what they think when footy is played in front of empty stadiums because we finally have had enough of this BS ..

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I was pissed, it was disrespectful. Hard trainer, model citizen in the sense you never hear of any trouble/dramas off field and a champion of the game that always plays fair. Shaking my head a hell of a lot more these days from observing people’s behaviour in public.
 

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Wrong. They do it because they are hateful, moronic assholes. Anyone who continues to belong to a cult which promises that those not in the cult will burn forever is a ******* uncivilised asshole. Yes, that's YOU, Gary.



And they thoroughly deserve to be shat on.
Yes, of course they deserve everything coming to them. Tell that to the relatives of the nearly 300 odd, “cult belonging” christians who were murdered in Sri Lanka the other day, and the 50 “cult belonging” muslims murdered in Christchurch last month. Did they get their just desserts you self righteous, intolerant bigot?
 
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Yep. A person can choose their religion, but no one can pick their race.
Not easy for many born to a Muslim family in some Muslim nations to pick a religion that's not Islam without being in fear for their lives.
 
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Intelligent post. Well done for being the tiny minority that can actually differentiate between what they did and what they are being accused of.

They are promoting repentance and forgiveness for what the religious text they follows consider to be sins.

In Ablett's case I dont think he even stated anything at all. He just liked a post. People throw likes around for everything on social media. He may have just been liking the post of another devout Christian for posting from the same religious text he follows.
Been saying the same thing from the start. They got caught up in one word of the whole message and lost the plot. If they were booing for liking the post its pretty low brow stuff. The whole thing got blown out of proportion starting at the top with the ARU.
 

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Hocking is an absolute muppet, just guaranteed he gets it every away game for the rest of the year. What exactly is the plan to stop it? And why doesn't he seem concerned about anyone else getting booed not wearing hoops?
I think it's just wonderful that the AFL has come out so strong in support of Gary and protecting him from vitriol from opposition fans. Let's be honest, they have a strong and proud history of supporting players being targe.......... oh wait a second. Forget it.
 
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Been saying the same thing from the start. They got caught up in one word of the whole message and lost the plot. If they were booing for liking the post its pretty low brow stuff. The whole thing got blown out of proportion starting at the top with the ARU.
Yes, plenty of confected outrage and sanctimony from the anonymous on this forum. Always easy to present yourself as pious and beyond reproach when you know that you are safe from having your own behaviour put under the microscope. Don’t think many of the lynch mob would come up too well if we were able to closely scrutinise their actual lives, rather than what they purport to be on this forum.
 
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Been saying the same thing from the start. They got caught up in one word of the whole message and lost the plot. If they were booing for liking the post its pretty low brow stuff. The whole thing got blown out of proportion starting at the top with the ARU.
When you support or make a statement discriminating against a group of people who don't choose to be that way, its not really blown out of proportion if they cop bad media about it.

Religion and Homosexuality are two parts of the community. One you can only choose to be a part of , the other you are born into. Implying Homosexuals are lesser for being the way they are when they don't choose it is pretty bigoted stuff. Whether it is to be cast off to the make believe world of hell or heaven, its still stating you think nothing of them. Good on the people for voicing their opinion of Garys statement by liking the post.
 
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Ablett put himself at the mercy of the public when he chose to support a hatred-inciting social media post. If that’s his version of ‘free speech’, he should have no problem with people voicing theirs about him.
Ablett is entitled to express his views in that fashion.

Everybody else is entitled to boo him for having such shit views.
 
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Hocking is an absolute muppet, just guaranteed he gets it every away game for the rest of the year. What exactly is the plan to stop it? And why doesn't he seem concerned about anyone else getting booed not wearing hoops?
In before next years rule changes includes no booing any Geelong players
 
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When you support or make a statement discriminating against a group of people who don't choose to be that way, its not really blown out of proportion if they cop bad media about it.

Religion and Homosexuality are two parts of the community. One you can only choose to be a part of , the other you are born into. Implying Homosexuals are lesser for being the way they are when they don't choose it is pretty bigoted stuff. Whether it is to be cast off to the make believe world of hell or heaven, its still stating you think nothing of them. Good on the people for voicing their opinion of Garys statement by liking the post.
Dont choose to be homosexual?
 
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Hocking is an absolute muppet, just guaranteed he gets it every away game for the rest of the year. What exactly is the plan to stop it? And why doesn't he seem concerned about anyone else getting booed not wearing hoops?
What a useless prick Hocking is...using this as smokescreen for state of game re: low scoring, umpires being vilified due to AFL instructed rules (not their fault)...all under the watch of this cretin.

Use Gary as ur diversion Hocking, your incompetence is not lost on us lovers or the game.

Agreed the booing will only escalate as the AFL head office tosses are treating us as chimps.

How about Hocking's other claim that new rule changes have led to 23 upsets so far this year...ahh...umm...I may not be smart enough to work that one out...CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT TO THINK AND SAY HOCKING U CAMPAIGNER...

Rant over...thanks for reading folks :)
 

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Ablett put himself at the mercy of the public when he chose to support a hatred-inciting social media post. If that’s his version of ‘free speech’, he should have no problem with people voicing theirs about him.
This. Goodes was booed because he was made Australian of the year and dared speak up about the plight of aboriginals. Those who claim to have booed him for diving conveniently neglect that he wasn't subjected to the same treatment for the previous 15 or whatever years of his career, and the start of the booing mysteriously coincided with the above events.

Ablett was undoubtedly booed beforehand, however this week was clearly on a different scale or else there wouldn't be discussion about it. He is being booed for expressing his hateful views and his belief that others are inferior based simply because they are gay. Or in other words, he's a homophobic count.
 
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