The booing of Gary Ablett jnr

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The prosecution rests!
F*** off.

The guy is in his 18th season of league footy and one YouTube clip is your argument. Aside from a bunch of absolute garbage.

Didn’t watch the 35 year old stat ladder torch your mob yesterday?

Those cheap goals from a banana, a hanger, and 55 on the run were pretty cheap I suppose.

Actually maybe considering how shit the players defending him looked, perhaps they were cheap.
 

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In the next 6 weeks Geelong have

West Coast at home
Essendon at the MCG
North at Marvel
Bulldogs at home
Gold Coast away
Sydney at home

The only games he would have potentially copped any significant booing were the Essendon and Gold Coast games. If the AFL left it alone in 6 weeks time all the booing may have been forgotten. I'm sure by the time they play Richmond in round 12 he will cop it even more now by the AFL raising it as an issue
 

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Strong faith does not necessarily equal homophobia. Its not outrage culture. Outrage culture is changing the little green man on the traffic lights to a little green woman in the name of equality, its not disagreeing with someone saying 'all homosexuals are going to hell'. That is just like being a good person...
Do you have a link to the part where Ablett states 'all homosexuals are going to hell', and furthermore whether it's even Gary's decision on where the homosexuals are sent when they pass? This is all I've been able to find so far.
I want to make it clear that I love ALL people regardless of race, religion, gender or sexuality.
I have always admired how strong Izzy is in his faith, it is not easy to share faith in the public sphere, and this is why I initially 'liked' his post.
I understand that liking this post appeared offensive and this is why I chose to remove my 'like' from the post.
- G.Ablett
 
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It's absolutely bizarre that the AFL and football media are defending Ablett.

On one hand they talk constantly about making those in the LGBTI community feel welcome at the football, and on the other defending a player who, lets be honest, agrees with Folau's view.
I think you forgot something, we have to include everyone right? So that includes fornicators, drunks, thieves, homosexuals, pedophiles, murderers and religious people.
 

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Responsible? He's copped his fair wack.

People were booing solely on the back of a like of a twitter post? Is that every single person that booed him? Again you and everyone opposed to his like are speculating on what he's thinking.

Whether or not you and I don't like that he liked the post is irrelevant, what is relevant is that the over reaction is real - everyone is ready to hang him on his like of a post of someone elses beliefs.

Do we draw and quarter Bachar Houli because he's an islamist? You know because we know that islam in it's endth degree is non accepting of homosexuality, equal right for women etc.?

How about any religious person? Because you know we know in the endth degree just about every religion is non accepting of homosexuality, fornication, drinking, thieving etc.?

Ok to be opposed to anyone who has religious beliefs just as much is to be opposed to atheism or believing in your faith, how about everyone accept that Izzy and Gary are allowed to have an opinion as distasteful as that may be.
Man you are so far off on another tangent- Being a discriminative bigot isnt really acceptable, like it or not.
 

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If he is a homophobe , he needs to be called out for it. Good on the crowd on the weekend for doing so. Same way that a racist should be. Or sexist , goes on and on
Doubt that Ablett is a homophobe but if he is -he’s entitled to have an opinion.
Your supporters booed him in round one- they are entitled to their stupid opinions also.
 
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Islamist = fundie who supports Islamic rule by force. See "Islamist terrorism".
Clutching at straws now I see, his faith is islam. I'm no expert in the meaning of "islamist" but it means squat f*** all doesn't it. His faith is in a religion which in it's endth degree is opposed to homosexuality.

Unless of course you have intel that exposes Bachar as an "islamic terrorist" - seriously doubt that would be the case.
 

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Just as some of us can laugh at the sensitivity of the Hawthorn supporters who felt compelled to boo because they were upset about a social media 'like'. Ablett expressed his opinion to like a post, the sensitive Hawk supporters expressed their opinion by booing because their feelings were hurt, and now the rest can express their opinion by laughing at the sensitivity over a social media 'like'. It will all be OK I feel, hang in there.
Interesting that you call Hawks fans sensitive over a human rights issue whilst you get sensitive over a sound effect.... 🤪
 

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Clutching at straws now I see, his faith is islam. I'm no expert in the meaning of "islamist" but it means squat f*** all doesn't it. His faith is in a religion which in it's endth degree is opposed to homosexuality.

Unless of course you have intel that exposes Bachar as an "islamic terrorist" - seriously doubt that would be the case.
Perhaps do some reading about "Islamism". Otherwise, don't worry about it.

It was an attempted joke. I regard the entire episode beginning with Folau as popcorn material.
 

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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.
I think sexuality is something that develops as an individual matures, it's not born into. Some people are straight, then bisexual, then homosexual for a period then come full circle and are straight again. That's the development and change in their sexuality over time, biology and evolution wires us to be straight otherwise the human race doesnt survive, that's how evolution works. It's why female hormones respond to nurturing instincts and male hormones are linked with dominant sexuality instincts. Sexuality then develops and changes for different individuals based on a whole range of factors.
 

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Doubt that Ablett is a homophobe but if he is -he’s entitled to have an opinion.
Your supporters booed him in round one- they are entitled to their stupid opinions also.
What are you even talking about. Round 1 is irrelevant. The booing escalated on the weekend. Pretty simple math of why it escalated.
 
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Man you are so far off on another tangent- Being a discriminative bigot isnt really acceptable, like it or not.
Wow there you go again! Claiming he's a bigot on the back of a like of a post! Seriously, you've just displayed exactly what you're not realizing.

YOU'RE SPECULATING HE HAS A HATE FOR HOMOSEXUALS.

Is there anywhere in that like that he stated "I hate homo's".

Please tell how do you know exactly what he's thinking on the back of a like? Are you sure he's not liking the post because he believes that Izzy has a right to his expressions? Are you sure he's not liking the post because he believe drunks, thieves and fornicators should repent?

So mind reader do tell.
 
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