Adam Goodes Vs the spreaders of hate

[karliandjacko]

We have people spreading the hate for everyone from the PM to the disabled and refugees everyday.

Today we have Adam Goodes, who truly lived up to his name.

[polksaladallie]

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@bushies.girl wrote:

The Holocaust in Poland "might" give you an idea of what happened to my family

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Does that experience of your ancestors affect you today when you ride on a train?

If your answer is "no", then you have made no comparison.

[k0llectable5]

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@lobs211 wrote:

OMG Bushie - I will bite once but not again because this is not healthy for my soul - not that i expect you to understand that either.

So - your ancestors have been systematically hunted, raped, murdered? Their babies were buried in sand with just their heads poiking out and then horses were ridden through them? Their water ways were poisoned? They were placed in chains - around their necks?Thier children have been taken away? They have been forced from their homes? They have been forbidden to speak their language? They have been hunted into packs and told to live on a mission, needing written permission to go visit someone?

You, yourself every day is looked at with suspicion? People get on a bus, look at the seat next to you and then desperately scan the entire bus? You have to show your bag when leaving KMart - EVERY.SINGLE. TIME. Every kid in your kids grade gets invited to the birthday party except yours?

Whenever something goes missing or someone does something wrong, you feel (and look) guilty even tho you are innocent? You are scared to looka person of authority in the eye?

If this has happened to you, then yes it must work both ways and I am sorry.

I suspect it hasnt. I suspect you have been called names.

If only.....................

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This whole thread and arguement pales into insignificance after reading that.  I dont think Goodsey has endured anything quite like what you mention here though... Although I think he is working hard to expose and stamp it out, and more power to him. 

[k0llectable5]

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@youcandoityoucandoityoucandoit wrote:

I guess racists dont like to be thought of or called racists.

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I think if one really is a (racist) then they probably wouldn't mind. (I've seen white nationalists openly say that they favor the white race, are proud of their whiteness and believe that all people deserve the right to self determination, and they know they will be considered racist for having these beliefs)

It's when the majority (who are not racist) get put into the same group as the minority (who are).  Unless you think that most Australians are actually racist, pretending not to be, or maybe they are racist and not aware of it...  Which I just dont believe is the case.  

[raptor_rebooted]

Booing an entire team in opposition is hardly the same as prolonged, systemic booing of one single personover a 2 year period.

what do you mean booing an entire team?

it is individual players that usually get booed.

when was the last time you were at a footy 

game?

[raptor_rebooted]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

She was huge.

Wow, thats a charming thing to call a kid

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Sheesh. 

I lovve that people can get carried away by the word 'huge' but racism seesm acceptable. "huge" is, apparently, disgusting but "ape" or "go back to the zoo" is OK? 

And as if I was talking about her weight. If you look at the video (as I suggested) you will see she was a NORMAL weight but almost as tall as the security guard removing her.

In my opinion that makes her HUGE for a 13 year old. 

In comparison, my 13 year old fits under my arm in height and has only just weighed in at 30kg. 

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you were not referring to her height

when you were comparing her to 'boofy' men. 

 She was huge. And when she was escorted out wasn't much smaller than the boofy security guys taking her out.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

She was huge.

Wow, thats a charming thing to call a kid

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Sheesh. 

I lovve that people can get carried away by the word 'huge' but racism seesm acceptable. "huge" is, apparently, disgusting but "ape" or "go back to the zoo" is OK? 

And as if I was talking about her weight. If you look at the video (as I suggested) you will see she was a NORMAL weight but almost as tall as the security guard removing her.

In my opinion that makes her HUGE for a 13 year old. 

In comparison, my 13 year old fits under my arm in height and has only just weighed in at 30kg. 

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you were not referring to her height

when you were comparing her to 'boofy' men. 

 She was huge. And when she was escorted out wasn't much smaller than the boofy security guys taking her out.

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Like I said, look at the video. The boofy security guard was by no means fat (I assume you are accusing me of calling the girl fat?). He was actually quite slight but with just the right amount of musles.

And no I am not saying the girl had muscles either!

So much wasted energy on a word taken out of context...

[raptor_rebooted]

I assume you are accusing me of calling the girl fat?

i think i said i couldn't believe you

called the girl huge.   it seems  very

sensitive topic these days especially

when the girl does not look to be extremely

large at all.   that's was all.  

[punch*drunk]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

She was huge.

Wow, thats a charming thing to call a kid

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Sheesh. 

I lovve that people can get carried away by the word 'huge' but racism seesm acceptable. "huge" is, apparently, disgusting but "ape" or "go back to the zoo" is OK? 

And as if I was talking about her weight. If you look at the video (as I suggested) you will see she was a NORMAL weight but almost as tall as the security guard removing her.

In my opinion that makes her HUGE for a 13 year old. 

In comparison, my 13 year old fits under my arm in height and has only just weighed in at 30kg. 

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I dont recall saying that racism is acceptable or that what the girl said was ok.

My 11yo niece is as tall as my 14yo daughter, probably as tall as that girl at the football, she's really tall for her age but not overweight. If someone told her she was huge she probably have a meltdown about it. She already wants to go on a diet because the stats tell her she's overweight for her age.

Its kind of double standards to be down on her, a child, for saying something offensive but then you call her names. I mean arent those of you that believe booing is racist working on the theory that its not what you say but how the other person perceives it?

[bushies.girl]

Apparently it's ok to insult a 13 yr old child but not ok to insult Goodes .... Yup! dbl standards but given who said it, I am hardly surprised ....

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

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@colic2bullsgirlore wrote:

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@gleee58 wrote:

But would you join the mob if you see them booing at a single player for the entire duration of the game, regardless of how he plays?

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Yes... but probably not the whole game....just everytime he gets near the ball... have you ever tried to boo non stop for two or so hours????

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it happens all the time.

Gold Coast fans have unleashed their ire in Daly Cherry-Evans' direction, but the Manly half-back had the last laugh as his side ran out 38-6 winners at Robina Stadium.

But Cherry-Evans was predictably booed every time he touched the ball and when he appeared on the big screen - or did anything at all.

Yet the Sea Eagles' playmaker appeared to revel in the hate campaign as he helped inspire back-to-back wins that kept Manly's faint finals hopes alive.

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Would you revel in in the hate campaign if, over a two year period,  a significant number of people here decided to hurl personal insults at you every time you posted, based on your ancestry?