An original Tweet by George Craig from Canberra posting a photo of the singlet with the caption “@woolworths cairns, selling racist singlets for everyday low prices! #racist” was shared by Greens MP Adam Bandt on his Facebook page.
15-10-2014 08:24 AM - edited 15-10-2014 08:29 AM
Looks like yet another storm in a tea cup from the easily offended no sense of humour and we hate Australia mob
This Singlet and T-shirt has been available for a number of years on the web, on eBay and in many shops around the country until some super sensitive poonce from Canberra on an end of season footy trip to Cairns with his team decided to get himself all offended and post a pic etc and then the usual easily we hate Australia types all jumped on it (seems some ACT AFL players are over sensitive)
So is this RACIST or simply a singlet that’s says you are proud to be Australian and if you don’t like it here leave.
Is this yet another storm in a tea cup from the easily offended humourless types
An original Tweet by George Craig from Canberra posting a photo of the singlet with the caption “@woolworths cairns, selling racist singlets for everyday low prices! #racist” was shared by Greens MP Adam Bandt on his Facebook page.
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on 16-10-2014 12:02 PM
Thursday must be Keep on Topic Day, or else someone will remove the post.
on 16-10-2014 12:03 PM
@karliandjacko wrote:
@daydream**believer wrote:"It's not a shirt I would buy, but if given as a gift, I would have worn it and would have never made the connection between the slogan and Muslims specifically. As I said, I interpreted the shirt as being a message for anyone who didn't like Australia, not one specific sub group of our country."
My thoughts exactly. English, Chinese, Greek, French even fellow Aussies, if you dont like it here, leave.
Why should we leave? I think we should stay and try to change what we don't like.
which infers that there is more here that you do like than dislike.
An enterprise as large as an entire country with 22 million people cannot have every attribute that suits every member of the population all of the time. But if most of the things are the way you like them, and there are opportunities to make certain aspects suit your individual needs, then go for it, otherwise - leave.
Australia is about what is best or most suitable for the greatest number of the 22 million people that choose to live here, it is not about what is best for the individual.
16-10-2014 12:12 PM - edited 16-10-2014 12:15 PM
I think any person who decides they don't like Australia (for any reason at all, lack of employment opportunities in their field, climate, ) can decide themselves if they want to move to another overseas country if they can get visa & employment there, or return to a country they may have originated from...they don't need bogans wearing navy blue singlets with slogans telling them to.
If a lot of educated, experienced in their field, people left Australia this country would suffer from 'brain drain'.
16-10-2014 12:16 PM - edited 16-10-2014 12:17 PM
on 16-10-2014 12:26 PM
Sadly am*3, for that to happen not many would need to depart 🙂
16-10-2014 12:28 PM - edited 16-10-2014 12:32 PM
Why is it OK to call other people Bogans? I find it quite derogatory, says a lot about those who use it
on 16-10-2014 12:35 PM
If they come from Bougainville Island it is acceptable, otherwise it is a derogatory term 🙂
on 16-10-2014 12:35 PM
on 16-10-2014 12:35 PM
on 16-10-2014 12:36 PM