Is this singlet RACIST

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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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@am*3 wrote:

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@muppet_detector wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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'.

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Do you think that any person worth their salt will be concerned enough to make life choices after reading a slogan on a t shirt worn by a "bogan"?

Any person, regardless of their education or experience will determine if the opportunities available to them suit their needs or at least suit them better than elsewhere, and if not, they will leave, regardless of whether it is written on a singlet, the side of a building or in sky writing 100 ft high.

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Singlet slogan - says love it or leave... that doesnt mean I thought it would influence anyone to leave the country. 

So, what is the point of the bogan wearing the slogan singlet.. do THEY think is going to have some influence on groups of people they don't want in Australia, and make them pack up and leave. 

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I'll leave that fior you to think about for a while.

[boris1gary]

would this fit on a singlet

[cherry*135]

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@daydream**believer wrote:

I find it offensive that people are being called "bogans" .

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Does this answer your question as to why I said I can't believe your statement above?

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Shes a bogan, no doubt about it.

But i think, if i had been there, i would have quietly told the boys to sit down to as not to stir her up anymore.

You cant reason with bogans at the best of times, let alone when they are drunk

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Digusting-Schoolboy-racially-abused-on-a-Sydney-bu...

[cherry*135]

Shes a bogan, no doubt about it.

But i think, if i had been there, i would have quietly told the boys to sit down to as not to stir her up anymore.

You cant reason with bogans at the best of times, let alone when they are drunk

https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/Digusting-Schoolboy-racially-abused-on-a-Sydney-bu...

[karliandjacko]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@bushies.girl wrote:
But calling another person a bogan is ok?

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Where did a poster call another poster a bogan?

Bogan has been used as a general term not directed other posters.

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as has the slogan on the shirt in question.

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True and I don't recall any poster claiming otherwise.

There were posters getting angry and telling some of us that we hate the country and hate the flag and should leave if we don't like it and that was directed at posters specifically.

[cherry*135]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@muppet_detector wrote:

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@muppet_detector wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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'.

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Do you think that any person worth their salt will be concerned enough to make life choices after reading a slogan on a t shirt worn by a "bogan"?

Any person, regardless of their education or experience will determine if the opportunities available to them suit their needs or at least suit them better than elsewhere, and if not, they will leave, regardless of whether it is written on a singlet, the side of a building or in sky writing 100 ft high.

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So you are in agreement with am.

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Quite the contrary.

**am seems to believe that educated and experienced people will make life choices based on what they read on a t shirt.

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Actually she indicated the opposite belief in saying people can decide for themselves without the need for bogans wearing slogans to inform them.

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**No,I do not. You read that into my post it. I never said any person would be influenced by racist slogans on others singlets

I questioned the point of the  wearing the singlets with slogans for that reason, they don't influence others to take the action suggested...

Karlia is right, with her comment.

[boris1gary]

I am so happy that the singlet with its negative slogan has been removed from Woolies and have emailed them to let them know. 

[lloydslights]

Have a good holiday.  Enjoy our iconic beaches and  State's capital. 

DEB

[cherry*135]

Good boris, will do the same.

[polksaladallie]

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@karliandjacko wrote:

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@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.

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Why should we  leave? I think we should stay and try to change what we don't like.

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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.

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It infers nothing of the sort.  *** Sorry, I read that infers the wrong way around  ***

The only comment I made is that I don't LOVE the Aussie flag. From that other posters have taken it upon themselves to claim that I said I don't like the flag, don't like the country, hate the flag, hate the country. and whatever else takes their fancy.

I said nothing of the sort.   It's none of yours or any other posters business to tell me to leave this country. It is hostile and it is uncalled for.

You don't think people have changed the country since white settlement.  Try checking out a bit of our history then come back and tell me if the movers and shakers should have left the country instead of changing things.  

Then again it looks like some would be happy to live in the past where women were not allowed to vote or work after marriage; would be happier if we had no electricity supply or sewerage systems; treated and labelled the aboriginal population as fauna;  asked permission from the UK before making decisions.

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Hey???

I couldn't care less if you loved the flag or not. ( i assume here you refer to the design of it). That's subjectly superficial. Some have emotional investment in the design of the flag, some don't. The flag is so much more than a design on a piece of fabric.

BTW, at a technical level, we do still ask for permission from the UK before making a decision. Before any new law is brought into force, it must be given assent by the Queen's representative. OK, just a formality these days, but still - the implication is still there.

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BTW, at a technical level, Australia's population is a long way from 22 million.

[azureline**]

On 16 October 2014 at 03:11:18 PM (Canberra time), the resident population of Australia is projected to be:

23,648,509