Is this singlet RACIST

[nero_bolt]

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.

[lightningdance]

100% agree icy, frankly its a disgrace how the racists and flag  haters flock on  here to denigrate Australians, call then racists  bogans all the while they are portraying those very traits.

get real is spot on.

[lightningdance]

you said that you didnt like the flag, didnt like or support what it stood for, thats what you said, then you try to squirm away from your comment.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@lightningdance wrote:

you said that you didnt like the flag, didnt like or support what it stood for, thats what you said, then you try to squirm away from your comment.

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Well as a 'survivor' of the Cronulla Riots, I am quite comfortable in saying that I no longer like the flag because I associate it with a misguided patriotism (ie. racism) that is still felt in the suburb (and across the country) today.

I am all for change and would love to see a great design come out of a government intiative in the not too distant future that removes the current stigma of the southerm cross that has been tainted by those yobbos that used it as an excuse for violence.

[the_great_she_elephant]

What I don't get is why on earth anyone in Australia would feel the need to walk aroundwearing a slogan like that. it makes about as much sense as one saying "If you don't love beer, don't drink it"; or "If you don't love football, don't watch it".

[pct001wine]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@pct001wine wrote:

Icy, I posted that pic to highlight what I saw in a piece of clothing that was the antithesis of the divisive t-shirt posted in the OP.   

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Nah I don't think so. It's just as divisive. The difference is that WW don't stock it and nor do Aldi. 

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Thanks for telling me why I posted that pic.  It was news to me. Please tell me how that image was divisive ? And what does WW or Aldi (whatever that is) have to do with it ?

[boris1gary]

Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle () Woolies is left wing, apparently. 

[poddster]

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@boris1gary wrote:

Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle () Woolies is left wing, apparently. 

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Nope, just spineless. They must think that people are dense ti swallow their excuse.

On second thoughts that could qualify them for being left wing 🙂

[pct001wine]

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@boris1gary wrote:

Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle () Woolies is left wing, apparently. 

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And John Pilger is the darling of the Right ... when it suits them 

[icyfroth]

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@boris1gary wrote:

Well at least one good thing has come out of this all this kerfuffle () Woolies is left wing, apparently. 

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Nah Woolies don't give a rat's left wing right wing. They just want to make profit. If it means gaining publicity by stirring up the nationalistic emotions of their host country, so be it.

If that product invites negative comment, can it.

[j*oono]

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@pct001wine wrote:

What a disturbing thread.   Bullying, misplaced accusations, outlandish statements.  It's becoming a bit unhinged. The mods should shut this down. 

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Most of the political threads on cs are nasty and inflammatory and let's face it, mostly racist.  Never could quite see why someone would spend all day every day knocking a party that isn't even in power.