To me, THAT statement of "however - it is abundantly clear that a good proportion of those who booed did so with racist undertones" is exactly what’s wrong with this story, as well as a large portion of society and all this virtue signalling. Do you think people get sick of being told what to think? How to think? How they should be feeling? Why they should feel a certain way? When they voice an opinion, they get howled down with "yeh but this is how you REALLY feel and this is what you’re REALLY saying’.
I never attended a game that Goodes was playing, so did I boo him? No. Would I have? Yeh for sure, the same way I booed Jamie Elliott at Anzac day a few years back. I don’t like Goodes on field play. Never have. I think standing up for what he believes in off field should be commended, flying the flag for the causes he wants to fly the flag for I don’t have an issue with. But because I don’t like his on field play;
You’re a racist.
No I’m not.
Rinse and repeat.
RACISM - prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.
I don’t feel that way about Goodes, I’ve followed AFL for 39 years and no one I’ve ever spoken to in the past 16-17 years have said they don’t like Goodes because of his race, (although I’m sure there are some that dont), its always to do you with his on field antics. It actually annoys me that he won two best and fairest awards. He’s an unbelievably talented player, but he’s never been the fairest.
Now, your/societys response to that is that I’m wrong and that I’m racist and that I have an undertone of racism to my opinion and that I’m just as racist as everyone else and racism is rife within me. So;
You’re a racist.
No I’m not.
Rinse and repeat.
Part of me that really gets riled up by this is the fact that the AFL drive this outrageous bandwagon that THEY are the upholders of morality and that I should fall into line with the barrow they are pushing regarding the matter. I’m not going to be dictated to by a corrupt bunch of overpaid slack jawed morons about what I SHOULD be thinking and how I should be feeling. I’ll just think for myself.
Your/societys response to that? Yes you are racist, just because you say you’re not doesn’t mean anything, it’s the racist undertones that exist in your words.
I believe it’s possible, to not like Adam Goodes and also not be a racist.
You’re a racist.
No I’m not.
Rinse and repeat.
I like Charlie Cameron, but not Adam Goodes. I like Liam Ryan, but not Lindsay Thomas. I like Greg Inglis but never cared much for Justin Hodges. I like Jess Mauboys songs, but won’t be racing out to buy any of her records. Here’s a weird one, I deadset LOVE Latrell Mitchell when he’s in a blues jersey but can’t stand him wearing a Roosters jersey. I’m so confused.
All just my opinion, but I’m sure someone will try to correct it.