I’m sorry you’re an ugly moron with a stupid face and a big butt and you like to kiss your own butt.
Edit: just genuinely checking, are you a youngster?
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Surely saying “im sorry” is more important.
He did word it how he wanted to. He didn’t overthink his apology, he used a standard political move of offering what appears on the surface to be an apology, but is anything but. He is a smarmy prig.
As others have pointed out, the jeans incident glosses over many of the deeper racist issues and attitudes in the club. Kennett is at the centre of those issues.
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My comment was just tongue in cheek. Not at all to be taken seriously. Agree with all else you said.
I appreciate that you’re arguing honestly and it’s cool that it doesn’t bother you, but it’s a pretty well known societal trope as a way to dodge fault or accepting fault or culpability or remorse but still be perceived to have said sorry. I doubt it was accidental.
Whether he should have to say sorry at all is another question, but if you believe that he did then its poor as far as apologies go.
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Carowhine on 9 right now, talking about the issue, and will probably say more on Footy Classified tonight, not that l ever watch it.
I think its most likely that he thought it was a perfectly appropriate way to apologise. I also doubt hes sorry at all because he likely thinks Shannyn was just over reacting to a harmless joke and he probably only wrote the letter to try and make Cyril happy.
Sounds like we’re pretty much on the same page
A politician knows exactly what they’re doing it.
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fun isn’t it.
why are you acting like a former premier is clumsy with their word choices?
Just to touch on the “woke” and “PC” comments:
PC is a huge reason that more and more people who aren’t white, able-bodied, straight, and male, are where they actually want to be. They are not afraid of being discriminated or having to deal with micro-transgressions on a daily basis although we still have a long way to go.
There are more women in construction than ever before, because we are more acceptable of women working with their hands without us throwing sexist remarks at them.
More and more deaf people are studying in post-secondary education now - before the 21st century, there were barely any deaf people in university. Now there are hundreds studying at TAFE and universities.
What does this have to do with PC? Terms like “tone-deaf” made and is still making it difficult to convince people to realise the deaf people are perfectly capable of being well educated and have a job they want to be doing. (Yes, there’s a couple of things deaf people can’t be, like a police officer, but that’s besides the point). This is why there’s still many deaf people who aren’t or won’t be well educated.
You may not mean anything by it when you say “tone deaf” but it still has an effect, and it always adds up. Always. It is a ripple effect.
PC has helped combat this, by changing the language we use, by changing our attitude to people who aren’t of the majority.
Kennett made a little joke. It was not racist. It still added up. Little things always add up, and things don’t need to be specific to add up.
As for this article, it was poorly written probably with an agenda, not to support the Rioli family, unfortunately, but don’t let that take away the fact that PC is working and it is benefiting everyone. Of course, except for the bigots who just wanna keep making belittling jokes because it doesn’t affect them at all and they want to keep that superiority.
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In what context is “I’m sorry you’re offended” anything other than passing the buck?
I’m sorry you think that way.
Its possible that Kennett is racist, just putting it out there.
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Saints preserve us ! How can Kennett be racist ? He’s very proud of his golliwog collection.
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Jeff Kennett has been Chairman of The Torch since 2016. His interest in Indigenous Affairs started in 1980 when he was appointed Victorian Minister Responsible for Aboriginal Affairs.
Since June 2011 The Torch has been providing art, cultural and arts industry support to Indigenous offenders and ex-offenders in Victoria through its Indigenous Arts in Prisons and Community program.
The Torch supports Indigenous men and women both in prisons and post-release in Victoria to explore their Indigenous culture and identity through practising art.
The Torch’s three major annual exhibitions are Confined , Dhumbadha Munga Talking Knowledge and Future Dreaming . Exhibitions provide opportunities for participants in The Torch program to redefine themselves as artists and to generate income through selling artwork.
He was chairmen of beyond blue. Didn’t stop him workplace bullying the staff there.
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