I’m more on your side than not, but isn’t the argument that Goodes is so much more outspoken than (say) Liam Ryan, which is why people don’t like him? The Pies supporter callout, war dance and his generally overtly confronting commentary about race relations in Australia?
I think Peos summed it up well above.
I’ve also found it interesting how the Blitz narrative has changed over the years. Wasn’t the original discussion thread (sarcastically) titled “Racist fans boo Goodes again” after Dons fans were pinned with starting the whole thing? After that game in (circa) 2013 up in Sydney when he got 2-3 disgusting frees and carried on like he was shot? My memory may be failing me here.
EDIT: Link to thread. I sense a huge amount of posters are hugely inconsistent with their stated views back here when they were seeing things clearly without the misty-eyed vantage point of ~ 8 years later (though some might argue things are more clear now)