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Don't know if anyone watched Charlie Pickering on ABC last night - here is a report on it by a Fairfax journalist

There's been so much talk about the booing of Adam Goodes over the past few days, and far too much of it's coming from middle-aged white men who are keen to take up the role of apologist for white Australia's racism. These commentators have joined the chorus of boo-ers, amplifying the hatred through victim-blaming.

They reckon Goodes deserves being booed because of such non-racially-motivated reasons as "people don't like him as a person" (okay...) or his "bad behaviour" - like calling out racism. (Well I for one can't think of any worse behaviour that's ever been exhibited by a footballer, can you?)

Of course, this saga is entirely racially motivated. To pretend otherwise is to deny that racism against Aboriginal Australians exists; it's to deny the wounds of our racist history and how the scars continue to fester into the present. This culture of denial and disrespect is today's white Australian racism distilled - and on The Weekly last night, Charlie Pickering totally nailed the hypocritical racism of apologists who are using their considerable platforms to double down on this denial and this disrespect.

In a series of clips, we see the twisted logic commentators including Alan Jones and Steve Price have used to say the booing isn't racially motivated.

"There's still a great level of resentment for what he did here at the MCG a couple of years ago," one reporter says, referring to Goodes calling out a teenage girl for screaming a racial slur at him. Yes, apparently it was Goodes and not the person screaming racial abuse who was out of line back then. And white people are still feeling the hurt.

Alan Jones says people just don't like Goodes, and that's not racial. "They don't like the spear-throwing, the running in and doing a war dance..." Hmmm.

Steve Price doesn't think the booing is racial either. "People are booing him because he has decided... to parade his indigenous credentials strongly."

OK, so we're all in agreement that it's definitely not racially motivated, yeah?

So the only thing left is to work out how to distinguish the few racist boo-ers from the ones who are just booing because they don't like him, or his behaviour, or whatever.

This link will take you to the video MikeH is referring to,

www.facebook.com/breakfastnews/videos/10153139945758983/

Bazza wrote:

BC wrote: maybe you can explain to me why we sit back and marvel at Cyril Rioli, Sonny Walters, the Hill brothers just to name a few and cheer on their exploits but we boo Adam Goodes.

You keep going on the same , what about the others mantra?

Its been debunked that many times its not funny.

thats because its a valid point that you've conveniently not addressed..but notwithstanding that...i'm just about over the whole thing. if people want to boo then that's their choice imo...good luck with the AFL, bleeding hearts or anyone else trying to shut it down.

BC wrote:

Bazza wrote:

BC wrote: maybe you can explain to me why we sit back and marvel at Cyril Rioli, Sonny Walters, the Hill brothers just to name a few and cheer on their exploits but we boo Adam Goodes.

You keep going on the same , what about the others mantra?

Its been debunked that many times its not funny.

thats because its a valid point that you've conveniently not addressed..but notwithstanding that...i'm just about over the whole thing. if people want to boo then that's their choice imo...good luck with the AFL, bleeding hearts or anyone else trying to shut it down.

Cos "no-one" likes Anthony Mundine,i think thats generally accepted, ahhh right thats cos he is oustpoken too on Indigenous matters.......am i right?

it is their choice, however it would display an ignorance on someone's behalf to boo someone in their workplace when they have indicated they see that as racist behaviour and have asked for it to be stopped.
The AFL is in control of the workplace and have also asked for it to be stopped so not sure why anyone would elect to do it to Goodes and think it was ok.

I believe an Eagles supporter thought it was a bit of fun to tell someone to "go back to the zoo". He should walk up to Basil Campbell or Stephen Michael and say the same thing, see if they think its a bit of fun.

Not sure Unk....maybe Danny Green can tell us why???

After reading all of this, Im relieved.

We can finally confirm one thing. It seems the only type of person in Australia who can be classified as an arsehole, are white people. And therefore for example, Anthony Mundine is a wonderful, humble and great man who should be loved and respected by all, he deserves that grace. Well he should, based on these new found society moral segregational grounds. Under this new categorisation format, those are the rules for everyone.

So there you go. Its a new footy world. And now that the football is classed as a work area, expect 40,000 patrons to wear hardhats & vests and sign liability forms upon entry, and sign out on exit. So select your boos wisely. We can all move on with life now.

hahaha well said jardine. i think a blanket ban on all boos at the footy will do the trick because it's also the umpies workplace and they take offence at being booed. Razor Ray is thinking of taking time off he's been so affected by it. in fact, i think we should take a leaf out of the MCC members at Lords and politely clap when something good is done (excuse the pun) and just tut tut when one of your own gets cleaned up by a head high tackle and carted off on a stretcher...that'll solve the problem.

I cant wait for the eagles supporter who told Goodes to go back to the zoo be made to say the same thing to Stephen Michael or Basil Campbell, do you reckon he would and tell them its all just a bit of fun ?

BC - if Stephen Michael or Basil Campbell asked you to stop booing Adam Goodes would you stop ?

for a start i wouldn't be booing him as i've said on here before i find it tedious but if i was booing him for something he's done on the field like sniping or staging for frees or the other things he's done in the past that i tend to take exception to then no...i wouldn't stop just because those two asked me to. I've expressed my opinions to both in the past when they've done stuff i didn't appreciate like basil whacking peter featherby down at freo oval when feathers took a mark over the top of him. i may have booed or called out..i dont recall. it wasn't because he was aboriginal..it was because of his thuggish behaviour. i also vaguely recall letting TI have it from over the fence when he belted mike fitzpatrick...same reason...certainly not racism. i bet you have let fly at the likes of campbell as well...does that make you a racist?