Nothing too 'out there' on race relations.
Not putting any great guilt trips nor vilification on the 'white majority'.
Very magnanimous in fact. Seems he's calling for recognition and respect. Is that such a big ask?
The calling out of the young and (as pointed out) anonymous young lady could have been handled better. Way better handled! But to me it doesn't seem as if Goodes intended for her to suffer the ordeal she ended up going through.
And maybe his pointing her out was a spur of the moment reaction to the shock and immense hurt that he felt???
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That doesn't make us racist. (That would be the opinions becoming aspersions thing, that does so much harm... I really liked that line.) Probably though, it does make us luckier than we fully realise, and hence maybe unaware of 'casual racism' that be so hurtful to some(?)
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And we have been wisely and truly advised by several here not to claim to be able to get into the heads of others, so maybe, lets not judge him too harshly?
Similarly with the war dance. The 'huka' is pre game, not intra game, and is directed at opponents, not the crowd. So I feel that could have been thought through a bit better also. Actually a lot better. But again, we have been wisely and truly advised not to claim to be able to get into the heads of others...
So those two events seem to be his only on field 'political' actions. So when it's all tallied up, he's not really hijacking our great game, is he?
My conclusion:
When our mighty club plays those Sydney Swine parasites, I certainly hope that our fans show that we have more class than the average supporter who follows any of those 'other' teams, and that we do not boo Adam Goodes for any reason whatsoever... that is not directly related to that current game.
And I also hope that the footballing public can get back to what it should be doing...
Booing those cheats in red and black. And especially their so-called coach.
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That's the Hird-mentality booing I want to see!