Non Footy Chat Thread II

[Gronk]

*selectively acknowledge its corrupt

The USA and Israeli interfere with f**kin every country .... yet if there is even a hint (or lie) someone might interfere with what they want, look out

Or maybe I don't jump at shadows like some.

 

[strider]

Like the, only russia is bad, shadow? .... dont be fooled, you still jump at shadows, you just dont think they are shadows ..... propaganda goes in all directions. The Yanks are masters of it

 

[IFR33K]

You and the international bodies can get f**ked. I don’t agree with it. They are influenced by lefties like you. Sport and politics should never be mixed. Like strides said why does Israel get free passage? We all know why but can’t say it because we may get cancelled.

Imagine this country was being invaded and we had to rely on a wet lettuce like you.

We’d be f**ked.

loved this response. It’s a shame I can’t like it multiple times. Hopefully it keeps getting quoted.

 

[hineyrulz]

Time for a little Gronksplaining ffs!!

 

[lingard]

We need to bring back firecracker night. Which dickhead banned that?

Um ..... the one who got a tuppenny bugger in his eye

 

[Poupou Escobar]

I don’t think anyone is MADE TO LOOK LIKE, but the facts remain that the date is decisive. So there are two camps now. One camp who says a) well if it upsets some of our community and AU day has only really been 26/1 since the 80’s then change it and the other camp who say b) we won’t really celebrate OZ day but f**k you for trying to change it.

So much fake outrage and OTT patriotism. I call bullshit on the patriotic battlefield and say that it’s more about the political culture war where merkins have jumped on board thinking they have a duty to fight anything that has deemed to be woke.




Agree merkin. At the end if the day changing the date will actually result in a unified country where we can all come together as one. Maybe that’s exactly what the protagonists don’t want ?

Nice try. The reason people resist wokeness is because it is a concerted attempt to divide the working class.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Um ..... the one who got a tuppenny bugger in his eye

I know this isn’t a euphemism but gee it sounds like one

 

[Gronk]

Like the, only russia is bad, shadow? .... dont be fooled, you still jump at shadows, you just dont think they are shadows ..... propaganda goes in all directions. The Yanks are masters of it

Sure mate. You think I’m the dumb guy and you’re the smart one. I agree. Let’s run with that.

 

[Gronk]

Nice try. The reason people resist wokeness is because it is a concerted attempt to divide the working class.

Sure like the hottest 100 yesterday? Remember when they switched it from 26/1 ? So much outrage from all the #defundtheabc people who listen to 2GB.

 

[IFR33K]

Time for a little Gronksplaining ffs!!

Is that an app? Or does one need to subscribe?

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Sure like the hottest 100 yesterday? Remember when they switched it from 26/1 ? So much outrage from all the #defundtheabc people who listen to 2GB.

Unsurprising the ABC continues to distance itself from the working class. They need to sell a mythology that appeals to their target audience; bureaucrats and corporates (and wannabes in the case of Triple J). If it really was ‘Our’ ABC their narrative around the No vote would’ve aligned with the voters. As it is, we all pay for the ABC but only the few get infotained. Time to defund.

 

[the phantom menace]

 

[strider]

Sure mate. You think I’m the dumb guy and you’re the smart one. I agree. Let’s run with that.

I never said i dont believe wrong things, get things wrong, get influenced, etc etc .... i bought the, america goodies vs baddies, thing for alot of my life ..... i believed mainstream media was unbiased most my life .... i bought that one side of politics was better than the other for a long time (still have biases there)

 

[Gronk]

Unsurprising the ABC continues to distance itself from the working class. They need to sell a mythology that appeals to their target audience; bureaucrats and corporates (and wannabes in the case of Triple J). If it really was ‘Our’ ABC their narrative around the No vote would’ve aligned with the voters. As it is, we all pay for the ABC but only the few get infotained. Time to defund.

Guess what ? I'm not your target audience.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Guess what ? I'm not your target audience.

That's why I replied in public rather than sending a PM.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Speaking of ABC, they have reported on the BOM's alarmist forecasting f**king with the livelihoods of a vulnerable segment of the population (farmers, not cows): https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...fter-incorrect-bom-el-nino-forecast/103351428

Another example of scientists proving to be worse than average managers of risk. Science (facts) often bumps up against the real world (implications) and leads to poor decisions. We saw this with the Covid response. We will continue to see it with the response to climate change.

 

[T.S Quint]

Sport and politics should never be mixed.

1968: Tommy Smith and John Carlos protest during the medal ceremony while the US National Anthem plays. They were protesting against poverty and the treatment of black people.

1967: Muhammad Ali is prohibited from defending his boxing titles after refusing to go and fight in Vietnam.

1906: Peter O'Conner climbs the flagpole at the Intercalated Games and replaces the Union Jack with this flag (it says 'Ireland Forever'). Irish athletes back then had their medals credited to Britain, the USA or Canada.

1969: After being racially abused against the BYU team in 1968, the black players on the Wyoming University football team wanted to have a silent protest when the two teams played each other the next year. They asked their coach if they could wear black armbands in protest. They were all kicked off the team. This led to massive protests around the country.

1976: 28 African countries boycott the Olympics as a protest against New Zealand being allowed to compete in the games after sending their Rugby team to play in Apartheid South Africa. This was just after the South African government massacred 350 anti-apartheid protesters.

 

[T.S Quint]

Sport and politics should never be mixed.

2000: Cathey Freeman sparks controversy after carrying both the Australian Flag and the Indigenous flag when she won gold in the 400m final. She always wanted to do a victory lap with both flags to represent her heritage and where she came from. Many people were upset with her decision and accused her of 'dividing the country'.

Sport and politics has always been intertwined. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not. To say that they "should never be mixed" though is short-sighted.

 

[T.S Quint]

Nice try. The reason people resist wokeness is because it is a concerted attempt to divide the working class.

Can you explain this thinking in more detail, please.
Who is attempting the divide, and why are they doing it?

 

[Avenger]

And what’s your point, @T.S Quint ? I couldn’t give a f**k how many examples you show. It doesn’t make it right. Whether by athlete, some lefty woke organisation, the Americans or the f**king Illuminati sport and politics should never mix.

Whether it’s Cathy showing her indigenous flag, some American NFL player going down on his knee during their anthem it’s not right and I don’t agree with it. You went to a lot of work for something I couldn't‘t give two f**ks about. Sport and politics SHOULD NEVER MIX.

Look at how our own government tried to politicise lockdowns and what Djokovic went through a few years back? In hindsight was that the right platform to do it in? Australia looked like idiots to the entire world.