Rugby League and Australian Society to be 'shaken to its foundations'

[Shorty]

We've established you don't consider it disrespectful. I can tell you that's not been the reaction of people on the shop floor this morning. Even from the large non Aussie born contingent.

Let me guess average white australian finds it disrespectful? I'm dying of shock.
I'm sure they pearl clutch if someone refers to Aus day as invasion day too.

 

[adamkungl]

Why didn't Mundine protest himself when he had the chance instead of putting someone else on the spot to do it for him?

 

[SLRBRONCOS]

Why didn't Mundine protest himself when he had the chance instead of putting someone else on the spot to do it for him?

He couldn't bite the hand that was feeding him

 

[adamkungl]

Wonder how an indigenous player on Sunday feels now, when he should be concentrating on footy.
Either way they'll get bagged by someone, thanks to dickhead Mundane. He's a coward.

 

[madunit]

look at mundine in this anthem + some of the storm players lol

Nikau was protesting more passionately than Mundine

 

[Pommy]

Let me guess average white australian finds it disrespectful? I'm dying of shock.
I'm sure they pearl clutch if someone refers to Aus day as invasion day too.

So ignoring the last part of my post totally.

 

[Shorty]

So ignoring the last part of my post totally.

Because it's missing the point.
You don't really protest without being divisive, protesting about something is supposed to bring an awareness to the issue.
And the response will be divided.
Police brutality has always been a thing in the USA but it is now completely and utterly front and center and is consistently being talked about.

I do agree that Mundine really only ever does things for attention.

 

[adamkungl]

I'd respect someone for protesting something meaningful to them.

I won't respect Mundine for telling someone else to protest for him, on their big day.

 

[Pommy]

Because it's missing the point.
You don't really protest without being divisive, protesting about something is supposed to bring an awareness to the issue.
And the response will be divided.
Police brutality has always been a thing in the USA but it is now completely and utterly front and center and is consistently being talked about.

I do agree that Mundine really only ever does things for attention.

I think the videos of the incidents has had a much bigger impact than the sportsman not standing for the anthem has had. With social media it shoving it in your face the white middle classes can't just pretend it's not happening anymore. Out of sight out of mind has vanished. If Mundine was serious he would be encouraging current players to take positive steps to changing things.
On Sunday bogan familys are going to sit down to watch the GF this is just going to perpetuate the cycle on to the next generation.
Im not saying things don't need to change just that there's more positive ways of going about it.

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

We've established you don't consider it disrespectful. I can tell you that's not been the reaction of people on the shop floor this morning. Even from the large non Aussie born contingent.

well add another one to the 'couldn't give a flying pigs ass' list.

i'm telling you, more people dont give a shit than the ones that do. yes australians are proud people - but not to each other. we don't high 5 each other in the streets because we're australian. most people see the anthem as a bit of a joke, girt by sea? etc.

no one is going to give a shit if people sit, stand, kneel, do handstand pushups, ride penny farthings around the stadium while juggling molotov cocktails when the anthem is going. there will be a 3 word outrage article the next day tacked somewhere in the bottom corner where all 45 people in australia that were outraged about it can write into the editor about - the rest of us will complain that we have a workplace to attend.

 

[Pommy]

well add another one to the 'couldn't give a flying pigs ass' list.

i'm telling you, more people dont give a shit than the ones that do. yes australians are proud people - but not to each other. we don't high 5 each other in the streets because we're australian. most people see the anthem as a bit of a joke, girt by sea? etc.

no one is going to give a shit if people sit, stand, kneel, do handstand pushups, ride penny farthings around the stadium while juggling molotov cocktails when the anthem is going. there will be a 3 word outrage article the next day tacked somewhere in the bottom corner where all 45 people in australia that were outraged about it can write into the editor about - the rest of us will complain that we have a workplace to attend.

My question wasn't about people on here or the majority. It was just would people who do take exception to this be labeled racist if they boo?
Which of course is exactly what Mundine wants.

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

no, no one would care.

infact the republicans amongst us would use it as an opportunity to push for leaving the commonwealth.

 

[drago brelli]

Some people and the media have been fooled by the inarticulate Mundine yet again. He has a 'fight' coming, a 'fight' against Green. He's promoting his 'fight'. Some black sporting people in the US are going down on one knee and ignoring their anthem because blacks in the US are being shot. An aboriginal man was shot yesterday in a NSW town, shot in the arse. Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in Australia, for sure. All these indigenous sporting people will be doing on the weekend is helping to promote his farcical joke 'fight' against Green.

 

[butchmcdick]

You'd almost think Mundine had a fight to promote

 

[Shorty]

Some people and the media have been fooled by the inarticulate Mundine yet again. He has a 'fight' coming, a 'fight' against Green. He's promoting his 'fight'. Some black sporting people in the US are going down on one knee and ignoring their anthem because blacks in the US are being shot. An aboriginal man was shot yesterday in a NSW town, shot in the arse. Aboriginal people are disadvantaged in Australia, for sure. All these indigenous sporting people will be doing on the weekend is helping to promote his farcical joke 'fight' against Green.

That's not true, Mundine has only jumped on this recently because it has got attention but other indigenous leaders were speaking about doing it before him.

But the point is moot because Storm/Sharks really don't have out spoken indigenous players.

 

[_Johnsy]

Let me guess average white australian finds it disrespectful? I'm dying of shock.
I'm sure they pearl clutch if someone refers to Aus day as invasion day too.

I don't. IMO it shouldn't even be played at the GF, Australian games only.

 

[AJB1102]

Fifita should snub the anthem just to rile more merkins up

 

[butchmcdick]

Fifita should snub the anthem just to rile more merkins up

He could coward punch a guy to show solidarity

 

[StormHi]

The biggest threat to tonight's game has yet to be spoken of . . . who did Freddy tip to win

Sharks

 

[AJB1102]

He could coward punch a guy to show solidarity

Thats just silly, mcdick.