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Play Nice Eddie McGuire comments on holding Caro Wilson underwater
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Teflon it seems.
But.
IMO Due to inaction and not being made accountable for his actions in the past and now have made it what it is.
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Christ, this is the worst thread in history.
There should be a BF contest: read a thread (like this one) or sand paper to the eyeball? You decide!
There should be a BF contest: read a thread (like this one) or sand paper to the eyeball? You decide!
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Agreed but it is a form of bullying and it is divisive, and the perception is that bullying of women leads to other things. I don't think it is really any worse than a man bullying a man, or some of these appalling videos I've seen where teenage girls verbally (sometimes physically) attack older men on public transport. Bullying is bullying.
Why? You want to label them too? NOT EVERYTHING REQUIRES A LABEL CISSCUM!
So you don't notice every thread on any subject eventually works it's way around to everything except footy?
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So you're being sarcastic and bullying Collingwood supporters? That's ironic, you can't have it both ways.
What would Sam Mitchell think of this statement?
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ed...o/news-story/55c438a71968a96e381d14623c9612a9
Calling someone a pig is ok then ..... where to draw the line?
Calling someone a pig is ok then
..... where to draw the line?
Hardly.
What this thread boils down to is values. McGuire's comments were poorly chosen and, given a chance to apologise, his retraction was unmanly.
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nope. can only call a man a pig. it's sexist if you call a woman a pig. because equality.http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ed...o/news-story/55c438a71968a96e381d14623c9612a9
Calling someone a pig is ok then
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All print journo's are two faced, I would like to drown all of them.
They hide behind their sources and their freedom of the press. They bring unmeasurable amounts of pain on people yet are never held to account.
If every radio and TV commenator had all day to articulate their response then I am sure they could be PC as well.
And as far as Robbo goes calling MMM and Channel 9 bullies, kettle=black fat man.
They hide behind their sources and their freedom of the press. They bring unmeasurable amounts of pain on people yet are never held to account.
If every radio and TV commenator had all day to articulate their response then I am sure they could be PC as well.
And as far as Robbo goes calling MMM and Channel 9 bullies, kettle=black fat man.
The ironic thing is the timing of this just after the AFL announced the women’s league in 2017.
There were numerous stories in the news about young women who can now pursue their dreams of becoming a professional footballer in what was once a male-only domain.
It made the front page of some newspapers and you may have even been fooled into thinking that the AFL was actually opening doors for women and making headway into what was once a very male-orientated industry. Women may have actually believed that this would come with more respect and acceptance of them in the football industry.
Nope! Apparently it’s all fun and games when the boys club want to joke about chipping in and paying to drown one of the few women who stands up for herself in the industry. Sorry ladies but as you can see from the AFL’s official response to this and the lack of disciplinary action, the big old boys club reigns supreme.
There were numerous stories in the news about young women who can now pursue their dreams of becoming a professional footballer in what was once a male-only domain.
It made the front page of some newspapers and you may have even been fooled into thinking that the AFL was actually opening doors for women and making headway into what was once a very male-orientated industry. Women may have actually believed that this would come with more respect and acceptance of them in the football industry.
Nope! Apparently it’s all fun and games when the boys club want to joke about chipping in and paying to drown one of the few women who stands up for herself in the industry. Sorry ladies but as you can see from the AFL’s official response to this and the lack of disciplinary action, the big old boys club reigns supreme.
Laurie's response is juvenile and should be phrased better.http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ed...o/news-story/55c438a71968a96e381d14623c9612a9
Calling someone a pig is ok then
If you're going to take the high ground and comment, it should be done with a little more eloquence than that.
Tit for tatting over who said what achieves nothing
If you want a playground fight over it, go back to primary school.
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You know what, your right.
I'll get out of your way, so you can proceed to save the world, one blog post or tweet at a time.
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http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ed...o/news-story/55c438a71968a96e381d14623c9612a9
Calling someone a pig is ok then
Why are people raising every other bit of public commentary, that virtually nobody has been talking about, posting it in here as if to suggest people think it is okay so therefore hypocrisy is in full swing?
For one, her comments are directly related to something he said that for her, make him a sexist pig. I don't anybody in the public eye should we using divisive language like that, so don't necessarily approve of it but you have to ask if it was unsolicited.
Unsolicited meaning uninvited, uncalled for, unprompted. Hard to argue it was unprompted. Her calling of him as a pig, which has connotations for casual racism or sexism is probably in context. His joking about drowning Wilson because of her hard nosed cynical pursuing of football issues with a particular slant came first, and seems disproportionate.
I think this thing is about continued ignorance, and I believe that myself and many here battle this within ourselves at times, not deliberate sexism. If it is received as sexism, then that is what it is to the receiver. None of us control the narrative as to what qualifies and what doesn't.
This show may have got on its soapbox, but it was probably in context and provoked.
http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/ed...s/news-story/8d08f5d9447004a13098c053ceb6dbac
Probably been linked already but Eddie has a history of this sort of thing we shouldn't be suprised. He does need to step down
Probably been linked already but Eddie has a history of this sort of thing we shouldn't be suprised. He does need to step down
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Yep and there is no doubt that those guys on Triple M will go after anyone. And have been getting away with it for years. The unfortunate thing is they will get away with this as well, because they will say "Oh but we didnt mean it to be sexist, we are sorry if we caused offence" and then everyone moves on.
What should have been the story is the bullying and them having to say "Oh but we wont be bullies anymore" and then face sanctions if they do.
They can now go back to bullying everyone but Caro. Nothing else will change.
