Heroic Adam Goodes honoured with a documentary about his last season

[Pessimistic]

Care to List the suffering and exploitation that has taken place on both sides since 1788?
It’s not a game of chess played on a level table my friend.
Institutionalised genocidal practices and discrimination in this kountry are rarely talked about let alone recognised and put on the table of reconciliation.

Tasmanian indigenous tribes were essentially wiped out. Not many people know this, but this level of genocide was almost repeated in Victoria

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Your responses have very little to do with my posts. Consistently. I agree with your points, therefore see no need to argue for arguments sake

BTW your enemies would be chuckling that you are wasting your energies on a rich footballer who got bood

 

[Wind Guard]

Your responses have very little to do with my posts. Consistently. I agree with your points, therefore see no need to argue for arguments sake

BTW your enemies would be chuckling that you are wasting your energies on a rich footballer who got bood

I am not defending Goodes. Personally I think his motives are selfish and don’t have any bearing on genuine indigenous issues. In fact his knowledge of the issues is minimal. This is why he gets attention in the mainstream media. He is a distraction. A puppet. And the establishment loves puppets.

 

[Bodicifer]

I read this as,

'Hey, we're better than we used to be and better than other countries, so we don't need to do anything more!'

Of course you would

 

[Laphroaig]

I am not defending Goodes. Personally I think his motives are selfish and don’t have any bearing on genuine indigenous issues. In fact his knowledge of the issues is minimal. This is why he gets attention in the mainstream media. He is a distraction. A puppet. And the establishment loves puppets.

Perhaps a little harsh.

However. I have at times wondered about the quite rapid change in Goodes outlook in the time leading up to all of the brouhaha.

About a year before I watched an interview with Goodes where he emphatically rejected the term indigenous footballer; he wanted to be known for his football achievements and for working his guts out to get there. At the very most, an indigenous footballer.

In a relatively short time he became an indigenous footballer. I am not in a position to speculate how that happened, but I did find it odd at the time.

 

[4thebloods]

Perhaps a little harsh.

However. I have at times wondered about the quite rapid change in Goodes outlook in the time leading up to all of the brouhaha.

About a year before I watched an interview with Goodes where he emphatically rejected the term indigenous footballer; he wanted to be known for his football achievements and for working his guts out to get there. At the very most, an indigenous footballer.

In a relatively short time he became an indigenous footballer. I am not in a position to speculate how that happened, but I did find it odd at the time.

I heard him say something similar but I don't think he actually rejected the term indigenous footballer - he just rejected the "magic" stereotype that the silky skills and natural instincts were inherent rather than a product of hard work.

He wrote a piece for the age in 2010 which I think put it nicely:

"This weekend, when we celebrate the contribution of indigenous footballers and indigenous culture to our game, those traits of hard work and sacrifice are the areas of our character that I'd like people to recognise and to talk about.

There's nothing magical about indigenous footballers. They are not born with any special powers. Their skills are not bestowed from birth, just waiting to bear fruit on an AFL field 20 years later.

Like any other footballer, to get drafted they've had to sacrifice things along the way, such as time with family and friends, and put years of effort into improving their game and their fitness.

And then, when they get to an AFL club, that is when the hard work really starts."

"So when you watch my brothers running around on an AFL field this weekend, I hope you appreciate the determination and the many hurdles they've had to overcome to be able to perform at the level that gives so many people so much pleasure every week."

Stereotypes ignore lot of hard work

"Magical" indigenous players made it only by application and sacrifice.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Pessimistic]

What did Michael long once say? "Theres plenty of shit players too"?

Goodes reconnects with his lost Indigenous culture

Adam Goodes reconnects with his Indigenous culture in tonight's episode of Who Do You Think You Are

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Adam Goodes’ hunger to uncover his Aboriginal heritage is fuelled by a tragic family event. His mother, Lisa Sansbury was placed in state care as a young child and was never returned to her parents. She grew up with no ties to her Aboriginal ancestry. Adam wants to fill that void and finally find a way of connecting to the traditional culture of his ancestors.

“I felt very honoured. It just gave me a connection back to the spiritual world, there’s no doubt that’s exactly what I’ve been looking for.”- Adam Goodes

the episode sadly not found on SBS site any more. I watched it, I didnt watch the ch 10 thing

 

[Pessimistic]

Goodes reconnects with his lost Indigenous culture

Adam Goodes reconnects with his Indigenous culture in tonight's episode of Who Do You Think You Are

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Adam Goodes’ hunger to uncover his Aboriginal heritage is fuelled by a tragic family event. His mother, Lisa Sansbury was placed in state care as a young child and was never returned to her parents. She grew up with no ties to her Aboriginal ancestry. Adam wants to fill that void and finally find a way of connecting to the traditional culture of his ancestors.

 

[Vikingblood]

Get your hand off it you racist DH

Please post up your research of aboriginal only disease

As for Poverty and Incarceration, how low is your IQ that you link this to the race card?

I link it to bad parenting, GAGF if you don't agree, ******* greens voter

Dan and his mates.

 

[Vikingblood]

I didn't watch the doco and have no interest in watching it

Ignoramus

 

[GudOnya]

The whole "if you didn't like Goodes it is because you are a racist and you just don't like uppity aboriginals and you think they should play just football and keep quiet" kinda bothers me a bit.

Take out the racist and the aboriginals bits and replace it with sportspeople however, and it's pretty close to accurate.

Personally I just don't like politics in sports, no matter who they are or where they are from.

Yes these issues need a voice, but I would much rather that voice wasn't when I'm trying to unwind and watch the footy on the weekend. If some people have not been given that voice then yeah that sucks, but that is a society as a whole problem not a sports problem.

I get that some of the issues have occurred in sports, like in this case, but that just means for me that I dislike both sides of the argument.

For the record the current swimming protest stuff irritates me almost as much, and the only reason it's less is because I don't really care about swimming a great deal.

Is that selfish? Yeah. Is that racist? Nope, not even slightly.

 

[DanWA]

Dan and his mates.

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I like how everyone who thinks Goodes is a tosser gets labelled a racist

Your pic more resembles Shitlaide supporters

 

[Mofra]

I like how everyone who thinks Goodes is a tosser gets labelled a racist

Your pic more resembles s**tlaide supporters

Not everyone, just a select few.
Congratulations on making the cut

 

[DanWA]

Not everyone, just a select few.
Congratulations on making the cut

You only had to boo to be labelled racist

It isn't a select few

I'd rather that then be a greens voter like the Goodes fanboys

 

[Mofra]

You only had to boo to be labelled racist

It isn't a select few

I'd rather that then be a greens voter like the Goodes fanboys

You sound triggered.
Given you didn't watch the doco, and your RWNJ rants, I'll add ignorant too.

Are you a big Andrew Bolt fan?

 

[DanWA]

You sound triggered.
Given you didn't watch the doco, and your RWNJ rants, I'll add ignorant too.

Are you a big Andrew Bolt fan?

You don't need to watch the sooky agenda driven doco to know the narrative as it is blasted all over the media

I'll leave the triggering to the greens voters getting all uppity calling people racist that boo'd a diving sniping campaigner

Enjoy your bandwagon

 

[Mofra]

You don't need to watch the sooky agenda driven doco to know the narrative as it is blasted all over the media

I'll leave the triggering to the greens voters getting all uppity calling people racist that boo'd a diving sniping campaigner

Enjoy your bandwagon

It's quite telling in the modern era that the type of ignorance that was once derided is now embraced by a certain type of person.

Wait, shhhhh. I think I can hear an immigrant taking your job...

 

[DanWA]

It's quite telling in the modern era that the type of ignorance that was once derided is now embraced by a certain type of person.

Wait, shhhhh. I think I can hear an immigrant taking your job...

Did you watch it?

It may strengthen your greens voting ways

 

[Mofra]

Did you watch it?

It may strengthen your greens voting ways

I did watch it.
It was quite informative and shows there was a lot of nuance lost in the RWNJ reporting of it (Devine & Bolt particularly).

I would say most people would have learned something from it, although you're clearly a lost cause. Good luck on your quest for back to back FOTY awards though, I believe in you

 

[DanWA]

I did watch it.
It was quite informative and shows there was a lot of nuance lost in the RWNJ reporting of it (Devine & Bolt particularly).

I would say most people would have learned something from it, although you're clearly a lost cause. Good luck on your quest for back to back FOTY awards though, I believe in you

If it wasn't an agenda based narrative that booing someone was racist, i would watch it

The media summed it up pretty quick so i don't care to watch it

If someone else made the documentry highlighting why he was boo'd with the narrative not focussed on him being half aboriginal, i'd watch that

If like someone said previously this is the pre curser to a run for politics via the sook sympathy card, more fool all the bandwagoners

 

[Vikingblood]

If it wasn't an agenda based narrative that booing someone was racist, i would watch it

The media summed it up pretty quick so i don't care to watch it

If someone else made the documentry highlighting why he was boo'd with the narrative not focussed on him being half aboriginal, i'd watch that

If like someone said previously this is the pre curser to a run for politics via the sook sympathy card, more fool all the bandwagoners

Ignoramus.

 

[Mofra]

If it wasn't an agenda based narrative that booing someone was racist, i would watch it

It wasn't.

In fact, nobody has said that booing in itself is racist nor that all booing of Goodes was. If you were more intelligent you would be able to understand nuance but clearly, you aren't.
You don't like him because he's a proud Aboriginal man who works hard to further the cause of his people.

Let's face it, it's not like he sucker-punched an unsuspecting teenager like Andrew Gaff did.

 

[Laphroaig]

Good luck on your quest for back to back FOTY awards though, I believe in you

Aww jeez. I was hoping to get over the line this year with Tigernator out of the picture.

 

[Mofra]

Aww jeez. I was hoping to get over the line this year with Tigernator out of the picture.

I fear that you have no chance regardless of how hard you work at it, sometimes natural talent just trumps all.

 

[DanWA]

It wasn't.

In fact, nobody has said that booing in itself is racist nor that all booing of Goodes was. If you were more intelligent you would be able to understand nuance but clearly, you aren't.
You don't like him because he's a proud Aboriginal man who works hard to further the cause of his people.

Let's face it, it's not like he sucker-punched an unsuspecting teenager like Andrew Gaff did.

I dont like him because he became a diving sniping campaigner then he pulled the race card and sooked off at the end of his career

 

[Vikingblood]

I dont like him because he became a diving sniping campaigner then he pulled the race card and sooked off at the end of his career

Interesting perspective there dullard.

I could have sworn the "race card" was pulled on him when a girl called him an ape, then a media figure suggested he would be ideal to promote King Kong. Not to mention the torrent of abuse on social media from people like you. Sure you're not pulling your White Privilege card?