So what you're saying is discrimination is bad, unless it's against a group that's disproportionately represented in positions of wealth, power and privilege?
Yeah, that's pretty much how it works.
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Yeah, that's pretty much how it works.
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The penalty is the hysteria.
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I thought that had been resolved? Certainly has gone quiet.
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I agree with the former assertion. There is zero gain for Port to pursue this other than to open themselves up to ongoing attacks from the media, both formal and social. And it will result in no change to the penalty. The AFL already has its out clause about non-comparability between incidents and penalties. Let the AFLPA and journos highlight the inconsistency.
Davies has made it clear the club is concerned about Jez's mental health and that will only suffer more to continue to drag this on.
Take the hit, cauterise the wound, move on.
So queer is acceptable? What if a player is called queer? What if one indigenous player calls another the n word? Can a queer player call another queer player a stick collection? Can of worms
this post should not be taken to mean I think Finlayson's behaviour was acceptable. It was not.
this post should not be taken to mean I think Finlayson's behaviour was acceptable. It was not.
It is written, “You shall not take the LGBTQ+ community’s name in vain”. Swear allegiance to the rainbow flag, or face the consequences.
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I hate the AFL
It's not. You don't fight discrimination by being discriminatory. Thats a never ending cycle of shit.
Me too. The pile on for Jeremy is an absolute disgrace. All of these self righteous pricks with their over the top opinions would be having a serious impact on his mental health. If they were such caring reasonable people they would accept the apology and move on. He said something in the heat of the moment and in response to something derogatory said to him. Who hasn’t said things in anger. It certainly does not make Jeremy homophobic by any means. Where was the support for Jeremy from these self righteous pricks given what he and is family have been going through in recent time. The behaviour of these arseholes is far worse than a slip of the tongue of a footballer in the heat of battle. Disgusting. And as for the AFL, what a bunch of hipocrites with an extreme case of double standards.
I might be wrong but I think "the community" has been using the word queer for a while. Have a sniff around what words / descriptors are acceptable / unacceptable in the disability space now (I think the word disabled is now a no go). Any word used to describe something that isn't the "norm" can see seen as a slur when applied to somebody who isn't a member of that identity group. So buckle up for the merry-go-round of what's currently acceptable / unacceptable.
But how will I and everyone in the AFL / media let everyone know how virtuous we are if we don't string him up and hang him in the town square. Nuance just gets in the way.
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It will be interesting how they govern this now ..
So ****** is 3 games does that make *** two games .. what about bumsniffer that's gotta be a more low end and be 1 game maybe a warning..
But if you load up and call someone a super ****** that's definitely 6 games ..
We already know ********er is 20 K ..
Hate too see what a you ********ing F is that's gotta be life
So ****** is 3 games does that make *** two games .. what about bumsniffer that's gotta be a more low end and be 1 game maybe a warning..
But if you load up and call someone a super ****** that's definitely 6 games ..
We already know ********er is 20 K ..
Hate too see what a you ********ing F is that's gotta be life
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Jez out of contract this year doesn’t sound right?
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Far out
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He has already apologised publicly.
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This kind of organised public humiliation will one day be looked at the way we look at corporal punishment. What do we punish people for? Is it retributive or restorative justice? The actual punishment Jeremy will receive in the form of ongoing boos and abuse on match day, plus the online abuse and character assassination is more than enough in the way of retribution AND it sure as hell shows anyone thinking of being openly homophobic in the AFL that society will not accept that behaviour.
Isn't this the goal of of institutional punishment for these sorts of antisocial speech crimes? To promote a culture that eventually takes justice into it's own hands? It takes time and momentum to get people on board but eventually the system reproduces itself without any outside input. This week has proven to me that the AFL community is already there. We know how to punish those among us that haven't kept up. It's how norms are created the world over!
Isn't this the goal of of institutional punishment for these sorts of antisocial speech crimes? To promote a culture that eventually takes justice into it's own hands? It takes time and momentum to get people on board but eventually the system reproduces itself without any outside input. This week has proven to me that the AFL community is already there. We know how to punish those among us that haven't kept up. It's how norms are created the world over!
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Of all people Eddie talking about slurs being outlawed by the AFL.
In future players will get 6 week bans. We shall see.
Essendon players were outraged by Fin’s comment…really?
In future players will get 6 week bans. We shall see.
Essendon players were outraged by Fin’s comment…really?
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Wot!
