Tayla Harris just got immortalised with a Bronze Statue....

[Forward Press]

Statues get made of everything and everyone nowadays but it is predictably the right wing brigade on this forum that saw fit to start a topic about it and whine about the left wing 'do-gooders' (always love that term - I mean, as opposed to what? Do-badders?)

From what I understand it's also privately funded so the whining about 'taxpayer dollars' is also off the mark. If you want to commission a statue of Andrew Bolt - go for it. No one is stopping you.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

So woke

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Are you kidding ? Female football has been played for decades.

Yeah, great career path it's been right.

 

[projectv]

Hopefully it ends up at Ikon Park for the lulz.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Statues get made of everything and everyone nowadays but it is predictably the right wing brigade on this forum that saw fit to start a topic about it and whine about the left wing 'do-gooders' (always love that term - I mean, as opposed to what? Do-badders?)

From what I understand it's also privately funded so the whining about 'taxpayer dollars' is also off the mark. If you want to commission a statue of Andrew Bolt - go for it. No one is stopping you.

It's pretty hilarious to read the outrage directed at the 'do-gooders' and 'lefties' for building this statue - when a ****ing bank did it.


The stupidity of people is just priceless.

 

[halalsnackpack]

This thread has turned into a game of 'spot the Pauline Hanson voter'.

"Why is the world so divided?" Asks man who actively wants to silence everyone with a different opinion

 

[Xtreme]

Danny Frawley deserves a statue more than a random female footballer that got a bit of publicity due to questionable public opinion.

 

[projectv]

It's pretty hilarious to read the outrage directed at the 'do-gooders' and 'lefties' for building this statue - when a ******* bank did it.


The stupidity of people is just priceless.

Those looney left wing... banks. lol.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

It's a weak cause.

Built around victimhood. Nothing empowers a person more than starting from the point of being a victim.

Yeah man, chicks voting sucks.

Lousy victims.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Theres a bunch of female athletes more deserving of having a Bronze statue erected as an honour.
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And yet they aren't complaining, you are.

 

[Forward Press]

It's pretty hilarious to read the outrage directed at the 'do-gooders' and 'lefties' for building this statue - when a ******* bank did it.


The stupidity of people is just priceless.

It's a publicity stunt by the NAB with the aim to improve their bottom line and returns for their shareholders.

That's what it essentially is, not a political commentary by a woke organisation.

But I guess the snowflakes on the conservative side of politics still need things to get offended by even if they are in charge in the US, UK and Australia still.

 

[The 747]

'Missing the point': Tayla Harris statue sparks heated debate

A statue of female Aussie rules star Tayla Harris' iconic kick has proved a divisive topic for fans after its unveiling in Melbourne.

au.sports.yahoo.com

Just when you thought the left-wing media and do-gooders of this country couldn't go any further, they do. Remember that storm in a teacup earlier when Harris had a photo of herself kicking a football get trolled (most likely by teenagers) on social media? Well now apparently being a victim of online trolling is all it takes to be immortalised in a Bronze statue.

Correct me if im wrong, but Cathy Freeman doesn't have that recognition. Nor does worldwide Soccer star Sam Kerr who is in the top 3 best players on the planet. Theres a bunch of female athletes more deserving of having a Bronze statue erected as an honour.

But nah bugger those legends who represent our country on an international scale. Lets give this honour to a woman in a sub-standard competition that's barely being going for 2 years.

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Wow, this really upsets you? Go for a walk or something.

 

[Rustyrich]

This thread has turned into an episode of Q&A

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

Sooz put up with more abuse from online trolls than Tayla Harris ever did. Deserves a statue at Arden Street.

Gee whiz imagine that statue

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Lovely personal insult when you cant actual argue against what someone said, I have no problem with a FEMALE statue so don't sprout bulls**t I never said. I have problem with it's token nature its harmful to its cause pick and celebrate a female people can really aspire to. When you look at a statue it should tell a story and invoke emotion and a tale, can you say this statue does that in any way?

It's a publicity stunt by the NAB with the aim to improve their bottom line and returns for their shareholders.

That's what it essentially is, not a political commentary by a woke organisation.

But I guess the snowflakes on the conservative side of politics still need things to get offended by even if they are in charge in the US, UK and Australia still.

Man I hate those lefty, do-gooder banks telling me what to think.

 

[Hawk_francais]

Don't you just hate all the f-ing statues round the place nowadays? Can't walk 5 metres without stubbing your toe on a statue of this or a statue of that.

#peakstatue

 

[Podsnap]

I put this in another thread, but it really belongs here. I was responding to a comment reg. Winmar.

I don't think it has much to do with Tayla Harris. We're talking about a population that has to fight for the existence of every serious sporting competition to play in let alone receive recognition. Even the AFL barely takes the womens comp seriously. The first AFLW Carlton/ Collingwood match a few years ago wasn't a 'sell-out' because it was a novelty, it was a sell out because it had young girls and old women flocking in to finally see their efforts come to something - hell every female in my household was streaming it live and I'm the only one of us that actually pays attention to footy. Winmar received repeated abuse in a racist society that swept it under the rug, yes - but until recently we've been written out of efforts to even get to that point. If the government want to create a statue to commemorate the Tayla Harris moment - a moment that required some supreme skill and athleticism - and more importantly the fightback against the sexist idiots and keyboard warriors who think its their duty to let everyone know just how inadequate we are, then I don't have a problem with it at all.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Don't you just hate all the f-ing statues round the place nowadays? Can't walk 5 metres without stubbing your toe on a statue of this or a statue of that.

#peakstatue

I'm going to be honest...

Statues pretty much became irrelevant the day photos were invented.

Humans have got to learn to move on.

 

[Bostonian]

Yeah man, chicks voting sucks.

Lousy victims.

It's funny you brought up voting

I'm going with you're historically dim by that comment.

 

[Hawk_francais]

I'm going to be honest...

Statues pretty much became irrelevant the day photos were invented.

Humans have got to learn to move on.

Well... I don't really agree but to once again sum up my feelings about this thread: who cares?

 

[windyhill]

Yeah, great career path it's been right.

So you're having a crack at numerous leagues who provided a sport for all these ladies who just wanted to get out and have a kick ? Not all of them see it " as a career path"

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

So you're having a crack at numerous leagues who provided a sport for all these ladies who just wanted to get out and have a kick ? Not all of them see it " as a career path"

Move along.

 

[Underdog]

Someone creates a art piece independent of any AFL affiliation or agenda. It gets adopted by Fed Square until the end of the season at which point it will need to find a new home. Bigfooty loses their marbles.

What is wrong with you people? Get some context and perspective and relax. At worst, it's causing no harm.

I repeat, this is NOT an AFL, or MCG commissioned piece. Someone chose a subject and created some art. There are plenty of art works featuring anonymous subjects. You don't accept it in the same league as those surrounding the MCG? Good onya, that's not the purpose. Might it one day live there, maybe.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Well... I don't really agree but to once again sum up my feelings about this thread: who cares?

Are you over 60yo?

 

[Xtreme]

If the government want to create a statue to commemorate the Tayla Harris moment - a moment that required some supreme skill and athleticism

Any Tom, Rick, Harry or Sally can kick a football. She's noone special