Booing

[goswannies]

I find it almost amusing that Aussies are taking to social media to resoundly condemn the Rio Olympic sporting spectators for booing French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie during the final in which he was competing against a Brazilian.

I don't recall this high-horse disgusted reaction to fan-displayed poor sportsmanship on Australian social media, 12 months ago.

[KTigers]

The Brazilians just don't like the way he pole vaults. There is nothing racist or nationalistic about their booing.

I find it almost amusing that Aussies are taking to social media to resoundly condemn the Rio Olympic sporting spectators for booing French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie during the final in which he was competing against a Brazilian.

I don't recall this high-horse disgusted reaction to fan-displayed poor sportsmanship on Australian social media, 12 months ago.

[goswannies]

The Brazilians just don't like the way he (or is it a she?) pole vaults. There is nothing racist or nationalistic about their booing.

No, they booed because the French vaulter was competing against a Brazilian.

My point was that on Australian social media (eg the MSN comments to the original story) every single comment that was posted condemned the Brazilian sporting public for booing.

After any Goodes article 12 months ago on the issue, the majority of comments seemed to either praise the booers or condemned Goodsey. Not all, but many.

My issue is with the contradicting responses by many of the Facebook/MSN community about similar issues

[KTigers]

Yeah, my comment was a reference to the claim by many of the dickheads who booed Adam last year that their booing didn't have racist overtones but was because "they didn't like the way he played footy".

[goswannies]

Yeah, my comment was a reference to the claim by many of the dickheads who booed Adam last year that their booing didn't have racist overtones but was because "they didn't like the way he played footy".

Same page then

[jono2707]

People commenting on social media aren't necessarily representative of everyone. The majority of Australians were against the booing of Goodsey last year.

[goswannies]

People commenting on social media aren't necessarily representative of everyone. The majority of Australians were against the booing of Goodsey last year.

The silent majority didn't do enough to shout down the vocal minority IMO. It always annoyed me. Rant over

[AnnieH]

The silent majority didn't do enough to shout down the vocal minority IMO. It always annoyed me. Rant over

There are only so many of us troll-slayers out there.
One troll at a time.

[Untamed Snark]

There are only so many of us troll-slayers out there.
One troll at a time.

I eventually gave up trying rational argument and just sent them a variety of bridges they could go back to.

[barry]

The silent majority didn't do enough to shout down the vocal minority IMO. It always annoyed me. Rant over

Making silent people shout is a contradiction.
And i thibk you'll find the majority was on the boo ers side.

[goswannies]

Making silent people shout is a contradiction.
And i thibk you'll find the majority was on the boo ers side.

And I thibk you'll find that my response was to jono2707 saying the majority of people were "against the booing of Adam Goodes last year"

[Triple B]

The silent majority didn't do enough to shout down the vocal minority IMO. It always annoyed me. Rant over

I've always thought the other indigenous players didn't do enough. If Rioli, Burgoyne and Brad Hill stood up and told their own fans that the booing was unacceptable and it offended them, maybe some good would have come from it. Most teams have an indigenous favourite son who could have delivered the same message.

I was overseas for the worst of it, so was observing from afar, but I saw diddly squat from the other indigenous players and that annoyed me. Rant over.

[56-14]

What would happen if our Josh Kennedy decided to go home:
- 3rd Generation Kennedy back at Hawthorn,
- opportunity of captaincy - replacing Hodge when the time comes, (he didn't get the chance with us.)
- raise his family in the "most liveable city in the world".
Who would "boo" him?

[stevoswan]

There are only so many of us troll-slayers out there.
One troll at a time.

Yeah, dejavoodoo and I had a lot of fun on Sportsfan for awhile during the Goodsey saga, but gee it was tiring in the end......too many trolls to slay.

[ScottH]

I've always thought the other indigenous players didn't do enough. If Rioli, Burgoyne and Brad Hill stood up and told their own fans that the booing was unacceptable and it offended them, maybe some good would have come from it. Most teams have an indigenous favourite son who could have delivered the same message.

I was overseas for the worst of it, so was observing from afar, but I saw diddly squat from the other indigenous players and that annoyed me. Rant over.

I've thought about this recently.
If ex players like Long, Winmar, MO'L, Wirrapande etc had of gone into the stands or made more of a show of solidarity, it could have been stamped out or diminished, rather than Goodes going solo on the issue.

Poor form on the rest of his brothers.