The Forum > Article Comments > Rugby League: society writ small > Comments
Rugby League: society writ small : Comments
By John Passant, published 18/6/2010The racism and sexism controversy in rugby league is a window into the soul of Australian society.
- Pages:
-
- Page 1
- 2
-
- All
What rubbish! A few isolated instances of racism do not say anything at all about Australian society. It is only self-hating socialist/liberals who espouse such nonsense.
This one also claims (not argues, as he seems to think he does; he has no arguments) that “…Australia is founded on two forms of racism - racism against the original inhabitants and racism against non-whites coming to the country.”
More garbage. Of course there is racism against aborigines from some Australians, as there is against other non-whites. There is also some racism against whites from aborigines and other non-whites (among the thousand of non-whites here because of our NON-DISCRIMINATORY immigration policies) that Passant would never recognise. But to say that there is a “…crimson thread of racism that runs through our body politic and major sections of society even today” is unhinged and clearly displays Passant’s mouth-foaming self-loathing and anti-white Australian attitude. Let’s hope he is wrong in believing that he is a “role model for children”. The last thing Australia needs is children taking on the views of extremists of any kind.
It’s a great pity about racism (and there obviously is some) in sport, whether it is white against black, or vice versa – which the likes of Passant will never mention. But Passant, a known critic of anything white and Australian, is using one incident in one sporting discipline to paint a non-existent “crimson thread of racism” through everything Australian.
This article presents a disgraceful attitude from an extreme socialist.