Booing Welcome to Country, Goes a Bit Too Far! By James Reed
I like Sam Newman, former Geelong AFL star, a great footballer in his time. Newman has always been controversial, which goes with his media persona. The latest is that he suggested booing Welcome to Country ceremonies. Now I hate these cultural versions of the Great Replacement as much as the next dissent Righter, but the booing is going to be inflammatory, and is likely to set the other side off, and who knows where it could lead? As always, the best approach is a polite refusal to cooperate in the woke ritual. We, the dispossessed majority, now minority need to be like Mahatma Gandhi.
“Former AFL star Sam Newman is facing backlash after he said Australians should “just start booing” during Welcome to Country ceremonies on a recent podcast.
His comments come ahead of this year’s AFL grand final.
Mr Newman labelled the Indigenous recognition practice as “patronising” and divisive.
State and federal leaders have defended the ceremonial address, with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews saying he would be “more inclined to listen” to Michael Long than the AFL player.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe described Mr Newman as “irrelevant” to any Indigenous debate.”
Well Senator, he is an Aussie, entitled to his opinion.”
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