Adam Goodes

It doesn’t surprise me that footy crowds boo Adam Goodes.

Not one little bit.

As a kid on the Leichhardt hill I was a keen observer of footy crowds.

I observed that there is a super sensitive mood detector amongst crowds.

What it means is that an individual that might not even have any negative feelings to an Adam Goodes in private might feel empowered or even encouraged to do so in the crowd.

Many of them won’t even know why they are doing it.

If pressed they would reason that Goodesy is too big for his boots and that it’s not about racism towards him, or hatred towards him because he is confronting their racism.

But the truth is, it is.

That small fraction of the crowd that is outwardly and unapologetically racist are the ones that lead the crowd.

The rest, the weak minded, go along with the mood of viral consensus that sweeps through a crowd.

And the whole shebang lurches towards the total lack of common sense that is racism.

What do we get to see for our troubles?

A bunch of fuckwits that represent an inexcusable stain on our nation.

I personally believe that Adam Goodes is one of the bravest men in the country to do what he does without any thought of a backward step.