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Racist Twitter attacks on Childress

in australia racist remarks are illegal.
aust govt.,attorney general keen to change that.
'everyone has the right to be a bigot.' he told us

True @rjd, one person's racial slur or one person's stupid act shouldn't implicate that a whole country is full of racists (such as it is being implicated by uneducated and opinionated anon' posters on here), Boti has also shown common sense and restraint.

History shows that racism was rife in the past, all over the world. The internet has changed the media landscape, we now need to move forward from this and learn that social media is a powerful tool that shouldn't be miss used.

Like Boti, I have first hand experience of racism and have grown up in different times, these days we don't accept things like we did 10-20+ years ago. I don't accept that today's average Aussie is considered a racist, but of course they are still out there!

Thanks anon^, great feedback there mate. I take it you are assuming the twitter account was in fact owned and operated by an Aussie, not someone from another country and you have proof of this do you?

I agree @Train, it should be about the sport and nothing more, but this thread is about some racial attack on twitter, unfortunately...

I just saw one basketball player clobber another basketball player.....why the hell are we talking bout colours here.

^^ +1

I have little interest in knowing what was said, I don't have twitter and I am not buying into the alleged attack on Childress, I have no time for racism and in any case I hope he understands Aussies are not like that (I'm sure he does).

I do have an issue however with anon poster #500249, who I am sure has also posted other comments in this thread.

Mate, whoever you are, no need to mention your skin colour or the fact you are anglo (whatever that means to you), because if you had your eyes open and ears clear while you were all over the world as you put it, you might have noticed something?

Australia is one of the most respectful, open and accommodating, peaceful, easy going and tolerant cultures going around.

We don't have some of the most livable cities in the world for no reason and maybe you have not been in our schools lately, to observe how kids from many different cultures and races get along without batting an eye lid...

Maybe it's, dare I say it, maybe it's you that has the issues mate, white anglo BSA (give me a break)!

Sydney should have announced an internal club suspension for his on court behaviour.

no matter how much of a dick Childress was committing that foul on Wagstaff he doesn't deserve this treatment.

one single act doesn't define a person.

Did anyone think any less of Phil Jones after he punched Shaun Redhage?
I certainly didn't ;)

Tiger Watcher there at a lot of tweets that are and have been deleted. But you don't have to be racist to be offensive, unless some were referring to Childress as being a bundle of sticks or a meatball made of offal...


Anon: Racism exists in Australia, but if you think Australia 'is the most racist' then you haven't spend anytime outside of Australia......

No action gives the right for anyone to say the things they have to childress. What he did was dirty and unacceptable no doubt but for people to say if he'd did this or that it could've been alot worse. Well that's obvious, but he didn't. If last year Gary Ervin accidently got Goulding 10 inches higher and Goulding already had a bad heart and then fell onto a part of the court where someone had previously smashed a glass then he could've died of a heart attack and could've sliced his hand off trying to break his fall. But luckily that didn't happen.

Many of the comments he has been copping on social media are definitely way beyond any level of acceptability.

ahhhh the ole tu quoque logical fallacy.....

"what he did triggered those remarks" pleeease..

Childress's action doesn't justify the racist abuse, no matter what hypothetical injuries he may have received.


What if Childress had been to west Africa and infected Wagstaff with ebola on the hit??
What if Childress hit him so hard he lost his sense of touch and now he can't cuddle kittens?????

Lets deal with what happened:

The hit was totally uncalled for and should be judged on that context alone, regardless of provocation.

The abuse is out of line REGARDLESS of what Childress's did.

He did what he did, still no one should be called anything. We all came into this world the same way and we should get treat that way. What he did has trigged those remarks, like we have said, no player deserves to get k'od the way he did, that was insane, bit higher he could ove killed him, if he fell the wrong way. Like the one punch law, he provoked me, that dont matter! That was a dog act and u can't get lower than what he did! Cheap shot! But yea, never liked racism or any other form of taking the piss on some one!

Boti Nagy, in this regular Thursday column, makes mention of the regular airing of the Australian national anthem at ABL games before both the women's and men's games.

T remains completely amazing and bemusing that the national anthem is played before every State Basketball League game - that's State - but isn't played before every game at national junior titles such as the 18s currently at Gawler.

Not that it should. Save the anthem for when it's warranted and it is NOT warranted at a single SBL game, let alone twice a night before the women's and men's game.

It made no sense when SA was part of the ABA and positively none now. But the SBL keeps doing it, in the same way sheep follow sheep.