Manly Sea Eagles teach country lesson on 'poisonous' woke culture: Bolt

Today, the Manly rugby league club taught the whole country a lesson about this poisonous woke culture, Sky News host Andrew Bolt says. Seven Manly Sea Eagles rugby players will sit out of Thursday night's clash with the Sydney Roosters over the club's decision to wear a special inclusive jersey. The jersey features a rainbow trim and will be worn "to celebrate inclusiveness" during this weekend's Women in League Round. The players expected to miss the match are citing religious and cultural reasons. Mr Bolt said the Manly club management "forcing" players to wear this particular jersey without prior consultation was emblematic of a broader hypocrisy and bullying attitude among the cultural elite. "See, it's arrogant organisations – sports codes particularly – (that) have been forcing their members to bend their knee, literally, to woke movements to prove their alleged tolerance on race and gender. "But players who refuse to submit tend to get excluded until they give in, like South African cricketer Quinton de Kock, or even sacked from their competition, like rugby superstar Israel Folau when he refused to stop preaching a bible passage about gays." Mr Bolt made it clear he does not support the seven Manly footy players' take on Christianity but that does not mean they should be denied the same tolerance that is asked of them. "You don't have to agree with their take on Christianity – I don't – Christians love," he said. "But that is what these guys believe, and sincerely ... and the abuse they are getting on Twitter is sick. "The question is – if this whole exercise is about tolerance, where is the tolerance to them? The answer of course is there's none."