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Indigenous australians living among the white "colonizers" are much better off than indigenous australians living in the bush.
Im avoiding both sides of the crazies. Australia day has become angry drunk nutter day >

We have basically the same style of holiday in nz but we appropriately name it 'crate day' so atleast you know what you're in for >

And then there's at least Waitangi day as our national day, which is not perfect but it's a lot less of a shitshow. Except at Waitangi itself, which tends to attract folks these days of Vatnik and conspiratorial influence, and Iwi political point scorers who do not at all represent all Maori except for their rich and influential families who participate in that process, often at the expense of their wider affiliated Iwi. >

Thousands protest, millions celebrate. Australia is for everyone, including aboriginals. >

I don't know anyone that actually celebrates the day. Most I know just enjoy a day off work. They could call it Moron Day and people would still appreciate it being a public holiday where they don't have to come into work. >


They could call it Moron Day and people would still appreciate it being a public holiday where they don't have to come into work.

cant get more Australian than that! >


Thousands of Australians marked the country's national holiday on Thursday with rallies in support of the nation's Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as "Invasion Day".
In Sydney, the capital of New South Wales - Australia's most populous state - social media showed a large crowd gathered at an "Invasion Day" rally in the central business district, where some people carried Aboriginal flags and an Indigenous smoking ceremony took place.
Speaking at a flag-raising and citizenship ceremony in Australia's capital, Canberra, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese honoured the nation's Indigenous people, who have occupied the land for at least 65,000 years.
"Let us all recognise the unique privilege that we have to share this continent with the world's oldest continuous culture," Albanese said.
An annual poll by market research company Roy Morgan released this week showed nearly two-thirds of Australians say Jan. 26 should be considered "Australia Day", largely unchanged from a year ago. The rest believe it should be "Invasion Day". >

Ah another normal day. >

I don't disagree with the sentiment, but this is just going to polarize political discourse even more and create a situation where Australians view Invasion Day and similar jingoism favorably. It's entirely plausible to like Australia as a diverse country that includes indigenous peoples anyway, as almost all countries including South Africa do. This seems unnecessarily hostile especially when it's the Australian government prohibiting liquor dealers from selling their poison to indigenous Australians. >


It’s entirely plausible to like Australia as a diverse country that includes indigenous peoples anyway, as almost all countries including South Africa do.  

Agreed 
The point of contention is that the official day designated for this is the anniversary of a day when the colonists arrived, British sovereignty began and kicked off generations of absolute horror for one specific demographic of people.    
Massacres, chains, stolen kids etc.    
I don’t think there’s any major call to not have a day to celebrate the place now. It’s only that some politicians in 1994 chose that specific day for it. >

Some of the absolute fuckwitted comments in this thread and from certain family members are why I left Australia and never looked back. If there are people are experts at creating a storm in a teacup it’s an Aussie. While a brutal catastrophe is kicking off on the other side of the world, in a time where unity is more important than ever, some of these numnuts will proudly shit on that unity to validate their existence. It’s like being on an isolated continent melts your brain or something. Australia Day isn’t a day to celebrate or play down the persecution of indigenous Australians, it’s a day to come together. And seems like a lot of us can’t even achieve that because everyone’s the main fucking character in their own epic. >

Don't agree with the first half of your paragraph agree with the last half.
You need to stay and be the voice of reason to this nation. >

Ever have a guest that you didn’t invite, makes constant demands on you, messes up your place and just acts like it’s their home?  Yeah, like that. >

Yeah… just like that…