Support for changing the date has declined rapidly from 39 per cent in January 2023 to 16 per cent of respondents, while the number who are neutral or undecided has remained more or less the same.

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[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Gen-Z is going backwards, it’s a shame. We need to take back the media, as that is what is driving this Nazi push across the globe.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Indeed there seems to be broad fascist supoort.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah these things are definitely trends. I don't think the date needs to change but I do think we should be aware of everything that's happened since. Some of the worst ever treatment of people and actual completed genocides, not in the sense that we stopped doing it because we realised how inhumane it was, but in the sense that every last member of a culture was eradicated. Celebrate the day, have a beer with your mates, all I want is for the typical Australian to be conscious of our history.

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

We get that by changing the purpose of the date, and picking a new one to actually celebrate, I reckon

[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"Hey get over it", "it's history mate".

If these polls are to be believed, says a lot about the average Australian. Considering historical wrongs are still causing modern day problems for descendants (deaths in custody, rates of incarceration, rates of child removals etc), one really ought not pretend like celebrating the British invasion/genocide is a great day.

Which is what it is, explicitly. People might not like to think about it, but that's what the day is. It marks the beginning of an invasion.

Frankly, if this poll is to be believed (and perhaps it's not accounting for regional differences) then I say a boatload of Australians are wankers.

It's a stupid day to celebrate a country on.