“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. You 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.