My photos from the march today. Always lots of talk about what did or didn't happen. Here's some photos of what I did see happen today.
Posted by cobarbob
My photos from the march today. Always lots of talk about what did or didn't happen. Here's some photos of what I did see happen today.
Posted by cobarbob
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Legends all.
Reading some of those signs you can see why younger generations are over the bullshit and don’t want to hear it anymore. Who are these people actually blaming?
Mostly white people feeling guilty for something they had nothing to do with
Meanwhile I had a few cold beers with my mates, a day off, and enjoyed how good the weather was today in this beautiful country.
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Unfortunately this post is triggering to the racists in r/sydney, who in fact do not go outside and touch grass
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I’m sure this thread is going to be pleasant 🍿
Right on, man.
So much virtue. So much signalling.
I wonder if spending half the day in remembrance for what happened to the Aboriginal people and half the day celebrating Australia would be a reasonable compromise. Or a remembrance day on 26 Jan and the next day, celebration. Is it really only about the date or is it about having an Australia Day at all? Would there still be protests about celebrating Australia day even if it was a different date?
I think it’s important that we celebrate our country for how great it is. Yes, parts of it are fully fucked, but compared to other countries, we’re in heaven! But we should acknowledge the native blood that was spilled in order for us to even have this heaven. Perhaps the “culture” of Australia Day and what it means needs to be shifted in that we don’t exactly forget what happened, but also celebrate it for what it is now.
If we can’t change the date can we please for the love of god just have another national day for black Australia?
Edit: everyone downvoting this is racist probably
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When the BLM movement got traction in the US, we had a lot of the same thing here, and it focused a lot on aboriginal deaths in custody. I’d never heard much about it at the time, so I went to the ABS and looked at the raw stats relating to deaths in custody.
I’m not trying to start a shit storm by posting this, but I did genuinely find this interesting: If you are in custody, you are statistically more likely to die if you are non-aboriginal.
Of course, someone is more likely to die in custody if they are aboriginal, but this is entirely due to the fact that they are more likely to be in custody if they are aboriginal.
I’m sure there are systemic issues with certain communities and the justice system at play here that should be looked at, but I don’t know much about this stuff.
Anyways, seeing the “deaths in custody” sign made me think of this, because statistically, being in custody is the main factor.
I live in a small town where everyone enjoyed the day off. Almost everyone is just hard-working, worried about the cost of everything and trying to provide for their families. More or less apathetic to things like this, no one really cares about the date and a lot of people’s opinions are “just make it the 3rd weekend of January – whatever date the Monday is after that” I understand its a big deal in the populated areas but honestly, no one really gives much of a fuck about it outside of them.
Good on whoever preoccupies themselves with things like this, its worth bringing attention to but dont make the mistake of thinking a huge amount of people think the same. Theyre just worried about getting by.
Only the unemployed would waste a valuable public holiday on this bullshit.
In most if not all other countries people celebrate their national days.
What is wrong with Australia?
Why don’t they protest and hold up a sign of the date they would like us to celebrate Australia?