Seriously, we just need to stop reacting to these idiotic 1%- just stop caring what they think! That's the only way they get any traction on these issues, is the rest of us seem to care what they think & react to it. The media will always take these stories on because it gets traction & they make money selling the story- take away the traction & the story wont exist.
I'm not saying we can treat everyone like dirt or be disrespectful, but we need to set our boundaries & protect them against all who would trespass. Like it or not Australia was settled by our forefathers, & we are happy & proud of that, & we have the right to celebrate that. Yes some wrongs were done along the way, some that are somewhat uncomfortable to admit- but it is what it is, that can't be changed now- taking away a harmless T-shirt certainly wont change it.
Show me one single Country that does not have a similar History. 99% should ALWAYS have a louder voice than 1%.......but we don't! Why? Answer- because we let them!
Inch by inch our way of life & ideals are being taken away; changed in a way that most of us don't like. We the 99% need to say enough is enough.
What's so offensive about the T-shirt anyway? Its not like it is telling people to piss off! It's a benign T-shirt that has a date & the Aussie flag with some colour & stars. The rap-crap songs out there on National & International charts are far more offensive to 80% of us- where the 'do-gooders' on that issue?
Stuff them I say, don't react to them- do OUR OWN THING with the respect & humility that Aussies are famous for. Don't let them make us think we are a bad race of people or Nation. Hopefully its not too late to change things back.
