If you’ve been paying any kind of attention to the media recently, you’d know there’s been a great storm brewing over the past couple of weeks. There have been calls for change, there have been comments sections filled with death threats and pure rage.
You might think it was a news event of great significance causing such anger. Also, this was the response to the rebranding of a cheese company.
Now death threats over cheese?
Sure, I guess I understand to some degree as that was my reaction to being diagnosed as lactose intolerant but over the name of a cheese company? Is this the country we have become or is this the country we’ve always been?
I would say yes to both.
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Change is not often accepted easily by the best of us but time and time again, Australians reiterate their unwillingness to change, to become a more inclusive nation and it feels as though death threats over this renaming is a new low.
There are so many things that need to change in Australia for it to become a country where it is just as fair and equal for First Nations peoples. But how are we meant to make meaningful and impactful change if death threats are what you get for advocating for the renaming of a cheese brand?
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There probably will always be protests on a day of national celebration, given the inequality in this nation, but a good first step is acknowledging that this date is a ridiculous choice for a national celebration.