For months – not days – capital cities across Australia were wrapped in glitter and rainbows to service the feelings of a minority. You couldn’t escape Town Hall station in Sydney without hitting your head on Trans-bunting or shop in peace through a sea of pillars wrapped in rainbow paper. ANZ had its ‘GAY-TMs’ while some councils painted rainbows on the street for the seemingly endless parades and events.

It may surprise city councils to learn that the majority of Australians are neither LGB nor Trans. A lot of people would rather ignore Pride month entirely instead of having to dodge people who celebrate their sexuality by wandering around in various stages of undress. Further, a significant proportion of newly arrived migrants from strict religious nations are acutely offended by LGBTQ+ ideology and deem it to be a sin that, in their countries of origin, was severely punished. Aside from some Islamic preachers who went on unpublishable tirades, there was a more general sense of disgust regarding age-inappropriate fetish content in proximity to children and family events.

We can safely assume that ‘people were offended’ by endless weeks of Pride.

This offence was never taken into account by councils, public services, or corporations when it came to putting paraphernalia up.

Conversely, Australia Day is celebrated by the majority with only a small minority of perpetually offended activists choosing to spend the day in mourning. These are the same activists who were told ‘No!’ at the last referendum where public discourse revealed how tired people are of endless race-based activism that feeds an industry worth tens of billions while the ordinary Aussie is getting poorer.

Aside from one or two inner-city hardcore socialist Green electorates, Australians want Australia Day to be celebrated, instead of tolerated, by the government. Australians love their country, are proud of their history, are thankful to their ancestors, and refuse to be bullied into feeling guilty about being born into one of the most successful, peaceful, free, and fair societies in the world.

They want to see Australian flags flying in the street.

They want Australian flag bunting where the Trans bunting used to be.

They want councils to do their job and perform citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day.

And they want retailers to stop pretending the withdrawal of Australia Day products from the shelves is due to ‘offence’ instead of politics.

This is not the first time Australians have been faced with inexcusable hypocrisy.

The Labor state government in New South Wales said it was ‘too broke’ to light up the Opera House in honour of the Coronation and then randomly splashed India’s colours over the sails to honour … a trade meeting.

We have been told repeatedly that New Year’s Eve fireworks are bad for the environment, harmful to pets, or offensive to firefighters – but those complaints vanished when they became ‘calling country’ fireworks. The City of Sydney must use the same maths for smoking ceremonies and carbon emissions – although I admit one of the most entertaining things I’ve seen was the planting of the tree at Government House to honour the King. The poor sapling was nearly set on fire by the smoking ceremony while someone at the podium muttered about Climate Change as the audience coughed and spluttered through a veil of heavy virtuous smoke.

That’s what ‘Woke-ism’ feels like – squinting through the smoke of hypocrisy at a series of inexplicably stupid and irreconcilable ideas vying for public money.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has called on Australians to boycott Woolworths over its decision to ditch Australia Day merchandise.

They might. For a day or two.

The real fight has to come from those who are elected by the people to fight on their behalf.

When the Liberals held power, they were weak. They assisted Labor’s corrosive social experiment with identity politics. In every state and federally, the public were let down despite voting for what they hoped would be a safe pair of hands.

‘Because these CEOs do believe that by making these crazy decisions, somehow they’re signing up to the Woke agenda of Anthony Albanese and pleasing the union bosses and the Super Funds who invest into these big companies,’ said Dutton.

That is all well and good to say, but the groundwork for the cancellation of Australia Day was laid by former Liberal governments. Yes, some weak attempts were made to reverse this damage in the dying days of power, but the problem was already embedded in the minds of at least two generations of children reared to hate Australia and its history.

Australians voted for a conservative government and received more than a decade of DEI, ESG, and globalist policies copied from international bureaucracies. We need more than words and gentle rebuttals.

Instead of advising boycotts, the Liberal Party must cut the Woke-ness from itself. Make us believe that the party has changed.

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