Any argument that declares it’s unjust to teach children from the age of three  Australia’s Real History is hiding the past from view. That history has been carried forward intergenerationally today for 250 years and still exists in our social psyche.

The Germans are totally aware of that poison and teach their children from the earliest age their Real History and the coming of Hitler. So why are Conservative Australians so fearful of their past?

The Dutch hid their disgrace after WW2 and falsely represented themselves as anti-Nazi heroes until 1984 when it was proved that their actual unrecorded treatment of Dutch Jews was worse than that of the Germans. That less than 20% of Dutch Jews survived the enthusiastic deportation to death camps by their countrymen.

Alsmeer gained the reputation of being the Dutch most anti-Semitic town, where its elected Mayor was hanged for crimes against the Jews and his collaboration with Hitler. Coincidently Andrew Bolt’s family originates from there, his relatives still live there and so did he when he flunked Adelaide Uni. He still loves the place but like a true conservative, he advocates and will vote NO. He also wants the disgraceful aspects of our past ignored like he does Alsmeer’s

Colonisation is not just something that occurred in the past, it continues today. It’s steadfast in its approach, and its consequences affect each and every one of us. I struggle to see how we as a nation can make any real headway towards closing the gap around urgent national issues such as deaths in custody, the over-representation of First Nation peoples in custody, suicide rates, and displaced children, while the system continues to perpetuate the legacies of colonialism.

Source: Continuation of colonisation: Reflecting on January 26 – Missing Perspectives