Panahi: Proud celebration of Chinese New Year highlights Left’s hypocrisy
Activists, feckless politicians, sporting bodies and big corporates who shunned Australia Day are joyously marking the Lunar New Year, but how can the race-obsessed malcontent look past China’s litany of crimes?
Rita Panahi
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In this year of the dragon let’s take a moment to marvel at the hypocrisy of the Australian Left, who are more than happy to loudly and proudly celebrate the Chinese New Year but not our national holiday, Australia Day.
The usual suspects including activists, feckless politicians, sporting bodies and big corporates, who shunned Australia Day are joyously marking the Lunar New Year which originated in China, the country that is right now committing ethnic genocide against the Uighurs as well as a plethora of other human rights abuses including but not limited to organ harvesting and the torture, imprisonment and killing of political dissidents.
That’s all fine and dandy but apparently when it comes to Australia we are all supposed to be afflicted with enormous guilt and shame.
Now, I am not suggesting for one minute that the Chinese Lunar New Year should not be celebrated, after all the notion of collective guilt should be abhorrent to any thinking person, but how can the race-obsessed malcontent, preoccupied with historic grievances, look past China’s litany of crimes, past and present.
Anti-Australia Day Woolworths had a Lunar New Year range.
The City of Melbourne had a big street party they advertised on social media posting: “Join us this Sunday in the heart of Chinatown for the Chinese Lunar New Year Festival!”
But there was no post or party on Australia Day. It’s the same for Labor politicians who are too terrified or disgusted to mention ‘Australia Day’ but have no qualms marking this Sino-centric holiday.
But perhaps the most vomit inducing hypocrisy came from sporting clubs.
Take North Melbourne Football Club who posted this upbeat message on Saturday: “Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! Wishing you a safe, healthy and happy year ahead.”
Contrast that with the forlorn, guilt ridden nonsense the Kangaroos shared on our national day: “We recognise the pain and sadness many First Nations Peoples and the broader community may be experiencing at this time. We will be stronger together when we can celebrate the history of the country we call home, on a date that unites us.”
Yes, we already have that, it’s called Australia Day and it’s on January 26, you self-loathing hypocrites.
Rita Panahi is a Herald Sun columnist
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