The mermaid argument is ridiculous anyway . Don ' t they use the word as a cutesy way of describing chub rublack of thigh gap ? I guess the word ' s only an unrealistic beauty standard when obese women aren ' t using it . <| sep |> I got one ! !<| sep |> I ' m not commenting on Indigenous opposition to Australia Day , although I would comment that the situation you ' re referring to is clearly not that occurring here , since the Source is the ABC article linked to by this post , and the person making the comment is an Elder himself . I stated that it was interesting the comments he was making in this article and on 720 ABC this morning , and it is . In terms of never actually hearing an indigenous person actually side for Australia Day , I guess now you have heard of one , since he ' s quoted in the article . EDIT My own opinion on Australia Day is that we should definitely have it as a holiday but come up with a way for it to represent a different event , such as Federation , even if you need to name it that if someone can ' t get behind Federation , then frankly they ' re probably just a polemic divisive arsehole who wants to whinge about problems rather than solving them , and then agree to change it to a day that represents the act of Federation without irretrievably clashing with New Years Day .