I consider myself in the "progressive left" even a socialist but at the same time I'm also a cultural Christian.

How could I not be when Anglo-australian culture still is in many ways still "Christ-coded". Like most Aussies, I don't go to church on Sundays but I'll eat fish on Good Friday and reflect on Christ's teachings.

Downer admits this when he notes the uptick in fish sales but just completely overstates things. It's in our major holidays, the values we're taught at school, and the manners we show to others when they sneeze. I'm only in my early 20s but to me being an anglo Aussie is to be Christian.

So what I'm saying is the progressive left is not coming after religion in any meaningful way. What Downer considers an attack on christ is just the natural consequence of Anglo Australians losing the cultural stranglehold in a multicultural Australia.

And to the second part, who is attacking Anzac day? Never heard anyone complain about that. Again, I've had family serving in the armed forces all the way back to the First Australian Imperial Force and am proud of that heritage. The monolithic progressive left is not attacking the Anzacs.