Top 8 reasons not to support Valentines Day

8. It carries an enormously unnecessary carbon footprint

7. It makes lonely people feel lonelier

6. It is supported by irresponsible deforestation

5. It is a part of a settler agenda to sculpt our 'national identity'

4. Its based on a history of racist oppression and the assimilation of pagan and indigenous traditions

3. It takes healthy values and warps them into unhealthy consumerist activities

2. Because it perpetuates colonial gender roles

1. Because its fueled by corporate advertising campaigns that push mass produced junk