A Croatian political study published in early 2019, using empirical research testing public attitudes towards contentious political symbols, found that in Croatian society "...from 2016 to 2018 the proclivity to ban the local fascist slogan "For the Homeland Ready" significantly increased to 50%, as a sign of growing criticism and aversion. (...) Nevertheless, when we move to on recent violent history, relative majority of 47% of citizens advocates preservation of the Homeland War monuments that contain the fascist slogan "For the Homeland Ready"." The authors further opined "when this slogan is used as a part of commemoration of the soldiers who fought in the Homeland War, it is impossible to separate the positive value of patriotic struggle for Croatia’s independence from revisionist acceptance of the legacy of fascist NDH and the persecution of the Serbian minority as a legitimate political goal."