Opinion
Armenians must side with indigenous land rights against the occupier US government
It is widely known that the Armenian Diaspora in America faces the existential threat of assimilation into American society. We typically view this assimilationist crisis through the angle of loss of culture and identity; that is to say, in what ways we cease to engage in Armenian identity-affirming traditions – cultural, political, etc. What we don’t often focus on is what superfluous and negative beliefs we acquire from the culture of our host country.
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Kuddos for Aram’s courageous and refreshing ideas regarding the cause of the Indigenous peoples in the US and all over the world, including the Armenian people who lost their ancestral homeland. The point made by Aram is that we should be consistent with our position in condemning genocide committed not only against the Armenian people but against all the peoples no matter who the perpetrators are including the US government. Otherwise, we would be hypocrite to condemn one government and avoiding other governments because of selfish interests. Bravo, Aram!
Well said (go Maroons!). So unbelievably self-evident for anyone with a moral compass. Sad that it needs to be said. But one nuanced point from my perspective: let’s not support indigenous rights so as not to be hypocritical concerning our own advocacy for our own rights. Let’s support indigenous peoples simply, simply, simply because it’s the morally right thing to do. And if you consider yourself a Christian,…OK, I’ll stop preaching.
Interesting that the ARF/AYF continues to propagate radical Marxist ideologies, especially after the fantastic failures of Marxism in the 20th century took such a toll on life, property, and freedom. Have you learned nothing from Armenia’s time under the SSR, let alone the multitudinous Marxist/Socialist failures across the rest of the world? What will it take to debunk that junk?
What’s more amazing is how modern Marxists/Socialists, sitting pretty in capitalist/imperialist wealth (in “Genocidal, Imperialist USA”, are so ready to cut the branch they are sitting on in the name of that failed socio-economic ideal.
As the famed punk band says, they need a Holiday in Cambodia…