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It wouldn't surprise me if this was posted and eagerly upvoted as a historical example of how we supposedly should behave in defiance of unjust authority in the
by throwaway00052 10y ago
It wouldn't surprise me if this was posted and eagerly upvoted as a historical example of how we supposedly should behave in defiance of unjust authority in the age of President Trump.
But the article in question is principally about a genocide of Armenian Christians perpetrated by Turkish Muslims. Doesn't this episode from not-too-distant history demonstrate, for example, the danger of mass, unchecked Muslim immigration to this and every other Western nation, or that diversity, contrary to what is so often asserted, is not a strength but rather is a weakness, one that contributed to the downfall of the Ottoman, Hapsburg, and Russian empires?
- pasquinelli 10y agothe existence of ethnic cleansing is an argument for ethnic cleansing? past atrocities are reason to turn away refugees of current atrocities? sir or madam, i do believe you've got your brain in backward.
- throwaway00052 10y agoThe existence of ethnic cleansing is a compelling argument against diversity being a strength, and past atrocities, especially those afflicting Christians of European descent, serve to demonstrate why Christians of European descent should not allow themselves to be displaced and dispossessed through mass immigration, lest they suffer a fate similar to that of the Armenians.
- WillyOnWheels 10y agoHoly hay, I've never heard of anyone blame the Armenian genocide on immigration. The Ottomans suffered military losses in the Balkans, and kept losing territory to the Russians. The Three Pashas massacred the Armenians to try to stay in power.
- pasquinelli 10y ago"The existence of ethnic cleansing is a compelling argument against diversity being a strength" no, it's a compelling reminder to fight racism, xenophobia, religious intolerance, and the rest, like the deadly diseases they are. the atrocities of the past are their result.