Throughout my life, I've heard a lot of things about being Armenian that range from ridiculous to downright horrible.
In the words of one of my favorite Southwest Asian North African Instagram personalities and wonderful Armenian ally"Where are you from? No, where are you actually from?"
I'm likely in the minority here, but I don't mind this question too much, since I see it as an opportunity to explain to others who Armenians are. That said, it's really important to be respectful with this question and understand that many people won't appreciate the assumption that they're not"from here."Tap to play GIFThis is untrue, and honestly, it's no one's business policing how Armenian I or anyone else is.
But many Armenians won't go to Turkey or spend money there because of Turkey's denial of the genocide and their ongoing violence against us and the other indigenous groups of the region. Needless to say, if someone tells you they're Armenian, this should probably not be your IMMEDIATE response.Armenians have the right to be angry while Turkey continues to deny the Armenian genocide and threatens and supports further violence against us alongside Azerbaijan.
This is otherwise known as"both sides-ism." There's no such thing as"both sides figuring it out peacefully" when one side is repeatedly attacking the other and kidnapping civilians to torture and murder them. This take actually means you are enabling the oppressor.
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