Daron Malakian von System of a Down sagt: „An alle Demonstranten auf dem College-Campus möchte ich Sie Folgendes fragen: Wo blieb Ihre Empörung, als die Babys von Arzach weinten?“
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Von dssevag
Daron Malakian von System of a Down sagt: „An alle Demonstranten auf dem College-Campus möchte ich Sie Folgendes fragen: Wo blieb Ihre Empörung, als die Babys von Arzach weinten?“
https://v.redd.it/h40r9v1qwaxc1
Von dssevag
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The Palestinian cause in the US is relatively organized and has been able to recruit Americans of all backgrounds to advocate for them. We, Armenians, have not. Simple. If we want that, we must work for it, too. Moral and philosophical arguments, alone, will not convince people to see our suffering without political power.
I get that it must be frustrating to see your country’s issues get ignored, but also the student protestors fight for a divestment from Israel would also help the Armenian people as well by divesting from one of Azerbaijan’s main weapon suppliers. My college campus’ encampment is surrounded with Armenian and Artsakh flags because of this.
A slap to the face of those trendy/selective activists 👍. Thank you Daron.
I understand the disappointment for lack of outrage during the blockade and ethnic cleansing, but isn’t the reaction now related to the number of civilian deaths? Based on that number, you can’t really compare the two conflicts at all.
Funny how people here are so into American politics that they can’t even understand that Armenia and the issue of Armenians is not important for a country like the US.
But Palestine is because it is ingrained inside of American politics .
How many vetos did the US do for Armenia?
Out of the **87 total Vetoes in the UN by the US, 56 were done for Israel.**
In terms of aid, **15% of the entirety of Israel’s military budget is from the US every year.**
The current universities where students are protesting are sending money to Israel, and one of them is building a sister University inside of Tel Aviv.
The fact that many huge defense and military corporations have joints manufacturing with the US already is significant.
The fact that many US politicians visit Israel and build policy on Israeli needs also shows the connection between both countries.
The only connection between the US and the Caucasus was that $100 million per year of aid they sent to Azerbaijan.
And that wasn’t even to enact their own policy, but to have a base for future strikes in Afghanistan .
Yes, Armenia, much like Muslims and “poc”s in the world, including Indonesians, Yemenis, Ecuadorians, Uyghurs, the Amhara in Ethiopia, the Nigerians…. Are left in the sidelines….
**I bet 90% of you don’t even know a war is ongoing in Sudan**
Yes, it is not that fucking surprising that the areas and regions that the US bombs which are predominantly people of color and Muslims are going to be the most talked about regions in the US because that’s where they’re fucking bombing . Meaning that’s where their taxes are going….
It’s also not surprising that the countries that receive the most aid from the United States, as well as the most political support (ukr and is) are the biggest talking point of the world…….
And Armenia, which receive neither support from the US in terms of military or politics . Nor does it have a significant following of evangelical Americans lobbying for our shit, So yes, we are left in the sidelines.
sickening to hear… im an arab who supports armenia but why diss Palestinians protesters when the same one support armenia? your literally downgrading and insulting a political movement and another peoples struggle against genocide just because your struggle against it isn’t as televised, i protest for both as so do at least 50 other people i know.
The university students are doing the right thing protesting the evil state that armed Azerbaijan to attack and ethnically cleanse Artsakh.
I remember being annoyed at the west because they supported the dictatorship and not the democracy. If they really cared for democracy they’d work towards for there to be zero square inches of land ruled by dictators but they ignored it for foreign oil and money. Even Russia doesn’t care much about Armenia any more, and that dictatorship supported the democracy.
We Armenians would be a lot better off if we realized that nobody will ever love us anywhere near as much as we love ourselves.
Solidarity isn’t transactional!
To be fully objective, Azeris didn’t murder, thanks to our defenders, 15,000 Armenian children either.
the college campus protesters are also with artsakh [here from today](https://www.reddit.com/r/vexillology/comments/1cfcq3i/what_is_this_flag_hung_under_palestinian_flag_w/), the palestinain cause and the Armenian are the same, both united against genocidal regimes.
If I was in his position, I would mention that their outrage is justified first because it is, and then say what you need to say. This just makes it sound like SOAD are assholes, and they aren’t. They’ve even posted about the Palestinian cause.
I was frustrated and hurt when the world was silent about Artsakh too. It really sucked.
It seems like people who say things like this („where were you?“) think bitterness is going to win over hearts and minds. But there’s a million injustices in the world to the point where everyone could be bitter at all times. Like why didn’t Daron do anything about war in Sudan! Where were you! I’m glad he’s bringing awareness to Artsakh to the larger SOAD crowd but I wish he wasn’t doing it in the whiniest way possible.
There’s not nearly as much clout in protesting for Artsakh as there is against “white colonizers oppressing Muslims.”