Dibran
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Did you ever hear the one about how supposedly we Albanians are born with tails and brought from Hell by the Ottomans? Lol true story. Not the story itself but the fact they believed it. In very rural isolated areas, they still do. Mainly elderly.For a while I've noticed that this forum has a really odd and far too frequent phenomenon where these sorts of arguments centered around the Balkans would erupt randomly and out of nowhere in the middle of a thread that doesn't necessarily have anything to do with that region.
Before and for a while, I never really understood how any of them were started, or what they were about, and I would either attempt to understand what's being said and fail, or i would just ignore the posts.
Johane did give me a nice walk thru just last week regarding them, and it seems that the Serbian government wants to spread false and ridiculous rumors about Albanians (which is ethically disgusting) by forcing schools to teach students about how they supposedly originate from the Caucasus and were transplanted by the ottomans or another really wild and wacky theory involving them being appointed by the Romans to crucify Bartholomew. None of this garbage is true and it seems like an attempt to make Albanians the "bad guys".
Hopefully I didn't offend a Serbian here, as I have nothing against Serbians at all.
If a Serb is offended by the truth then they prefer to believe a lie. Even Albanians has their devils.
As human beings who aim to ascribe to Justice and Equity, one needs to define the same rules for all peoples.
They don’t realize their toxic being is a detriment to the future they desire and not a benefit. Everyone is trying to be the big ancient OG native. As if it makes any difference that the Balkans is a backwards shithole. And this is coming from an Albanian.
My biggest confusion is, many of these fervent bigots are themselves the product of those who migrated away from descrimination.
For many Albanians, becoming communist was a matter of life and death. One could imagine how hard it is to make the better choice.
So, like many, my grandfather as much as he loved his nation, knew that his family and his self were doomed if they remained. Risking all to come to this nation.
This is the case for many. To have them rekindle old dramas from the host nation. Despite having no impact or even experience of what life is like in their country of origin.
A month or so ago, I read an article about the Serbian government trying to evict a woman and her son from their home. Both these people were mentally disabled. Severely so.
The Serbian people in the area gathered and formed a bridge between police and the building to keep police from forcing these poor people from their home.
That shows goodness and human decency is not dead. My friend even told me their Serbian neighbors sheltered and hid Albanians from Serb forces/weekend raids etc.
What people don’t understand(and this applies to all nations) is that if you make yourself part of the problem, you will contribute to said problem. You will have no choice but to choose sides.
People have to treat themselves as Sovereign individual and uphold justice even in their own nation turns from it. That is why many left the Balkans.
There’s animals on all sides. But, as a political entity(not individual as a whole) Serbia was a aggressor. Had they just learned from other nations and didn’t allow religion ethnic hatred a and dogma to dictate their decisions, they probably would never have lost Yugoslavia and made it prosper.
But these nations are given to fear. And so they give life to those very fears.
They have a real chance to move forward. But, much of this online hatred comes from those born OUTSIDE the Balkans. Privileged middle and upper class citizens of western nations who see that part of the world with one eye half closed.
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