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A Century After Armenian Genocide, Turkey's Denial Only Deepens

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electrotek4/17/2015 8:55:09 pm PDT

re: #2 CriticalDragon1177

Wanna know what else is messed up? I’ve noticed many Muslims are immediately siding with Turkey and reinforcing the false claim that there was no genocide there. Even sites that claim to oppose Islamophobia like LoonWatch which have rightfully criticized right-wingers for denying the Bosnian Genocide will immediately claim there was no Armenian Genocide in modern-day Turkey. This is no different from Eastern Orthodox Christians claiming there was no genocide in the Balkans against Bosnian Muslims. Denial of the Armenian Genocide or Bosnian Genocide is WRONG on all counts and should never be denied on the basis of faux religious solidarity.

Just because some Islamophobic shitheads have embraced the Armenian cause doesn’t mean we should engage in a knee-jerk reaction and deny it. It happened and we should continue to pressure the Turks to admit it and apologize for it. Not to appease the Islamophobes but because it is morally and ethically speaking, the right thing to do.