The Hye-Phen's Radicalism

So, when gays are telling me The Hye-Phen Magazine and Collective is an embarrassment to their community, all I can do is ask them why they are not speaking up. Here is a magazine which claims to be there for homosexuals, yet all they do is attempt to promote ultra-liberal ideals and place blame on anyone besides the responsible party which, of course, paints the community they claim to be part of as irresponsible, foul-mouthed, immature, and directionless children.

Most recently I saw one of their articles with the hashtag "stoppatriotism".  Patriotism, specifically in the United States, is what has forwarded gays the right to live as they want. Patriotism is the reason we have the Bill of Rights. Patriotism is the reason these ill-informed gender-studies majors are able to spew ignorance from the catacombs of their self-imposed righteousness. Patriotism is the reason people put on a uniform to protect you.

Personally, as a Christian, I support gay rights. Christ told us to love all - it's simple to understand. However, this "magazine" does nothing to support gays. If anything it creates a worse environment for them, as their ideals and the articles they write are illogical, uneducated, and clearly based solely on emotion. You want to help the gay community? Write articles telling how gays have lives just as anyone else. Write articles telling how gays hold true and loving relationships with their partners. Write articles which use solid facts and statistics from reputable organizations. Basically, write about the subject matter you claim to be fighting for and do it with facts, not anecdotal information or numbers from defunct/debunked organizations. Stop drawing your false lines of "intersectionality" between subjects which are unrelated in the hopes of strengthening your clearly weak arguments through mob mentality.

The final note - Take the clear hypocrisy out of your pieces. As you attack patriotism you push your ideals such as feminism, extreme-left liberalism (self-described radicals), and anti-patriarchy rubbish, which are some of the most misguided and uneducated forms of patriotism. The whole organization is so far off in "It's-everyone-else's-fault-protest-anything-that-is-the-norm-trigger-warning-safe-space-white-straight-males-are-bad land" you are unable to see your own bullshit. However, the rest of us can, and we are going to call you out on all of it, as we are not your woman and gender studies professor who spoon fed you all of this insane and backwards rhetoric.

Standing Rock and the Armenian Genocide

"The Hye-Phen Magazine and Collective" is at it, again.  This confused group of pseudo-intellectuals, who are "artists" or have obtained challenging degrees in humanities fields such as Women and Gender Studies, has been disseminating what they refer to as "journalism" to the Armenian public for roughly 2 years.  Like most liberal outlets their "news" is riddled with words such as misogyny, "intersectionality" (which doesn't exist), Islamophobia, racism, sexism, bigotry, ...you get the picture.  These cherished epithets combined with the habitual use of profanity and deflection of responsibility create the most ignorant and embarrassing publication Armenian society has ever had the displeasure of being exposed to.

In their most recent article authored by Stefanie Kundakjian, Hye-Phen compares the current situation at Standing Rock Indian Reservation, where protests have erupted over an oil pipeline, to the the Armenian Genocide. The lines Kundakjian attempts to draw between the two events resemble a severe epileptic's connect the dots puzzle.  Here are each of her arguments and why they are ignorant:

1. "The ancient city of Samosata (in Armenian: Շամուշատ) was flooded by the Atatürk Dam"
2. "Surp Giragos Armenian Apostolic Church in Diyarbakir has been expropriated"
3. "Traces of old Yerevan are being demolished"
4. "The old mining town of Alaverdi has become extremely cancerous"

Indeed, all of the events mentioned in the article are factual.  Samosata was lost in 1989, and Surp Giragos (along with others) was expropriated by Turkish authorities in 2016.  It is also true historical buildings are regularly demolished in Yerevan, and Alaverdi is an absolute mess.  However, what is happening with the Dakota Access Pipeline is no way, shape, or form comparable to these.

The difference between these events is crystal clear for anyone with even a partially functioning frontal lobe:  

1. The path of the pipeline has been carefully selected in order to avoid harming any historic or spiritual sites, and the pipeline may be rerouted if other sites are identified
2. The land being expropriated is being bought at a fair market value from the deed holders, in Turkey no one has been compensated and it's not only land but historical buildings
3. No towns or cities are being disrupted by the pipeline
4. Alaverdi is the result of loose or nonexistent regulations and outdated technology, while the pipeline is under strict regulation and being built with the newest technology and materials

It is also important to point out the difference between the governments of Turkey and the United States of America.  The U.S.A. has recognized the atrocities committed against the Native Americans, provided the Natives self-governed land, and rights not available to other American citizens.  While in Turkey the Armenian Genocide is violently denied by the government, outside of Istanbul Armenians still live in fear and are threatened, and not one area has been designated for Armenians on land that is rightfully ours.  Also, expropriation in Turkey serves to erase evidence and invalidate Armenian land claims - something the pipeline is not attempting to do. The simple fact these protests and legal actions were even allowed to occur should provide further understanding as to why the two are so very different.

This is not he first time Hye-Phen has brought disgrace upon themselves and it won't be the last.  Their addiction to "intersectionality" and "solidarity" has driven them to marginalize the Armenian Genocide and to treat its meaning with outright levity by making unjust comparisons.  They are using the Armenian Genocide as a tool to push their agenda, something which should cause anger and offense in every Armenian.  The Armenian Genocide is not a prop to be used on their stage of absurdity in order to add gravity to their otherwise featherweight notions.  

Hye-Phen really is the "Inter Semiotics"* of Armenian "journalism" - leftist, void of logic, commonsense, and reasoning.  They should be ashamed of themselves for publishing such ludicrous pieces and we, as decent individuals, should take them to task for it.  It's time for us to steamroll this monstrosity before it's allowed to spread its virus any further.
*Your disdain for the leftist millennials will increase

BLM and the Armenian Genocide

BLM and the Armenian Genocide

I was going to bite my tongue on this issue, but the absurdity behind this movement and the ignorance of bringing the march to Tsitsernakaberd must be addressed.

 The story can be found here: http://hetq.am/eng/news/69272/black-lives-matter-solidarity-at-the-armenian-genocide-memorial-in-yerevan.html

Black Lives Matter, also known as BLM, is an organization founded on the idea African-Americans are treated unfairly by police in the United States, including being over-represented when it comes to brutality and death by police. This couldn't be more false. Overall in the United States, Caucasians are killed more by police than any other race. In 2015, 581 whites were killed by police, compared to 306 blacks. So far in 2016, 297 whites have been killed compared to 148 blacks. With the numbers adjusted (per capita) more blacks are killed than whites per 1,000,000 people - 2015: 7.27 (black) to 2.93 (white); 2016 3.52 (black) to 1.5 (white). One only needs to look at the crime rate and have an elementary understanding of basic mathematics to understand why these numbers fall right in line with what's happening on the streets, and the fact no one is being "unfairly treated".

*Statistics from 2012-2013*

Overall, whites commit more crimes than blacks - 4,091,971 (does not include Hispanic crimes) to 955,800, respectively; these numbers cover violent crimes only. The numbers of all crime is - 6,502,919 (includes Hispanic crimes) to 2,640,067, respectively. The total number of crimes committed by all races in 2012 was 9,390,473. Based on the 2nd set of numbers this would mean whites (which includes Hispanic crimes) committed 69% and blacks committed 28% of the total crimes in the U.S. Now, let's bring in population size. Whites make up 72.41% (includes Latino/Hispanic population, 12.5%) of the U.S. population and blacks 12.61%. So, 72% of the population is committing 69% of the crime (whites) while 12.61% of the population is committing 28% (blacks). Now, let's look at the per capita numbers pertaining to violent crimes, per 100,000 people: White: 265,754 = 107 per 100,000; Black: 179,636 = 473 per 100,000. Blacks are committing 440% more violent crimes than whites. In 2012, the FBI reported the following on black crime:

49.4% of all murders

32.5% of all forcible rapes

54.9% of all robberies

34.1% of all aggravated assaults

This is not an issue of race, it is an issue of crimes being committed. Blacks are not being treated unfairly, they are committing an overabundance of crime. To add to this, the movement was started due to bona fide criminals dying at the hands of police - only in the case of Walter Scott was the police officer clearly wrong in his actions and he is paying for it. Castile is another case under investigation.

"Institutional" or "systematic" racism is nothing more than a ghost in the machine term. Since before the U.S. civil rights movement of the 1960s there has not been one piece of inherently racist legislation enacted. However, since that time the rate of black single-motherhood jumped from 20% to 70%, black teens are killing each other at staggeringly higher rates than whites, while graduation rates are substantially lower. This has everything to do with culture and nothing to do with racism. For this to be true it would mean the U.S. has become more racist since the 1960s; I invite anyone to attempt to prove that theory.

The idea one is able to relate this ridiculous and unsubstantiated movement to the innocent slaughter of millions of people is disgusting at best. The Armenian Genocide memorial is here to commemorate those lost in a genocide which is substantiated and accepted by an overwhelming majority of historians and scholars. The people that organized and participated in this should be ashamed of themselves. What a foolish thing to have done. You have made a mockery of the Armenian Genocide and the memorial, and done nothing more than dilute the events and their memory.

It's the ill-informed millennial social justice warriors like you that are tearing people and nations apart and who make a mockery out of the true struggles of the past.



https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2011/crime-in-the-u.s.-2011/tables/table-43
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_coi.asp
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr61/nvsr61_01.pdf
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=5366
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/12/17/1-the-american-family-today/