Deny the Truth and Push your Agenda

By now most of the U.S. had read the "article" written on Deadspin by Laura Wagner, a makeshift "reporter".  If you have not the article it can be found here.  The "article" entitled, "Don't Doubt What You Saw With You Own Eyes", in a nutshell tells anyone who saw the full, unedited video they should ignore it and stay to true the misconceptions they were fed; to ignore the truth.  My response to her "article" is the remainder of this blog post.

My response on Deadspin (edited for some errors):

"So, basically, lie to yourself and support your confirmation bias, even when the full video provides information completely to the contrary. You leftists are truly, sincerely, and completely brain-dead. It has gotten to the point you are so caught up in your own lies and wish for Utopia you cannot even navigate through your own sea of hypocrisy, and in most cases you don’t even care to. You will simply call someone an “ist”, “ism” or “phobe” when unable to argue points mad which factually contradict your argument. For you, the world is “white bad”; “man bad”; “Christian bad”. You also (hypocritically, no doubt), scream “ACCEPTANCE!” from the rooftops, yet, you threaten or physically assault anyone who doesn’t agree with you while vandalizing their property or the property of others.  "PAY MORE TAXES!" Which comes from the ones who avoid paying taxes or pay none at all.

These kids were provoked. They were provoked by the idiotic “black Israelites”, a truly racist, homophobic, and radical group. They were also provoked by Nathan Philips, the Native American who happens to be a veteran, who is somehow relieved of his immaturity and fault in this matter due to his race and military status (which turns out to be false). The same can be said for the “black Israelites” due to their race (as we do not know their military statuses). 

The only reason the kids are the target are due to them supporting Trump, and the left’s notion president Trump is a racist. They [the left] are using this event as a platform to push their agenda, and it doesn’t matter to them these are innocent minors who stood their ground in the face of ignorance. If these boys would have been wearing “the Pussyhat” or apparel which supported a democratic candidate, they would never have been approached by Philips. They would have, however, had to deal with the “black Israelites” as they verbally assault anyone who passes who is not “black”.

Your attempts to label anything Trump - even if it means ignoring fact - is only driving the divide deeper in the country. And in all honesty, I believe it is exactly what you aim to do. You want to push every notion possible to divide the people. From “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot”, to the pulling off of hijabs, to lighting churches on fire, to spray painting swastikas and slogans, to this you are falsifying information and purposefully misguiding the public to cause civil unrest. You don’t want peace. You want war. You want war abroad, and even worse you want it at home."

I stand behind these kids and behind president Trump.  I stand behind my nation and our values.  I stand with you wearing a red hat in the face of waving a red flag.  To all of those who are standing with the Constitution in-hand, I am with you.  Stay strong.  Stick together.  Trust in God.    

President-elect Donald J. Trump

Republicans, Democrats, 3rd Parties, and the media all said he could never do it; now who's laughing?

On November 11th, 2016, I woke up to the site of Donald Trump leading in the election; if memory serves me correctly, Trump was ahead with 140 electoral votes.  Honestly, I was in complete and utter shock.  Without getting myself too excited by the thought of Hillary Clinton watching her hopes fade away I thought to myself, "Holy crap, Donald J. Trump is going to to be the next president."  This was definitely an overconfident belief, considering none of the 6 major states had been called.

As I watched the map of the U.S. turn blood red, as well as the faces of Cenk Uygur and Anna Kasparian, it was clear the results of the left's detrimental activities had come home to roost.  The American public is simply fed up with their [the left] oppressive and illogical policies; policies which only cater to emotion, rather than logic, fact, and reason.

Over the past 8 years this administration has made the world less safe both domestically and internationally, implemented a failed healthcare system completely counter intuitive to core American values, and catered to movements rooted in misinformation, hate, and violence which have divided the nation to the point of irrecognition.  We have a border akin to a block of Swiss cheese and war tactics which resemble those of Vietnam.  Our nationalized healthcare system was a massive glitch from inception, and now people are unable to keep their doctors and are facing up to 116% premium increases (1).   There are people marching in the streets in the name of "social justice", unjustly infringing on the rights and safety of others.  The country is broken, and the people look to Trump to fix it.  The question is, can Trump do it?

Throughout the election my primary complaint about Trump was his vagueness.  He regularly used simple sentences which described his changes as "great", "huge", "big things", etc., and was awfully repetitive.  In his defense, there were some speeches of his that impressed me, but they still didn't provide a true insight into where we were going - just that it would be "better".  ...but what does "better" mean and how do we get there?

In recent days Trump has set out a plan for the first 100 days (2), which offers some impressive points:

1. Issue notification of intent to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership
2. Cancel restriction on American energy
3. Reduce regulations - for every new regulation, two old regulations will eliminated
4. Protect America's infrastructure
5. Investigate abuses of visa program
6. Impose five-year ban on executive officials becoming lobbyists after leaving the administration and a lifetime ban on executive officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government

Personally, this opens my eyes a bit to how we are getting to where we are going; especially, number 6.  In my personal opinion the majority of the blame for our nation's incorrect path is on the shoulders of lobbyists.  Rather than making choices which best suite the American people as a whole, lobbyists use billions of dollars (3) to sway politicians to do their bidding, many times hanging constituents out to dry.  If you had doubts about Trump "draining the swamp", this should be a wake up call.  Based off this list, I also believe it's safe to say he is serious about immediate job creation, security, and immigration (although we'll all be waiting on The Wall).

Unfortunately, we don't have much to work on as far as gauging Trump.  All we can do is wait and watch with the hope his somewhat ambiguous goals come to fruition to the benefit of the people.  I do believe this will happen, which is why I openly supported Trump over Hillary Clinton, but only time will tell.  He has already delivered on keeping Ford's small car production line in Kentucky (4) and is currently working to keep Carrier Corporation from moving to Mexico (5).  If president-elect Trump is also able to deliver on these 6 points within the first 100 days, I think it's safe to say we have president who is a man of his word.

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