The last couple of days have been quite interesting, I'm so glad that Joe from The Moderate Voice decided to talk about the Ibarretxe Plan.
There is one double standard that amuses me a lot and that has been brought to the limelight.
When a Basque defends the idea of self-determination, he is asked to state his position regarding ETA. Again and again, Basques state that they are against ETA's violent campaign and they condemn ETA's attacks at every opportunity they have. Just like I did.
But when an Spaniard defends the idea of One Spain, no one ever asks from him or her to state his or her position regarding Francisco Franco and his beliefs.
This is as a result of the ignorance that surrounds the topic, it is not surprise that after decades of media manipulation people in the international community forgets what Franco did, where he stood, the violence he unleashed and the thousands of Spaniards he killed.
This is why it was easy for the Barcepundit to call me a terrorist supporter on a thinly veiled phrase that I reproduce here:
He knows better than to activate a comment system at his blog, that way he can dish out accusations like this one without getting a response.
Double standard is a bitch.
There is one double standard that amuses me a lot and that has been brought to the limelight.
When a Basque defends the idea of self-determination, he is asked to state his position regarding ETA. Again and again, Basques state that they are against ETA's violent campaign and they condemn ETA's attacks at every opportunity they have. Just like I did.
But when an Spaniard defends the idea of One Spain, no one ever asks from him or her to state his or her position regarding Francisco Franco and his beliefs.
This is as a result of the ignorance that surrounds the topic, it is not surprise that after decades of media manipulation people in the international community forgets what Franco did, where he stood, the violence he unleashed and the thousands of Spaniards he killed.
This is why it was easy for the Barcepundit to call me a terrorist supporter on a thinly veiled phrase that I reproduce here:
Of course, I'm not accusing Ingerelaz's author of any relationship with Basque terrorism; I don't know him and have just seen his blog for the fist time.
He knows better than to activate a comment system at his blog, that way he can dish out accusations like this one without getting a response.
Double standard is a bitch.
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