Today's topic is the political group The Young Turks
For you that don't know who they are they are a left-wing organization that provides news and political commentary on a wide range of subjects. That have a very popular Youtube channel of the same name and wield quite a bit of political influence. I was once a subscriber of their channel and enjoyed them quite a bit. But after seeing some other videos on them and being reminded of the original Young Turks, I quickly unsubscribed and now hold a bit of anger against them.
What happened was that I watched videos by Sargon of Akkad and DrRandomercam in which they revealed flaws in the Young Turks arguments and revealed how they themselves are just as capable of purposefully skewing as say, Fox News, only in the opposite direction and with the claim that they are better. This fact helped me to ensure that I don't just immediately claim to be left-wing. For the most part I am, with a few exceptions, but even if I am, that does not mean I, or you, have to immediately swallow the political dialogues of other left-wingers. Feminists are left-wing, and I hold a great deal of contempt for them. Mao was left-wing and I think he was a monster. You and I must make sure that what we are hearing is the truth and what we actually believe in, not just the spewing of the same or a similar political spectrum as ourselves.
Now, with that lesson out of the way, I'd like to reveal what really turned me on the Young Turks. That is, there were name. The Young Turks are named after a political movement that began in the Ottoman Empire a little before the First World War. It was made up of students and the younger generation that was tired of the corruption of their government and overthrew the government, and implemented the second Constitution. That's all well and dandy. The younger generation of the Ottoman Empire, Turks, Greeks, Armenians, all coming together to get rid of corruption, well done. Unfortunately it did not end there.
With the start of the First World War and the eventually adding of Turkey to the Central Powers, the new Young Turk government turned its attention to the Armenians within in its borders. under the guise of counter-terrorism and a fight against pro-Russian entities, the Young Turk government began the Armenian Genocide. This genocide, still denied today by the modern Turkish government under the fear of reprisal, caused the deaths of 1.5 million Armenians. These were the 20th centuries first Nazis. Indeed many future Nazi leaders were among the Turks committing the murders and learned lessons they would use in the future against the Jews. Yet, the modern Young Turks proudly display their name, the name of a genocidal regime that got away with its own Holocaust despite the huge and irrefutable evidence out there. Despite their 'liberal' beliefs. I have yet to see them actually say, the Armenian Genocide happened. They make this big deal upon how they have Armenians working for them, including one of the hosts and how they're not these old Young Turks, etc etc. But I have yet to hear from them, 'yes, the Armenian Genocide happened'. They move around it like good little politicians. And this is why I am not so pleased with seeing them. If they come out and say that the Armenian Genocide happened, and better yet, that justice needs to be given to the victims of the genocide, great, I will change my tune, but until then, I hold them in little regard.
With that, I bid you all a fine day, and I look forward to hearing back from you.
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