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Tens of hundreds of Greek citizens made their way to Florina on Sunday in order to take part in a protest march against a planned event in the city from FYROManians on July 20th. The city of Florina was flooded from patriots from all over Greece who raised the blue and white sending a loud message to all those interests that want to destabilise the region, that Macedonia is, was and will always remain Greek. The event was endorsed by the stoxo newspaper and many members from the Golden Dawn party also took part, as did Prefect Michael Tsakiris and Serres MP Nikitas Siois.
Why Florina? Well, every year on July 19-20 the town of Meliti in Florina organizes a series of festivals (that supposedly celebrate Saint Elias Day) but over the past few years it has also hosted musicians and dance troops from FYROM, who literally flood the area to spread their "good-will" propaganda.
The town is very close to the boarder with FYROM and some of its residents also speak a local dialect which is very similar to the Slavic language. Unfortunately many FYROM extremists use this as a tool against Greece and say that the region -and the wider Macedonia area- is illegally occupied by the Greeks!
That is why the protest march was held on Sunday in order to send a loud -and clear- message to the organizers that anti-Hellenistic tactics will not be tolerated on Greek land any longer. Indeed international folklore festivals are welcome, but should not be used as a tool by provocateurs so that they can "all be Macedonians" for the day. What we mean by this is that one of the reasons the march was organized on Sunday July 15th was because a radio broadcast was recorded and then uploaded to YouTube earlier in July inviting local residents to join in on the festivities so that they can all become "Macedonians" together for the day. Listen to the audio... and judge for yourselves.
Its common sense really, and has nothing to do with extremism and being a fanatical nationalist as some would probably say. The radio invitation you just listened to would be fruitless, and laughable if it wasn't for all the other things that have provoked Greek sentiment about this issue and this includes the countless provocative maps by FYROM officials that show their country extending to the Thermaikos Gulf in Thessaloniki, the symbol of the Vergina Sun on their national flag, the elements they have used to construct a three-ring mythological circus in their capital city which features Alexander The Great -whom they claim is a direct descendants of theirs- and lets not forget the recent statements by this nation's officials who claim that Macedonia -from Thrace to Epirus- is illegally occupied by the Greeks!
The participators of the march on Sunday simply and democratically showed their dissatisfaction as well as sent out a warning that this will not be tolerated any longer. But the message was not only aimed at the visitors from across the boarder, but also to some local residents -or anti-Hellenes- who are centralized here. What is really sets us off with this particular issue is the fact that the Greek state pays for these festivals, that basically only do one thing and that is to bring together anti-Hellenes and FYROManians against Greek interests and present it as good-will relations.
And we ask.. can a group of Greek citizens enter FYROM and begin dancing and singing and screaming out the words "Macedonia is Greek"? We here at hellasfrappe do not think so, because it would not be the politically correct thing to do of course, or It would probably cause a diplomatic rift between both countries and lastly extremists would probably grasp the opportunity to literally cause chaos.
So for God's sake... why should Greek citizens be accepting of this in their own country?
And what's more... why shouldn't demonstrate over it?
Standing up for the truth and being a patriot against a nation that has continually and systimatically provoked our national sentiment with falsifications, provocations as well as our level of patience as a peoples has nothing to do with nationalism, it is a common duty and simple common sense.
Friends, what we do today as Hellenes, will determine our tomorrow as a nation. Hellasfrappe does not politically support Golden Dawn, but we are damn glad that they marched in Florina to oppose this event, which is degrading -to say the least- to our national pride. Bravo to them and to all the participants.
And if you think we are exaggerating about all of this... then watch this news clip from MEGA channel which was recorded in 2008 about this festival, and listen to how sarcastic wanna-be Greeks are about the protest marches that were occurring in the city at the time the FYROManians flooded the town. TOTALLY DISGUSTING.
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