Before I briefly discuss why Abyssinian bigotry is wholly deplorable, let’s have critical look at the definition of bigot (individual) and bigotry (attitude, perception and action). OXFORD DEFINITION of a bigot is ‘’Intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself’’, CAMBRIDGE DEFINITION, ‘’a person who has strong, unreasonable beliefs and who thinks that anyone who does not have the same beliefs is wrong’’; DICTIONARY.COM’S definition for bigot is ‘’ stubborn and complete intolerance of any creed, belief, or opinion that differs from one's own’’. Oxford dictionaries further define Bigotry (noun); as prejudice, bias, partiality, partisanship, sectarianism, discrimination, unfairness, injustice; intolerance, narrow-mindedness, fanaticism, dogmatism; racism, racialism, sexism, chauvinism and more.
People of Abyssinian creed have explicitly or implicitly assume that the people of subjugated nations and nationalities aren’t ready to manage their own affairs. Therefore, they strongly believes that they have to create a kind of nanny state under which they rule, as is the case under the pretext of ethnic federalism (the current). TPLF’s key players’ remote control others from the level of locality to the federal apparatuses under these assumptions. The incumbent didn’t create this attitude within 22 years’ rule, but it’s a deep seated Abyssinian bigotry against their subjects since they invaded the lands of Oromo, Sidama, Ogadenia, Gambela, Kaffa, Shakacho and others nations and nationalities; as was the case with European colonialists.
Such deep seated bigotry of the current regime further manifests itself in a number of ways. For instances, the regime states that it is ready to fully allow nations and nationalities to manage their own affairs as per its constitution; however, it contradicts its words by denying these rights under various justifications including subjects’ inadequacy and lack of experiences to take up the leadership roles (of course we might lack experiences of brutalising and dehumanising fellow human being). In Ethiopian military for example there are not proportionate numbers of the vast nation of Oromo whose population constitute at least 40% of the total; whereas the Tigray nation’s (less than 7% out of all population even less than Sidama 8.5%) Generals, colonels, Majors, Lieutenants and others military leadership positions are exclusively reserved for themselves, leaving only jockos’ share for the rest of Empire’s population, 93%. Its justifications are based on deep seated bigotry that emphasises other than Abyssinian cousins, nations and nationalities aren’t prepared to manage their own affairs; therefore they must be ruled by bigots, whereas the predecessors are fighting to reclaim their lost hegemony under simpler belief.
On Several occasions, the regime in power insists that the Sidama nation doesn’t have enough people with leadership calibre to allow the Sidama nation to be able to be regionally self-administrative. It uses similar justifications whenever its attempt to federalise their capital Hawassa, despite the fact that Hawassa’s being the first town in the Empire to show tremendous development in the past 22 years under the leadership of Sidama.
Moreover, the current TPLF’s regime never accepts that its guerrilla fighters’ once were bunches of illiterate fighters’ who have struggled to read and write; however eventually were given absolute power to rule over a highly educated Oromo, Sidama, Ogadenia nationals’ supported by a handpicked groups of short sighted cadres from respective nations and nationalities to do their heinous jobs in our lands. If one asks those who are unnecessarily elevated to power (TPLF’s illiterate guerrillas and cadres’) they unashamedly tell our people that they can’t manage their own affairs.
Although this is the case in Oromia, Ogadenia, Gambela and Benshagul; however, it becomes worse when it comes to 56 nations and nationalities of the direction - south. The regime in power clinically exemplify these nations and nationalities as having no one to give then strategic directions; therefore they attempt to logically justify their occupation of these 56 distinct nations and nationalities. The main secret which makes them to forget about their own calibre is simply because of their deep rooted bigotry upheld by both of Abyssinians.
For example Amahara’s news groups known as Ethsat TV/Radio operating from Diaspora discusses such bigotries officially clarifying their position on the fact that the South, Oromia and others occupied lands of the subjects aren’t ready to manage their own affairs without being lectured by the settlers. The personnel of Abyssinian Ethsat seem to be agreeing on this particular point with TPLF in addition to others key areas sharing on bigotry. Utterly failed to understand the need to see people with their individual merits, they show their ignorance by surreptitiously supporting and promoting an on-going bigotry against others under various pretexts. They don’t want to hear anything contrary to their deep seated belief.
Finally, banning peoples’ who dare to disagree with Ethiopianists’ ideology from their circles, further show their ignorance towards those people who uphold diverging beliefs and attitudes which is normal and genuine democratic exercises. Thus, both the current and its predecessor Abyssinians’ are bigots who’ve inherently been bigots and directly promoting bigotry; the attitudes and beliefs wholly deplorable. Therefore, the sons and daughters of Nations and nationalities must reject their bigotry attitudes and continually demand for their rights until the concerned nations and nationalities can assert these to prove these backward travelling bigots wrong!
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