Would you ever date a Turk?

[Anonymouse]

Here's the funny thing.....

Not to be the rebel on this post, but none of you know whether you will date a Turk or not until you truly meet the person.

Are all of you racist?
Do all of you stereotype?
Do some of you have an open mind?

I bet there's a yes or no answer for at least one of those questions for you. So you'll never know.

Not every Turk is fixed up on denying or not accepting the Genocide. There's actually quite a few Turkish families in the world who have accepted it. Would you date a Turk then? See you won't know.

Almost every Armenian has this fixed opinion of "because we we're massacred by the Turks, I shall NEVER date or marry one" and "Turks are evil and savages". I mean yea... I don't agree with what they did. However, like it or not.... even Turks are human beings on this planet just like us.

Bottom line.... you won't know until you meet one and get to know one, unless you truly are a racist.... then of course the answer is a no before you give the person a try.

Turks are not a race, but yes I'm still a racist.

BLACK PEOPLE HAVE PINK HANDS ON THE INSIDE! See?

[spiral]

BLACK PEOPLE HAVE PINK HANDS ON THE INSIDE! See?

...and they have extremely white teeth ...or is that just an illusion formed by the contrast between the black and white?

[garegin]

a person is a person.
if i like the girl, i would date her.

why you like the krauts so much?
because there are humans like me and you, just in a different uniform.
saints and soldiers.

[marikal]

Okay, so I’m new to this forum and I’ve been enjoying the Armenianness of it all, but then I came across threads like this and that interracial dating thread (which sort of disgusted me, just a tad too Hitlerish for my taste) and I’ve needed to vent. It seems to me that some Armenians kinda have a superiority complex and are maybe a bit racist, although, yeah I am pretty touchy when it comes to anything remotely racist. I totally get having pride in the Armenian culture, it is a wonderful thing, but there is a difference between patriotism and nationalism. It’s one thing to love and be proud of your heritage, it’s quite another to basically say “viva Armenia, we must protect the master race.”
I don’t get the whole “stick to your own kind” thing, but maybe that’s because I’m mixed myself, or maybe it’s because I’m open-minded, i.e. liberal. I can totally appreciate wanting to preserve the culture, but you don’t need a 100% Armenian bloodline to do that. Some full Armenians have nothing to do with the culture while some half or even 0% Armenians are very active Armenians. (My non-armo adopted cousin grew up in Armenian school and church and speaks better/more Armenian than any of my full-Armenian cousins and he’s way more in tune with the culture, he may not be Armenian by blood but he is Armenian in spirit). And I, myself am way into the culture; I look more Armenian than most Armenians (I get asked a lot if I’m Greek or Persian or Lebanese etc…or Mexican, random), I’m learning the language and minoring in Armenian Studies, and I take a lot of pride in the culture, just not too much.
To answer the question, “would you ever date a Turk?” of course I would if: I was interested in him, he was a good person, and he didn’t hate Armenians. I don’t actually know any Turkish people so I probably won’t date one, but as long as the guy was a decent human being and had his facts straight about history, I see no reason to deprive him of the joy of being with me. The one kind of man I could never date would be ignorant/arrogant/racist (those 3 traits often seem to run together).
Of course I think it would be great to marry an Armenian guy and make 75% Armenian babies and pass the culture on to them, but I would be no less fulfilled or happy with a guy of any race and 25% Armenian babies, still passing on the Armenian culture to them (which I will), in addition to whatever the father is. I don’t know, maybe being born and raised in the Bay Area has put crazy hippy thoughts in my head but I believe that people should choose their mate based pretty much solely on how they feel about them and their character, not their ethnic makeup.

[Anonymouse]

Okay, so I’m new to this forum and I’ve been enjoying the Armenianness of it all, but then I came across threads like this and that interracial dating thread (which sort of disgusted me, just a tad too Hitlerish for my taste) and I’ve needed to vent. It seems to me that some Armenians kinda have a superiority complex and are maybe a bit racist, although, yeah I am pretty touchy when it comes to anything remotely racist. I totally get having pride in the Armenian culture, it is a wonderful thing, but there is a difference between patriotism and nationalism. It’s one thing to love and be proud of your heritage, it’s quite another to basically say “viva Armenia, we must protect the master race.”

Hey pork sandwich with yeast, no one said anything about a master race.

I don’t get the whole “stick to your own kind” thing, but maybe that’s because I’m mixed myself, or maybe it’s because I’m open-minded, i.e. liberal. I can totally appreciate wanting to preserve the culture, but you don’t need a 100% Armenian bloodline to do that.

We've already established no one is "pure" and differences are in degrees and not in kinds.

Some full Armenians have nothing to do with the culture while some half or even 0% Armenians are very active Armenians. (My non-armo adopted cousin grew up in Armenian school and church and speaks better/more Armenian than any of my full-Armenian cousins and he’s way more in tune with the culture, he may not be Armenian by blood but he is Armenian in spirit). And I, myself am way into the culture; I look more Armenian than most Armenians (I get asked a lot if I’m Greek or Persian or Lebanese etc…or Mexican, random), I’m learning the language and minoring in Armenian Studies, and I take a lot of pride in the culture, just not too much.
To answer the question, “would you ever date a Turk?” of course I would if: I was interested in him, he was a good person, and he didn’t hate Armenians. I don’t actually know any Turkish people so I probably won’t date one, but as long as the guy was a decent human being and had his facts straight about history, I see no reason to deprive him of the joy of being with me. The one kind of man I could never date would be ignorant/arrogant/racist (those 3 traits often seem to run together).

I guess you would never date me, because I don't date hippie "liberal" egalitarian numbnuts.

Of course I think it would be great to marry an Armenian guy and make 75% Armenian babies and pass the culture on to them, but I would be no less fulfilled or happy with a guy of any race and 25% Armenian babies, still passing on the Armenian culture to them (which I will), in addition to whatever the father is. I don’t know, maybe being born and raised in the Bay Area has put crazy hippy thoughts in my head but I believe that people should choose their mate based pretty much solely on how they feel about them and their character, not their ethnic makeup.

Do me a favor. Stop spouting percent symbols. No one is about percent symbols nor can we wire it down to the exact percentages of what one is.

And yes, being from the homosexually egalitarian lefty "liberal" Bay Area has imbued you with hippy thoughts.

[marikal]

My friends tell me I argue too much (they even say I'm sometimes mean, dumb b*tches) so I'm not going to get into that but I do have to respond that "the homosexually egalitarian lefty 'liberal' Bay Area" (all true) is a d*mn fine place to call home.
And now I'm off to watch the presidential debate because I just love to watch W talk, he's so silly.

[hyebruin]

i've been thinkin about this and came up with a cool way to describe it! it's more fun if we call it 'boycotting'...hahaaa! in that case i definitely boycott turks, and looking at how the majority of L.A. armenians act i also consider boycotting armenians; i am almost positive that outside l.a. this kind of dogg-like behaviour that is so persaive not only is toned down but it may very well be almost non-existent! i see how small town people are! people getting married and having kids at a relatively younger age, but cross over to l.a. county and you see the same bull c rap with almost every guy! the answer is: small town men make better boyfriends and husbands, and if you dont' believe it, then you just don't know!

[garegin]

boring <homer simpson's voice>

[hyebruin]

just change the channel, no one's making you stay and read

[garegin]

i like boring