Read this article and try not to puke. This Macedonian professor for Skopje proposes we change the name of our identity in order to placate the Greeks and our problems with Bulgaria/Serbia.
Well, so much for the long and slow suicide.
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Well, so much for the long and slow suicide.
Is it possible that Slavic-Macedonians or Slavo-Macedonians will be a name that will assuage Greek fears and yet do justice to the historical accuracy related to Macedonian national identity (including the part to which Bulgaria has its claims too)? In order for such discussions to begin, it is necessary that the Macedonians accept that indeed there is no frozen essence of identity and that the only constant is dynamism and transformation. Therefore, a contemporary rather than ancient specification of the identifier (“Macedonian”) will serve its future and that of its neighbours better, and hopefully lead to the resolution of the name dispute with Greece.
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