The right of self declaration of a party as ethnic Macedonian-or every individual's too- has NOTHING to do with an official recognition by the Greek state of a minority as Macedonian.
This would deny the identity of all Greek Macedonians-as it would strangely recognize exclusivity of the term on a really small part of the population.
This would deny the identity of all Greek Macedonians-as it would strangely recognize exclusivity of the term on a really small part of the population.
The dual noun identity is more common and suitable to the following examples: "I am an African American" (African descent, living in America), "I am Greek Australian" (Greek descent, living in Australia), "I am an Australian Macedonian" (Used in reverse, but with the same meaning, Macedonian descent, living in Australia), etc. The term 'Greek Macedonian' is indicative of a Greek living in another country, otherwise, the added reference is completely irrelevant as there is no logical need for anybody to refer to themselves as a 'Greek Macedonian' or 'Greek Athenian' or 'Greek Spartan', etc if they all live in Greece. With this in mind, I don't recognize terms such as 'Greek Macedonian' or 'Macedonian Greek' to mean anything other than a Macedonian living in Greece, it does not represent a 'Greek' from Macedonia (Unless of course it was in the republic, where a Greek could find some grounds for justification being in a foreign state). Have you ever heard anybody say, "Hey, my name is John I am an American New Yorker", "Oh hi there, my name is Timothy, I am a German Berlinian", "Gia sou, my name is Greekoglou and I am a Greek Athenian" - This kind of self-reference is simply not used because, as can be clearly seen from the above comparisons, it is utterly stupid and irrelevant.
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POLITICAL PARTY OF THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN GREECE.
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POLITICAL PARTY OF THE MACEDONIAN MINORITY IN GREECE.
It happens even in the same family ,one brother to declare Greek and the other Macedonian or Bulgarian !
Long live your Greeks, who seem to be a nation of the brainwashed, easily led and easily fed. Don't ever forget your first constitution, ANYBODY COULD BE A GREEK. 97% purity, lol...........
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