Oni pentras Obama kun Esperanta broso
Aperas bonan artikolon pri usonaj sintenoj pri Esperanto ĉe Libera Folio verkita de Tonjo Del Barrio. Mi notis dum la pasitaj kelkaj jaroj ke dekstremuloj provas allogi mokon al homoj kiujn ili ne ŝatas (ekz George Soros) per akuzoj pri Esperantismo. Tre pensiga kaj interesa artikolo kiu montras kion usonaj esperantistoj alfrontas kiam ili konfesas sian esperantistecon.
by limako
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Ju pli da bruo, des pli da ĝuo
Almenaŭ ĉi-kaze—se nur ĉar temas pri tute stultaj kalumnioj—mi emas iom kunludi kaj doni brulaĵon al la fajro. Ekzemple, per ŝajnigo ke vere ekzistas vasta esperantista konspiro kun Obama, Soros, kaj aliaj veraj aŭ imagitaj malamikoj de la konspiroteoriistoj.
Kompreneble la kalumnioj ne donas favoran prezenton de Esperanto, kaj oni ripetas multajn oftajn miskomprenojn. Aliflanke, povus esti utile ligi la kutimajn miskomprenojn pri E-o kun tiaj nekredindaj, ridindaj fontoj… :-)
October 11, 2009 by hoss, 47 weeks 3 days ago
What Do You Take From The Article in Libera Folio?
I would be most interested to hear what the E-USA membership took from reading the cited article. 1.That this is a time to lay low and not mention Esperantisto? OR 2. That this could be seen as an oppertunity to educate the public about Esperanto by confronting the lies promlagated in these blogs?
October 10, 2009 by Russ Watkins, 47 weeks 4 days ago
My opinion
Life is too short to worry about how deluded hateful extremist conspiracy theorists might react to stuff that's interesting or important to me. I would not hide my interest in Esperanto any more than I'd hide that I'm vegan, or atheist, or have been known to meditate and practice yoga, or that I support equal rights for gay people, or that I believe people should have the right to make their own decisions about their own bodies, or that I'm against torture and imprisoning people for years with no lawyer or trial and starting lie-based wars, to name a few other things which have attracted the outrage and ire of these same people over the years. Indeed, going silent in the face of their angry outrage simply gives them what they want, namely suppression of the thing they are complaining about.
October 11, 2009 by russ, 47 weeks 4 days ago
Mi konsentas, sed mia amo de
Mi konsentas, sed mia amo de Esperanto ne estas iom alta, ke mi permesos, ke la regado enmalliberejigas min :)
October 27, 2009 by formiko, 45 weeks 1 day ago
Ni estos gravuloj en la Nova Monda Ordo
Nu, se la klaĉoj pravas, via esperantisteco ne enkarcerigos vin; efektive, pro ĝi vi fariĝos ano de la Nova Verda Elito, kiun baldaŭ trudos al ni socialismaĉa puĉo fare de Barack Obama, George Soros, kaj… Michael Jackson.
Jes, vere! La plebanoj ofte pensas, ke oni murdis la faman muzikiston. Jen simple alia flanko de la konspirego. Efektive, Jackson estis ne nur talenta muzikisto, sed eĉ pli talenta milito-taktikisto.
Lia vaste anoncita "morto" estis nur granda ruzo por devojigi nian atenton dum li—Generalo Jackson—starigas vastan, danceman Esperanto-armeon en orienta Eŭropo por senkompate konkeri la liberajn landojn de la mondo kaj hastigi la neeviteblan alvenon de nia verda hegemonio. Tio estas sendisputebla fakto. Jen la pruvo:
Do feliĉiĝu, samideano. Venos la verda venk'!
October 27, 2009 by hoss, 45 weeks 1 day ago
Russ has said it all.
Russ has said it all. There's not a thing to add or subtract. Wow.
October 26, 2009 by Allan Fineberg, 45 weeks 2 days ago
:)
Brave, Russ! Vi estas la VIRO. :)
October 12, 2009 by pauswa, 47 weeks 2 days ago
Via opinio
Tre bone dirite, russ.
October 12, 2009 by Reg Reid, 47 weeks 2 days ago
My opinion
I think there are a fair number of people who don't like to admit they speak Esperanto because they're afraid of the opprobrium and stigma it may draw. Also, most of us have, at one time or another, met one of the "fervoruloj" -- someone who's constantly trying to evangelize Esperanto and who chases people away as a consequence. What I try to do is to put my Esperanto activity into context and talk about it only when it seems natural to do so. I don't think the current political atmosphere makes much difference one way or another, personally. But I think it does validate the people who are reluctant to talk about their Esperanto activity because people will make fun of them.
October 11, 2009 by limako, 47 weeks 4 days ago
:)
I am a total beginner (as you ALL KNOW!), and I already encountered some of these people who immediately think Esperanto is silly and nothing worth taking seriously. This whole mentality surprised me. How ignorant people are when a new idea is presented, and they have opinions that aren't based on any facts at all. Some family members of mine immediately said they "didn't see the point of making up a language." It's so amazing to me that those are absolutely text-book statements!
I'm very proud of being involved with Esperanto, but I'm sure not going to be a fervorulo. I agree with limako that that sort of thing would turn people off big time. I just continue on with my fun blog (offsite) and have added English, so lots of people look at it and see that it's useful and interesting. Also, people can see that it's really working because I have had over 1200 visitors to my blog in a little over a month! So people are either curious or at least like to look at the pretty pictures on my blog. I don't know. But I'm never going to act embarrassed or ashamed because, when I like something or believe in something, I basically don't give a hoot what people think.
One family member who formerly said she was only interested in learning languages "that she could actually speak to someone" (meaning a "national" language) has decided to look into the free Esperanto course given through ELNA (I'm a tutor for that now since it's super basic, and I was given the answer key anyway). This family member apparently saw that my blog was a huge success and how pretty and fun the language seemed, and has realized that maybe it's also a "real" language that is pretty neat after all.
October 12, 2009 by pauswa, 47 weeks 2 days ago