Thread by @esrailian

Please share this thread & links if they are helpful to you. Friends who are not on Twitter have asked me to share this Instagram post for those who want to pass it along. I have added to it given recent events. The global Armenian nation is not a monarchy, but we do have a queen

https://twitter.com/cher/status/1292105936803225600

👑 My dear friend @cher tells it like it is. Thank you all & to the countless numbers of people out there, from ALL backgrounds, who have started to watch & share @thepromisefilm Some of my non-Armenian friends who recently jumped aboard are now keenly aware of the organized

anti-Armenian sentiment teeming throughout social media & beyond. Thankfully, it has backfired & our history is now in the global consciousness. There are unfortunately so many crises in the world right now & many people are suffering from the global pandemic & its repercussions,

hatred, racism & now the tragedy in #Beirut. If our film has inspired you at all to learn more about the Armenian people & what has happened to us, please watch our documentary #IntentToDestroy for a deeper exploration of the truth. This viewing sequence was our goal & is well

documented. Also, please go to @USCShoahFdn - the preeminent authority on visual history, testimony & education related to the Holocaust & genocides - to learn more & teach others about the #ArmenianGenocide & how they use the films in their work: iwitness.usc.edu/SFI/Sites/Prom… No need

to engage with denialists on social media, those who sheepishly defend human rights abusers & those who try to obfuscate the narrative with revisionist history. To call some of these accounts spammers or bots would be an insult to the bots who out there who may deserve compassion

Fortunately, the judgement has already been rendered in the eyes of the 🌎 & we will keep educating people one at a time ✊🏼💪🏼 No credible or respected historian, leader, or activist is publicly disputing the facts any longer thanks to our collective efforts. I am also inspired by

the youth of the global 🇦🇲 nation & what they are doing now to #supportarmenia #defendarmenia & help those in need in Beirut. There are also outstanding 🇦🇲 organizations & institutions out there giving me hope for the future. You might have noticed that a few of us Armenians, who

are friends & blessed to be in a position to make a difference, are working together & in collaboration to share our stories, elevate others & help people around the 🌎 More news coming soon! I am so grateful to see the expanding legions of kind & dedicated souls joining us on

these journeys. Please also do not waste a nanosecond & engage with the ultra-rare naysayer, blogger, malcontent, pseudointellectual, or Twitter troll - Armenian or not - telling us what we should do or how we should tell our stories. Don’t get it twisted...they are more

concerned with virtue signaling than actually making a difference for our people & lifting others up. Do not hold your breath waiting for their actual contributions to our causes. They enjoy their fatuous & ineffective echo chambers too much to not be snarky 🧿 Cher says there

is a special place for them down the road & since she has more creative/artistic talent in her little finger than all of those people combined, I choose to listen to her on these matters 😎 We will be focused on meaningful impact instead ❤️

Now...if I have your attention, please sign the #DefendArmenia petition defendarmenia.com so we do not waste US taxpayer dollars given the needs in this country & please help Beirut 🙏🏼

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