Kim Kardashian, Adorable Armenian Children Call for Recognition of Armenian Genocide

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@e_espinosa via Twitter
"Non-profit 'Unified Young Americans' have this message for Pres Obama..."
The myriad Armenians of Los Angeles County took to the streets today -- and to the Internet, brave new frontier for social justice! -- to call for global recognition of the "forgotten holocaust" of 1915.

Thousands of protesters marched down Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards this morning/afternoon, lighting up L.A.'s most famous sidewalks in red, blue and gold.

Their picket signs and T-shirts blasted the nay-sayers with phrases like...

... "NEVER FORGET THE TRUTH" and "PRESIDENT OBAMA, KEEP YOUR PROMISE." In the crowd was Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Pasadena), author of a resolution demanding Obama declare the 1915 massacre a "genocide," as the POTUS very clearly promised on his campaign trail.

FYI: L.A. County is home to North America's largest Armenian population, including an entire third of Glendale. Which is probably why Armenian-American princess Kim Kardashian wishes to run for mayor of Glendale, and probably why she kicked off her political campaign today (we're kidding, sort of) with a message to her 14.5 million followers, on behalf of the Glendalians:

Rep. Schiff told Fox11 reporters at the protest that denying genocide is "the final chapter of genocide, it's like a double killing. It's an additional trauma to the victims of genocide to deny that it ever took place. We don't want to be complicit in that.''

On a softer note, the prize for Most Adorable Protester is a three-way tie between this little pack of heartwarmers, captured magnificently by KTLA reporter Elizabeth Espinosa:

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@e_espinosa via Twitter
"Cutest Armenian kids out rallying for recognition of #ArmenianGenocide in Hollywood today.."
However, it appears no headstrong Congressman, reality-TV star nor adorable Armenian child could sway President Obama from neutrality on this 97th anniversary of the killings.

In a disappointing statement today, Obama used the words "brutal massacre," but never "genocide":

"We honor the memory of the 1.5 million Armenians who were brutally massacred or marched to their deaths in the waning days of the Ottoman Empire. A full, frank, and just acknowledgement of the facts is in all of our interests. Moving forward with the future cannot be done without reckoning with the facts of the past."

Hypocrite.

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heh
heh

Answer: A people void of culture and morality. Question: Who are Armenians?

heh
heh

no, you.

Desmond
Desmond

There's always some complaining fucking group of cunts who can't let the past go.

Whoops
Whoops

shit i really shouldve read what this article was about.......

Stalemate
Stalemate

the one time u bring up some important history.......u win this time kim

Fakeemailfuweekly
Fakeemailfuweekly

i want to make 2 human centipedes one with tebow at the front the other with kim kardashian on the front..followed by the head editors and owners of the media/news who insists we love the shit that comes out of them then connect kim to the back of tebows centipede cause i know that bitch gets paid to talk

fakeemailfuweekly
fakeemailfuweekly

and if tebow gets any extra money to voice his opinion im gunna attach him to the back make a fucking human centihalo find all the catholic priest that touched alter boys and sew that motherfucker to their heads. yeah i went there cuz catholic priest touch little boys so whos worse?

Fakeemailfuweekly
Fakeemailfuweekly

I will seriously give anyone everything i own if they send tim tebow and kim kardashian to the sun

Fake
Fake

if kim kardashian is trying to make herself less attractive by filling the news with her annoying ass, its working 

Ray07
Ray07

fucking sheep.

I guess since all Armenians do fraud, All Mexicans are worthless beer drinking, baby making, gang bangers. And All blacks are Thugs, drug users, baby killers who make babies and run in order to avoid caring for them. Also, All whites are murdering rapists that owned slaves and they assume they are God's chosen because of their skin color, but are useless shits with no understanding of family, respect, and they are Atheist fuckheads.

Hows that ?

Did I miss anyone?

STUPID STUPID PEOPLE.

fucking sheep.

nah
nah

 because by your logic, every Jew who makes a self deprecating joke about the Holocaust should be subjected to another genocide because they "made light" of a serious situation. Sounds like some brilliant Armo logic there.

nah
nah

 Who are you more mad at, the people who committed genocide or the people who make hilarious jokes about it?

Ray07
Ray07

WOW. There are some amazing people on this planet. So disrespectful.I hope in your next lifetime, YOU TOO end up in a genocide of your own. Watch your family murdered and raped in front of your eyes. Only then you will understand. Stupid fucking idiots.

Rpwk
Rpwk

I would think that being Mayor of Glendale would require something above a high school education, unlike dimwit Kim.

Paulina
Paulina

It's time to recognize the Armenian Genocide!!

heh
heh

 It's time to recognize the charitable efforts of the Ottoman Empire!!

Ray07
Ray07

You are the PERFECT example of why people should use condoms.

watson crick
watson crick

If we recognize the genocide can we get the Kardashians to promise to stop using our athletes to create a race of super-strong, super-fast medicare fraudsters?

heh
heh

THE GREAT DRAKKAR FAMINE OF 1915.

cheese4u
cheese4u

What's the point of taking to the streets if only your people recognize it but are unable to get any other people from other nationalities to side with you or support you and your cause?

If you want people to respect you and what you've been through and support your agenda, than you must respect and "recognize" the violent atrocities towards people other than yours. Wake up, you're not the only culture in the neighborhood, or in this country for that matter, who barely escaped being totally wiped out. 

So think about it and let's ease the foot off the accelerator esp. when there's small children walking around okay?  Speed limits exist for a reason.

Ray07
Ray07

We're not here collecting votes from other "nationalities"We're here to educate the uneducated about the truth. The Genocide happened.Americans are so busy stuffing hamburgers in their face, they cannot see the truth. OPEN YOUR EYES INSTEAD OF YOUR MOUTHS!

cheese4u
cheese4u

"We're not here collecting votes from other nationalities.""We're here to educate the uneducated about the truth."

And that is where you fail my friend.  LEARN TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE YOU LIVE WITH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YOU LIVE IN FIRST before you demand any sort of compassion, understanding, or recognition of your genocide.

drem
drem

I submit having Kim Kardashin fronting your genocide cause is far worse than the actual genocide itself.

Kimskooliad
Kimskooliad

Kim's response:  I think Armenian Genocide is a great idea...I mean like who wouldn't want a sports drink from Armenia?  I mean like there must be some really fresh water over there in those mountains...

hagop stolancredetcardian
hagop stolancredetcardian

The Turks SHOULD apologize!

If they'd finished the job properly America might have a functional government safety net that wasn't crippled by fraud.

Sarah
Sarah

Oh look, another one who masturbates to photos of Kim Kardashian, furious that it's the closest he will ever come to an Armenian girl.

Maybe you and Peter can give each other a hand....or a finger in one another's butt hole.

 

Sarah
Sarah

Peter, you're just bitter Armenian girls wouldn't want to touch your cracker white freckly ass.

Go back to masturbating over photos of Kim Kardashian, because that's as close as you are going to get.

Peter_J_Pitchess
Peter_J_Pitchess

Jesus will you look at all those filthy cavemen in one place. NEWS FLASH to Armos....If you want me to "recognize" your phony little "holocaust", why don't you pleas STOP stealing our identity, bank accounts and our cars. Stop racing your salvaged titled German Luxury sedans all over Glendale. STOP committing every type of fraud under the sun against our government and insurance carriers. And most of all, SHAVE YOUR  UNI-BROW, and use a bar of soap and water now and then. 

Ray07
Ray07

Hide behind your computer and speak your nonsense you fool. You wouldn't have the balls to speak your "truth" in front of any Armenian. You are a pussy like the Turks who killed and raped innocent people. I spit on your family for giving birth to SCUM like you!

Rose
Rose

Get a life loser and maybe read a fucking book once in a while.Getting recognition is about human rights and closure.

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