Against the propaganda and disinformation
Someone from California just sent me (among tens of other addressees) a letter of her correspondence with some hysterical woman from Yerevan, with all the disinformation about «peaceful demonstrators» being attacked by police.

And she was asking the recipients to forward the letter to others. I am sure there will be many letters like this, circulating in Diaspora and Expat community.

I do not ask anyone to believe government propaganda (which is actually non-existent at this point), but I am asking to think critically about what you are reading. The propaganda cliches like «pregnant women and kids being beaten by the police» are well known and are intended to turn off critical thinking barriers and target to the deepest human instincts.

You may or may not agree with me, but it is not a «Opposition vs Government» conflict, because Levon Ter-Petrosyan leads a rather marginal group within the opposition. Yesterday events were not «peaceful protests» but an attempt to incite a rebellion. Yet many of the participants didn't even understand how they were manipulated and thrown against the police to be beaten just for the sake of attracting CNN’s attention.

I supported none of the candidates during this presidential election: because it wasn't actually an election but an imitation of it. Levon Ter-Petrosyan was much worse choice than Serge Sargisyan, and vice versa. I have always voiced criticism against the government and the ruling elite, just browse through my blog entries to see that. However today Levon Ter-Petrosian is a direct threat to the statehood of Armenia.

Today I am asking all the fellow Armenians to think carefully over everything they read and hear not to become another transmitter of disinformation.