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I am writing this open letter knowing that there are millions of Tigrayans in Ethiopia who are not able to access it online and hundreds of thousands more around the world who are too inundates by sorrows and exasperation to fully make sense of it. However, I feel compelled to write this letter nonetheless as I witness the devastating impacts that the conflict in Ethiopia is having on our Tigrayan brothers and sisters.

Though I’ve written it many times in recent weeks and insisted going back to the days of the EPRDF, that my stand against the TPLF should not be conflated as a stance against all Tigrayans, I know full well that there are many who are not open to that distinction at this moment. While I proffer logic from the comforts of America, too many are bracketed by the emotional stress of having families caught in the cross-hairs of battles while others in Tigray have to negotiate between bullets and leaving home to provide for their families.

I am not blind to the suffering this conflict has wrought on the people of Tigray; I have written that shutting off the internet and shuttering phone services for an entire region in response to the actions of the TPLF is nothing short of collective punishment and implored Abiy Ahmed to reverse that decision. Though I believe that the TPLF is the responsible party in this conflict and that Abiy had to act after the Ethiopian National Defense Force was attacked as admitted to by TPLF spokesman Sekuture Getachew, I continue to insist that Tigrayans should not be singled out for persecution. Any sign that Abiy is going down that path and forgoing humility in order to go for “victor’s spoils” in the mold of his predecessors will be met with harsh rebuke on my end.

But I’m not writing this letter not to talk about so much the battles taking place in Tigray but to write about the wars that continue to be waged inside our collective minds as Ethiopians. I also write this letter to ...continued...

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Are you imploring Abiy Ahmed to allow internet and phone services in Mekelle? If this is the case, someone must be stupid. This is good for stupid audience, most likely to TPLF sympathizer. Why don't ask the simplest question, all TPLF ringleaders surrender to Abiy's Defense force and Amhara Fano so that the same day internet and phone services will resume.

Atse Yohannes, Ras Allula and Mengesha Seyoum are but a few names of fierce and patriotic Tigrayans who believed in and sacrificed for Ethiopia.

The warlord Kassa Mercha of Tigray, the self-proclaimed Emperor Yohannes IV, led the British colonial forces into Magdala to assassinate Abyssinian Emperor Tewodrose. I don't know how his treasonous deeds can be called "patriotic", and his servitude a "sacrifice for Ethiopia."

I took that act by Atse Yohannes very personnally for a very long time, to the point where i think it made me have bias against Tigrayans, however with age comes wisdom. All leaders do bad things, including my grandfather 5 generations removed Atse Tewodros himself. However, I also know that Atse Yohannes died defending Ethiopia from an invasion by the Ottoman empire. We have to learn to forgive at some point wendem, for the sake of our country and our children.

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23 Nov 2020, 12:42

Are you imploring Abiy Ahmed to allow internet and phone services in Mekelle? If this is the case, someone must be stupid. This is good for stupid audience, most likely to TPLF sympathizer. Why don't ask the simplest question, all TPLF ringleaders surrender to Abiy's Defense force and Amhara Fano so that the same day internet and phone services will resume.

Hey Halfaimeged,

Did not I tell you? These Amhara Fano will sh!t on your Abay Tigray Republic sheet map. kikiki. All you worst nightmare is happening now, too bad for the Tigre wonbede አህያ. Running and feeling your tails [deleted] throwing your dung ፍግ behind. ፍጋም አህያ ወያኔ እናንተን መጫን እንጅ ደግሞ ዐርበኛ ማን አደረጋችሁ። በስርቆት ነበር ዐርበኛ መስላችሁ አታሞ ስተቀጠቅጡ የኖራችሁት- ተከለ ሰውነት አቋም የላችሁም ዐርበኛ ለመሆን ጠንጋራ ሸውራራ ሁላ።