Modern Greece and the Macedonian Heritage – Part 30 – Who writes my articles?

Just as I was about to end this series of articles and go on to something new, there was something else that drew me back. This is the third time I ran into this so I figured it was time I dealt with it.

There are some rumours out there circulating that I don´t write my own articles. The reasoning behind it is "how can one person write so many articles and so many books in such a short time?"

So far I have thirteen books to my credit. Eleven are published, one is on its way to the printer and should be out by the end of August and I am currently working on finishing the thirteenth. One of those books I co-authored with Dr. Michael Seraphinoff. One was translated from English to Macedonian and a thousand copies were donated to the Macedonian cause. One was specifically written for non-Macedonians and one thousand copies were donated to politicians throughout the world. One was donated to a Literary Association in Australia and they in turn published it and printed one thousand copies for educational purposes. One, a forty page pamphlet, was also written for the Macedonian cause and one thousand copies were printed to be given away. I not only write these books but I also publish them myself.

So the question is "how can one person write so many books in a span of less than ten years?"

But that´s not all! In addition to writing books I also write occasional articles for a couple of newspapers, one in Toronto and another in Australia, I translate articles from Macedonian to English and I publish a monthly e-magazine called the Macedonian Digest. On top of that I also write weekly articles for the American Chronicle.

But how can I do all this, after all I am a "Slav" and "incapable of amounting to anything?" So my Greek friends tell me!

So the geniuses gathering in the donut shops, with nothing better to do, "figure" it must be "someone else" who writes my articles. But the question is who?

I don´t know who started these rumours but I first heard of them from a Macedonian, the kind that hangs around "donut shops". You know who you are!

The first time I ran into this rumour was about a year ago. I heard it from a person I have known to be Macedonian but I was not quite sure which way he leaned deep in his heart, Macedonian or Grkoman? His question, which he asked me on two separate occasions, was; "Who writes your books? Come on tell me, who writes your books?" In both instances I was caught by surprise and did not even comprehend its implication. Come on, what kind of a question is that?

The second time, a statement was made to my face by a known Grkoman, whom I have known for years. He said "You are ´Slavs´ and have nothing to do with the Macedonians and as ´Slavs´ are incapable of comprehending the complexities of academics. Show me a ´Slav´ who is capable of writing books?"

Ironically he said this in full view of all my books displayed in front of him.

Again I ignored his comment because I knew where it was coming from. My only concern for him was that he was about to be lynched by a number of Macedonians who overheard him. When asked to explain himself he started babbling Greek propaganda.

The third time I heard the rumour was from a "reliable Macedonian" who hangs around a certain group of Macedonians at a certain "donut shop". I know these people and they know me so I find it surprising that they would be circulating such rumours.

The person who told me about this would not disclose any details as to who said what mainly because these guys are his friends and he did not want to embarrass them by naming them. But I know who they are and after this they too will know that I know!

Because they know that I work alone, these "clever geniuses" also know that Risto Stefov is the genuine article and not a composite made up of multiple writers. So their conclusion was that "my wife must be writing my books for me!"

No disrespect to my wife but upon hearing this I laughed m.a. off.

Guys my wife is a nurse, a graduate of the University of Toronto Faculty of Nursing, not a graduate from the Faculty of "Macedonian History"? You all know my wife is also Canadian, a Westerner, who had never heard of Macedonia before she met me. How does that make her an accomplished historian? And where do you "geniuses" place me in the "scheme of things"? Am I in this just for the glory of putting my name on the books and articles?

When I told my wife about this I figured she would be happy to be placed so high on a pedestal. To my surprise however she was not happy at all. In fact she pointed out and rightly so, that "we are our own worst enemies!" "Instead of encouraging and praising such accomplishments we find ways to destroy them."

I know you didn´t start these rumours (at least I hope you didn´t) but why do you have the need to propagate them? And not just rumours about me but about many things Macedonian? How can we expect to move forward or surface above our own crapulence, if we can´t even get our act together? Why do we continue "business as usual" without comprehending the damage we are doing to our cause? Do you think spreading "unfounded" rumours and "unsubstantiated" allegations will make you "more patriotic" Macedonians? How does "denigrating" Macedonians "help" the Macedonian cause? I have seen so many young Macedonian patriots "quit" fighting for the Macedonian cause simply because of stupid things like this!

As for me, I choose to work alone, voluntarily and without compensation. I am not a composite and I do write my own articles and books. If you don´t believe me you can believe what you like. I have made many personal sacrifices to do this and expect nothing in return, no praise and no recognition. And thank God for that because so far I have received very little. But on the contrary I have received much abuse and not just from the Greeks, but also from Macedonians, even from some who beat their chests and call themselves "patriots".

But I have to admit I am not alone in this endeavour, there are many Macedonians out there, to whom I am thankful, who help me with my research and send me source materials for my books and articles. They encourage me to continue to write and in return I will not disappoint them. I will not allow this "small-mindedness" to stop me from what I am doing! In fact the more abuse I receive the more I am encouraged to write. It reminds me why I am doing it!

The only reward I want is to see Macedonians proudly proclaim who they truly are, Macedonians, without fear and without having to cringe and feel awkward when they are asked "what ethnicity are you?" Especially by Greeks!

It was difficult for me to write this article, since I have sworn not to take up "words" against fellow Macedonians, but I felt it was necessary because there is a need to look at ourselves and our attitudes towards one another! If we can´t manage to pull together because of our "low opinions" of ourselves how then can we expect to escape from the clutches of our oppressors? If we can´t recognize when we are lead by our noses and made to "unjustly criticize" one another how then can we speak with a single voice and justly struggle to free ourselves from our enemies?

Every Macedonian must learn and understand that our enemies, particularly the Greeks, work on many levels. Lies and rumours are not beyond them. Those Macedonians who like to repeat what they hear must learn to "weigh the evidence" and determine if it is "for" or "against" our cause and then act on it appropriately. God gave us brains, let´s use them and not just for "parroting" everything we hear. I am sorry to have to say this but some of you gave me good reasons to speak up!

It is never good to speak against Macedonians, especially about things that are not true. And it would not hurt to challenge those who do speak foul and put them in their place!

Now if you wish to know what the Greeks think of me, here is an example of the type of abusive e-mails I get every day;

"Comrade Risto and all your compatriots need to know and put it in their thick and stubborn heads that they are not the phony descendants of Alexander the Great because the Macedonians never produced bastard descendants with South Slavonian identity and the their fraudulent claim that they are is a BIG MYTH that only an insane, paranoid and schizophrenic person would say or think.

Risto, you are nothing more than a South Slavonian janissary and one of the worst the world has ever seen. You are a miserable Makedoman but very hateful and hostile to the people you came from just like the Ottoman Turk janissaries were towards the people the came from.

When I say you are not I am not taking anything away from you or denying an identity that belongs to you or your comrades because, if there was a time that you might have called yourself a you lost that right when you denied your Hellenism just like the rest of you South Slavonian janissaries.

You gambled and you lost. You cannot have both ways. The Macedonian name has only one meaning and does designate two people with two different ethnic origins. The Macedonian Greek people cannot be duplicated by any charlatan like yourself and the rest of your comrades.

Get it through your thick skull of yours that if you think you can change reality or rather the Macedonian Greek actuality. All the lies, misleading distortions, deceptions and fraud and forgery can be only good for internal consumption or for fooling the idiots who listen to you because of ignorance, lack of education and simple lack of historical and ethnic knowledge of the Greek people and their nation."

Nick H.

Perhaps Nick H. was looking at his own reflection in the mirror when he was writing this e-mail. The more fanatical these Greeks get the more they reveal themselves. Nick H. speaks of the "Macedonians being a big myth" when we know very well that it is the Modern Greeks who are the biggest myth. He calls the Macedonians "janissaries" when he knows that the Modern Greeks are the true janissaries, the little bullies of the Balkans! If he doesn´t then he should also know that the Modern Greeks are the true "adopted" children of Western Imperialism which makes them more janissaries than anyone else in Europe!

The words in Nick H´s e-mail ring truer of the "fake" Hellenes than of any Macedonians I have ever known.

"When the Macedonians became rulers of Greece, Athens had twenty-one thousand citizens, ten thousand resident aliens, and four hundred thousand slaves." ("Race of Mongrel", by Alfred P. Schultz, page 86)

"The resident aliens were mainly Aryan-Hametic-Semetic-Egyptian-Negroid mongrels.

Mongrelization was inevitable." ("Race of Mongrel", by Alfred P. Schultz, page 87)

"The truth is that Hellenic varnish was given to the East and that Hellas became Asianized, the Greek race thoroughly mongrelized and completely destroyed. The mongrelization of Hellas put an end to the true Hellenic spirit…" ("Race of Mongrel", by Alfred P. Schultz, page 88).

"Sultan Mohammed II settled Turks in the Peloponnesus…. The ´Greeks´ are the descendents of races so different that their crossing can never produce anything else than human mongrels." ("Race of Mongrel", by Alfred P. Schultz, page 92).

For those who are still not convinced that the Modern Greek identity is an artificial creation, please continue to read this series of articles.

Author´s note:

Dear Macedonians, one way to defend ourselves from the Greek onslaught and gain back our identity and dignity is to fight back to the level to which the Greeks have reduced us; that is to attack their identity as they have attacked ours. We need prove nothing to them except to expose them as the artificial identity they truly are and to uncover their design to wipe us out in order to usurp our Macedonian heritage.

To be continued.

Many thanks to TrueMacedonian from www.maknews.com for his contribution to this article.

You can contact the author at rstefov@hotmail.com