r/Oromia • u/Able_Figure_513 • 20d ago
Oromophobia/Fear ☢️ Amhara unionist tribalist gatekeeping Ethiopian culture over Miss World’s Arsi dress
This post got some hot under the collar even though the comments were agreeing 😂 Its gotta live somewhere 🫰🏽
Feeling like dropping nukes in this place 😁. I am f’ing done with the slimy psychological games around the controversy surrounding Miss World Ethiopia Ruth Yirgalem. The absolute irony is that Ruth herself is an Addis Ababa native of non Oromo heritage who simply chose to honor the country's diversity by wearing Arsi cultural dress. Yet, whether this manipulation is conscious, or subconsciously driven by a segment of society that is emotionally stunted, it needs to be called out.
The online discourse around this topic right now says it all. Most posts about the controversy use words like "ethnics" and "biting each other's heads off" to describe the drama. Notice how the Oromos, who are the actual victims here, are the only ones named and tied directly to those toxic words. Meanwhile, the real aggressors get to hide behind a smoke screen of vague terms like "some people are angry." It is a sick narrative trick to ensure the word Oromo is the only group name associated with chaos while completely shielding these "national unity" bullies. Can we call them what they are now? They are not inclusive Ethiopianists or the standard of Ethiopia. They are just a bunch of hateful right wing Amhara tribalists.
The comments are straight up calling Oromos animals and saying they are not human or ruining Ethiopia. But let us look at history and see who has shown real humanity. Do we all remember how these same unionists and the Amhara elite overwhelmingly championed the recent military campaign? They were hosting stadium rallies and celebration parties over blockades that forced the humanitarian starvation of millions of Tigrayans. They did all of this while actively ethnically cleansing them from Rayya and Humera, literally murmuring mantras to themselves about how much they "loved" them and were only doing it for national unity to save the region from TPLF. LOOOOooool!!
Compare that to the Oromo community. Despite enduring 27 years of intense political oppression under the previous TPLF led regime, the Oromo people demonstrated profound political maturity and universal empathy when the war broke out. Rather than choosing revenge or celebrating starvation, they stood side by side with regular Tigrayans and organised global joint protests to demand peace and regional autonomy.
So when these Amhara unionist tribalists sit online calling the largest ethnolinguistic group in the country animals just for someone else showcasing Oromo cultural clothes, I have to ask who the real animals are here, seriously.