This is so true. I did a test yesterday: I reblogged posts about the Fire in both my blogs (one of them being a Greece travel blog, fancy that), overall potential of 6000 followers. The number of reblogs I got was disheartening. And the vast majority was from Greek followers.
Had I reblogged something pale in comparison about USA, or at least UK or at the very least France, people would be all over it.Â
Had I reblogged an idiotic headcanon about Apollo or Athena or an 100% accurate analysis of Achilles and Patroclusâs relationship, people would reblog like crazy âoh wow how cool that isâ .
I had photos of Santorini island and Ancient temples in my queue and they were posted, obviously getting more attention than the people and houses being on fire, right NOW. Because bucket list goals, duh.Â
Speculations about if itâs Alexanderâs tomb found in Egypt these days got like 300000 notes.Â
No one gives a shit about Greeks nowadays. No one gives a shit about small or weak countries. No one gives a shit about something that doesnât affect them personally. I saw a Portuguese person reblogging the post because they said last year when Portugal was on fire, nobody cared and they didnât want the same thing to happen to Greece. I feel terribly sorry and I salute that person.Â
And one more thing: those of you who claim you love Greece, Greek mythology, you are Philhellenes, you can explain in detail how Leonidasâ sacrifice affected the invasion of the Persians in the European continent or you even eat Gyros and dance Syrtaki, hereâs a secret, you donât know shit about Greece. Literally nothing.Â
Many of you might wonder âokay what is this sudden outburst, where did all this come fromâ. But I donât care if it seems out of place. I know where it comes from and fellow Greeks know where it comes from. And thatâs enough for me right now.Â
And you might wonder:Â âOk are we obliged to love Greece?â. Of course not. You donât have to love Greece. So donât claim you do either because you do not really know shit about her. (itâs a she.)Â
In case anyone cares, there are more than 74 people dead, over 150 severely or critically injured and more than 600 houses burnt to the ground.Â