Why such a virulent hate towards anything Macedonian?
In today´s propaganda laden minefield of pseudoscientific historiography in the Balkans, it is not the truth that reins supreme but the sublime hate that shapes and molds the so called research-driven entrepreneurship. The aim of the endeavored scientific studies is not to, through comparative analysis, dismiss or accept the finality of the outcome, but to manipulate and subvert the findings to suit the predetermined expectations for which the research was originally undertaken. In such a murky background the results are manipulated to fit the expected hypothesis and their subsequent interpretation is skewed to such an extent that neither the reliability nor the validity of such testing is redeemable as useful currency in today´s academic market. In Vasco Gligorijevic´s article “The Anatomy of a Big Lie: Nationalistic Ideology and FYROM” from Nov. 15th I find virulent hate on display against Macedonia and the Macedonians. Indeed, he not only shows total disrespect for Macedonian histor
