You said: "if His Majesty despised these Oromo's so much, why would he marry one?"
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i sure did say this. it is a fact. take it how you like

Similarly, are you implying that if a White person marries a Black person that the White person is automatically no longer racist, and Loves ALL Black people?
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no. you can infer as you please.
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I am yet to see researched counter-arguments to the initial article that you highlighted and the points Kelani raised.
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dear friend,
i do not have to defend His Majesty. I will simply say this, If one's feel that he did all these things to these other ethnic groups in Ithiopia, why have all these images on this site?

I know that if I truly felt that a 'leader' did all these horrible things one speak of in their allegations-why have His Majesty face looking right at you, when you slander His Holy name

now if i felt that:
"SUCH ANTI-BLACK AFRICAN SENTIMENTS HAVE FORMED THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THEIR RULING IDEOLOGY WHERE THE RULING DYNASTY SOUGHT TO LEGITIMIZE ITS RULE BY STATING THE UNIQUENESS, HENCE SUPERIORITY OF THE ABYSSINIANS, IN RELATION TO THE MAJORITY BLACK AFRICAN ETHNIC GROUPS THEY TREAT AS THEIR ETERNAL SLAVES."
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was representative of Imperial Ethiopia, I sure would not have the King's Likeness on anyting that I associated myself with. Why do you? Is this not hypocritical if you truly feel this way?
If you feel that the Royal Ithiopian Dynasty treated others as slaves-then you are just as GUILTY for venerating HIS name on your website
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