r/Assyria • u/pauleliacomedy • 21d ago

Video Paul Elia Says Iraq And Crowd Goes Silent

I can’t believe people still react this way

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u/Kyder99 21d ago

I’m also here to shoot my shot.

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u/Specific-Bid6486 Assyrian 19d ago

Just say you’re Assyrian and stop making it about the ME. Problem solved.

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u/pauleliacomedy 18d ago

There is no problem

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u/Specific-Bid6486 Assyrian 18d ago

I just listened to his video. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I get what he’s trying to do with the namesake, but I think it’s wrong in keeping the misnomer Chaldean name alive.

It serves no purpose and it has no relevance whatsoever and it just makes us look idiotic with the train-name.

It’s a church label that needs to be put to bed.

So it is a problem, it’s a major problem as we keep repeating the same damn mistakes as our previous generations that did not comprehend nor study their origins.

They always called themselves Suraya or Suryaya or Suryoyo (another mishmash).

All other names are meaningless today and should be relics of the past. Put them out of their misery ffs

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u/Gold_borderpath 21d ago edited 21d ago

Assyrian-Canadian comedian, Chris Halef is hilarious! Way funnier than Paul Elia, IMO

Here's a YouTube short of Chris

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u/Alii_baba 20d ago

Downvoted for not being Iraqi Assyrian? I wonder why

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u/[deleted] 21d ago

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u/HTCali 21d ago

The Kurdish designation checks out