I would rather not, "oh, I have to", as Šomi Roganović, a thinker from Titograd, would say. And, I have to - with a soft, Podgorica "a". And something else important was said by Mr. Shomi: "The best are hesitant, the worst are stubborn".
Dario Vraneš does not hesitate.
In Pljevlja, at the ceremonial Academy on the occasion of the 220th anniversary of the First Serbian Uprising and 189th anniversary of the adoption of the Constitution of Sretenj, a manifestation blessed by Bishop Milesevski, Mr. Atanasije, with the singing of the Serbian national anthem "God's Justice", the text is about "one of the greatest events in the history of our nation".
"Tomorrow is also a holiday for the Serbs of Pljeval, we who are separated from our ethnic motherland by a pass called Jabuka. For centuries, those who do not think well of us, tried with all their might to turn that Jabuka into an apple of discord. It was like that until four years ago. year, but despite everything throughout all that time, that apple remained and will be an apple of harmony, peace and love, an apple that unites and calls for unity," said Vraneš.
What the desire for an apple led Adam and Eve to is well known (Genesis 2:9; 3:2), and where the Apple will lead this doctor from Pljevlja remains to be seen, although I would not say, because in what he does almost everyday there are no big unknowns.
The passing of the Sretenj Constitution is a significant moment in Serbian history, regardless of the fact that it lasted only 55 days, because it contained the most liberal ideas of Europe at the time, stemming from the French bourgeois revolution. Austria, Turkey, and Russia were against the Constitution, precisely for this reason, which made it easier for Prince Miloš Obrenović to quickly repeal it.
Maybe it's a professional deformation, but whenever someone mentions the Constitution of Sretenj, I remember its creator, Dimitrije Davidović, one of the most learned Serbs, not only of that time. Davidović is most responsible for the printing of the first newspaper in Serbia, Novina srbskih, which came out of the Kragujevac printing house on January 5, 1834, exactly 190 years ago, but it seems to have been forgotten in Serbia, as well as the fate of Dimitrije Davidović, who was Kodža Miloš banished to Smederevo, where he died in misery and poverty.
As for Karađorđe, also an indisputably important historical figure, I have mixed feelings about this, with different reminiscences. As a rule, I remember Petr Pajić and his poem that begins with the line "I was in Serbia,/ Serbia is in captivity" and ends with the words: "Serbian leader Karađorđ/ He was killed by another leader/ The place where there was a slaughter/ Serbs call Rejoicing".
I also have to admit that whenever someone waves at Black Đorđi, I get a slight chill because, not so long ago, Serbia was burning with screams "it's not Đorđe, it's not Đorđe, he can't come, he's Sloba, he sent Sloba to the people..."
It is well known how that wrangling ended.
Many here will wonder what all this has to do with the above-mentioned Daria Vraneš.
And there is and there is not. First of all, Serbs in Montenegro have every right to, in accordance with the law, celebrate all holidays and historical dates that they consider important for their people, as well as to cherish their national identity and fight to preserve it by all legitimate means. The problem with Vraneš and like-minded people is that this celebration and other events, such as the glorification of the Chetnik movement, have little or nothing to do with Serbs and Serbia. Vraneš is, in fact, addressing Bosniaks and, above all, Montenegrins, all the while hoping to provoke an adequate counter-reaction from the opposite side, in order to obtain some more proof that Serbs in Montenegro are an endangered species. Unfortunately, he usually succeeds in that.
I admit that perhaps with this text I contribute to the realization of Vraneš's plan, but, as Bogdan Tirnanić once said: a moderate nationalist is like an alligator - a vegetarian.
Does Dario Vraneš look like a vegetarian to you?
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