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Wait...why is religion coming into this? How does Erdogan represent Islam?

• topspin 11y ago
  Because those who frequent sites outside the SWPL universe see this sort of thing (http://bit.ly/1MVlVUE http://bit.ly/1MVlVUE) with demoralizing frequency. This comedians plight has captured some attention, but it's really the exception.
  • notahacker 11y ago
    And people who aren't overly inclined to take the editorial stance of blogs that actually cover Gamergate as a serious ethical movement too seriously realise that [West] Germany hasn't allowed those considered to be expressing far right views anything resembling freedom of speech since 1945 for not-exactly-inexplicable reasons which have absolutely nothing to do with some sort of left-wing conspiracy to make people not hate Muslims. It's a country where you're not allowed to collect war memorabilia, never mind write blog comments saying "off to Auschwitz with you". The original Bloomberg article has Merkel saying she had no intention of interfering in a prosecution brought under an ancient law about insulting heads of states, but actually intended to scrap the law so it couldn't be used in future. Which apart from suggesting that German speech laws are getting more permissive rather than less is pretty much an endorsement of the view that Erdogan - and presumably other Muslim heads of state - is a perfectly legitimate target for satire
• tim333 11y ago
  "Turkey’s Erdoğan says his only concern is Islam" http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-his-only-concern-is-islam-takes-jab-at-atheists.aspx?PageID=238&NID=86228&NewsCatID=338 http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-erdogan-says-his-on...
  • typon 11y ago
    So can I claim I'm the representative of Islam and everyone's supposed to believe me?