Yes, agree, all for optics.
Erdogan is clearly against elite and banking system in my opinion.
Along side with Putin, Xi, …
Rowan Atkinson on FREE SPEECH:
" "while arresting a protestor for using threatening or abusive speech may, depending on the circumstances, be a proportionate response, we do not think that language or behaviour that is merely insulting should ever be criminalized in this way." " (Atkinson citing UK parlaments joint committee on human rights)
"The clear problem with the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such.
Criticism is easily constructed as insult by certain parties.
Ridicule, easily constructed as insult.
Sarcasm, unfavourable comparison, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy can be interpreted as insult."
"Although the law under discussion has been on the statue book for over 25 years, it is indicative of a cultur that has taken hold of the programmes of successive governments that with a reasonable and well intentioned ambition to contain obnoxious elements in society has created a society of an exrtaordinarily AUTHORITARIAN and CONTROLLING NATURE.
It is what you might call, 'the new intolerance',
a new but intense desire to GAG UNCOMFORTABLE VOICES of dissent."
His advide to (for some) offensive speech:
MORE OF IT!
"As with childhood diseases you can better resist those germs to which you have been exposed.
We need to build our immunity to taking offence, so that we can deal with the issue that perfectly justified criticism can raise.
Our priorities shouls be to deal with the message, not the mesanger."
Anons have built up that immunity already!
WWG1WGA!