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Turkish PM: "To Me, Social Media Is the Worst Menace To Society."
PolygamousRanchKid writes "Turkey's prime minister on Sunday rejected claims that he is a 'dictator,' dismissing protesters as an extremist fringe even as thousands returned to the landmark Istanbul square that has become the site of the fiercest anti-government outburst in years. With Turkish media otherwise giving scant reports about the protests, many turned to social media outlets for information on the unrest. 'There is now a menace which is called Twitter,' Erdogan said. 'The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.' 'The people are finally standing up, speaking up and fighting for their rights,' said Hakan Tas, a deputy for the Left Party in Berlin's local assembly, who took part in the protest."
He's not a dictator. He is just sort of an asshole--kinda like Bush. The democratic process can still remove him. Turkey isn't falling towards a dictatorship. It is almost a member of the EU, for fuck's sake.
Let me guess, you're an American who doesn't know shit in the world outside of your borders? Not every Muslim country is a dictatorship.
The greatest threat to world peace is and has been the USA. Sure, the US isn't going around blowing up its own people, instead it prefers to play drone target-practice with civilians in Pakistan, create mass chaos if people grow plants (drug wars) and invade other countries just for the hell of it (Afghanistan, Iraq, etc.). While undoubtedly Islamic dictators are bad people, I wouldn't say that they're the biggest threat to world peace since most of their brutality starts and ends within their own country while the US has managed to screw up peace in several regions by trying to act like the world's policeman.
Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.
...nevermind; total mixed bag. Still, he's done a couple things right.
Allow me to correct it for you: he is a total douchebag and he will be the yardstick for douchbags for next 1000+ years or so. He knows he will have hell to pay for if/when he falls (which is inevitable), so he will try to cling onto power for as long as he can. All "he's done right" so far is to turn the country into a total mess and supporting whatever extremist homicidal maniacs he can to mess up Syria as well.