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by MachinShinn- 3254 days ago
Lets go through your points one by one:

>Erdogan is a vile dictator who is imprisoning anybody who suggests he's not great, and who single handedly ended any meaningful notion of democracy in Turkey.

Erdogan has a stronger democratic mandate than any other leader in Turkey's Republic era history. He won an overall majority of parliamentary seats in 2002 despite being imprisoned in 1999. I bring that up to show that in 2002 he had no power to rig elections or anything. He won, and continues to win because he is genuinely popular.

>It's morally abhorrent to compare criticism of his actions to 9/11 truth bullshit.

You are correct. I would not compare criticism of Erdogan or any politician to 9/11. I compared the unsubstantiated insinuation of the July 15th coup attempt being an inside job to 9/11 truth bullshit. I believe that is a very fair and obvious comparison.

>Never mind, some quick research shows that you are a pro-fascist troll who clearly knows that you're lying all the time. However godless fascist losers like you are fine with lying. No point in pretending you're a worthwhile human being.

What a trolly line of thought. Why is someone you disagree with automatically a fascist? Why are they automatically not 'worthwhile human beings?