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Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by FpUser »

throwawayccp wrote: post #93
coffeeblack wrote: post #67

Just like in China with the anti-lockdown protests. The people who are recognisable on social media posts from the protests have all been arrested by now. They waited just long enough to make people forget about it before they picked them up one by one.

This is why I stopped buying anything that comes form China. No more funding CCP.

>"This is why I stopped buying anything that comes form China"

This is plain lie. At the very best you could stop buying end consumer products made and shipped from China. Assuming that things mad in the West are free from Chinese components / materials is a delusion

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by sk0g »

nextaccountic wrote: post #113
blagie wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Off-topic: Do most people there prefer "Türkiye" or "Turkey?"

In some years, this will become a non-issue

I still read Czechoslovakia every now and then instead of Czechia, and it has been a few decades since they split off now.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by LarryMullins »

coffeeblack wrote: post #67

Just like in China with the anti-lockdown protests. The people who are recognisable on social media posts from the protests have all been arrested by now. They waited just long enough to make people forget about it before they picked them up one by one.

> The people who are recognisable on social media posts from the protests have all been arrested by now. They waited just long enough to make people forget about it before they picked them up one by one.

Same deal as with that Bundy/Overpass standoff between militia types and the Feds a few years ago. The Feds showed up, saw the number of men with rifles, turned around and went home. Mission accomplished right? The militia guys all pat each other on the back and congratulate themselves on scaring off the feds. Except they then get quietly arrested one by one over the next few months. Those arrests never become big headline stories like the initial standoff, so you still have fools today who think those standoff tactics are viable.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by sokols »

madaxe_again wrote: post #202
sokols wrote: post #181

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You can donate here: https://ahbap.org/disasters-turkey It's an NGO that currently is crowdsourcing donations for the relief.

And there is what, precisely, to prevent Erdogan and his cronies from just seizing the funds and arresting the principals? These bank accounts are in Turkey. I would honestly be more comfortable using the likes of PayPal, as it’s less likely to be stolen by the government.

Well, if we go by the logic you stated, a meteorite may fall down to my head now while I am exiting my work place.

Anyway, I think there are enough alternatives to donate. Where I live, a local relief organization is collecting donations for Turkey and Syria. Then there are UN agencies who do that etc.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by soperj »

mynameisvlad wrote: post #166
daveguy wrote: post #152

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I think the point is they haven't purchased a new one in 10 years. Therefore, no more purchase from China.

I mean Xi has been president for the last 10 years, so even that Dell would have supported ol' Winnie. For someone with such a strong anti-china stance (enough to create a throwaway), I'd expect full devotion to the cause.

I think you're letting perfect be the enemy of good.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by sk0g »

Cyph0n wrote: post #196
blagie wrote: post #134

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It will become a non-issue once all keyboards have a "ü" button. :) Which might not actually be that long.

Why is everyone focused on the umlaut? If you don’t have the button, use a “u” and move on.

The umlauted u is not just a u with some visual flair. "ue" instead would be a more accurate transliteration, but Tuerkiye looks... awkward.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by seydor »

0xDEF wrote: post #209

At any other time this would have been more proof that Erdogan is blatantly authoritarian. However right now there is a lot of insidious fake news and disinfo on Turkish twitter. Many newly created bot accounts are pushing lies about Ukrainian refugees in Turkey, that they were hoarding aid intended for earthquake victims and stealing from the bodies of the dead. Twitter seems to be the only major social media platfo…

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Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by FpUser »

sidewndr46 wrote: post #55
boredumb wrote: post #52

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What a fool. He should have said he was fighting earthquake misinformation in order to preserve the rich democracy of turkey.

Why does this make Erdogan a fool? edit: I legitimately have no idea why I am being downvoted. Can someone explain?

Because people can downvote things when they simply do not like your opinion disregarding of merits.

Re: Twitter restricted in Turkey in aftermath of earthquake

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Post by msm_ »

alex3305 wrote: post #110
blagie wrote: post #90

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Off-topic: Do most people there prefer "Türkiye" or "Turkey?"

There was an official name change [1] to Türkiye. 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/6/2/un-registers-turkiye...

> Erdogan released a memorandum and asked the public to use Türkiye to describe the country in every language

I wonder how that works. Does Eredrogan expect every country to write and say "Türkiye? Does it work the other way around - can Germany change their official name in Turkey/Türkiye to "Deutschland"?

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