I'm saying that the government has recently (as the news reports make it sound) turned to conservative stances on things like contraceptives and abortion. People within and outside of Turkey are saying this is because the PM and his party are trying to revive Islamic tradition and sentiments in the country. This is causing them to lose support from those who don't consider themselves obliged to be Islamic or conservative in any way, I'm not sure if that's just the younger population or others as well as I am not very familiar with Turkey's demographics.
now you're making me sound like I'm defending the state's actions. Of course tear gas is not a good thing. But I'm saying these protesters should just go home or really just focus on what they're there for. The hipster activity is just damaging their cause. Tear gas imo is also just a common tactic and shouldn't be used to demonize Turkey's police or government exclusively, which a lot of people in Canadian/American media are doing. They're saying *gasp* look at how Turkey's government deals with dissent, when our police has been doing the same for decades without any repercussions. So yes tear gas is bad, but these people should expect that kind of a response. The way many are using Taksim as a party opportunity just makes me lose sympathy for them. That's all I'm saying.
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Date: 13/6/13 17:58 (UTC)now you're making me sound like I'm defending the state's actions. Of course tear gas is not a good thing. But I'm saying these protesters should just go home or really just focus on what they're there for. The hipster activity is just damaging their cause. Tear gas imo is also just a common tactic and shouldn't be used to demonize Turkey's police or government exclusively, which a lot of people in Canadian/American media are doing. They're saying *gasp* look at how Turkey's government deals with dissent, when our police has been doing the same for decades without any repercussions. So yes tear gas is bad, but these people should expect that kind of a response. The way many are using Taksim as a party opportunity just makes me lose sympathy for them. That's all I'm saying.