Quote (Djunior @ May 28 2023 02:46pm)

Way of trying to frame this...

More people voted for him than for the opposition. It's quite easy to understand...

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 28 2023 10:18pm)

Does that mean he isn't a cunt?

Quote (Djunior @ May 28 2023 03:21pm)

The people that voted for him clearly don't think so. All of this is logical. What's wrong with you

You just asked about people voting for a cunt, why are you now moving the goalposts

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 28 2023 10:24pm)

I never set any goal posts.

You said people voted for him in response to him being called a cunt.

I asked the logical question, does being voted for mean he can't be a cunt.

Quote (Djunior @ May 28 2023 03:33pm)

It's logical that the people who voted for him do NOT think he's a cunt

That's logical

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 28 2023 10:34pm)

So then to Duff, who didn't vote for him, he can be a cunt?

Quote (Black XistenZ @ May 28 2023 03:09pm)

The Turkish people made their choice, and by the looks of it, it wasn't all that close. So be it, now they have to live with the outcome.
Erdogan is awful, but the alternative was a charisma-less, old apparatchik who wasn't able to win over any Erdogan-voters. I already knew that the outcome of this election was sealed when Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, was arrested on flimsy charges and barred from running for the presidency. Erdogan's allure is dwindling, but not by enough to defeat him with a milquetoast, Biden-esque replacement-level candidate.

Quote (Djunior @ May 28 2023 03:36pm)

Doesn't matter, the majority voted for him, Erdogan won.

Being salty won't change a thing

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 28 2023 10:39pm)

I just asked you a few questions. It seems you really want progressives to be mad over Erdogan winning, rather than you actually caring about the state of affairs and their outcomes.

Is that a healthy mindset? To be that invested in somebody else's anger?

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ May 28 2023 10:38pm)

It's not a great situation over there honestly.

Erdogan basically has two choices. Raise interest rates and cut benefits to the public to stop inflation, which will be really unpopular, or continue to allow the death spiral of their currency, which will also be unpopular.

He basically squandered the wealth of the nation in the form of its USD reserves on propping up the Lira so he could win the next election, and they're all gonna pay the price for it.