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Rob Jetten and his partner Nicolás Keenan received a flood of hate reactions on social media, along with congratulations, following the news about their expected baby, raising the question of why negativity on such platforms arises so quickly. #RobJetten #Haatreacties #SocialeMedia (translated)

The baby news of Prime Minister Rob Jetten and his partner Nico Keenan has not only resulted in positive congratulations but also an avalanche of hateful reactions, with social media amplifying the loudest criticisms and creating a distorted image of public opinion. #RobJetten #Haatreacties #Lhbti (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the podcast *Het Wassalon*, for which he claimed 800,000 euros had been allocated, was stopped after 342,619 euros had been spent. He stated that Minister Caro Gennez had initially called the podcast a success because it had reached 1.2 million views, translating that as one in five Flemish people having seen the podcast. According to Vande Reyde, the reach was partly due to 64,000 euros being spent on Meta ads. He argued that views alone said nothing about the impact of a campaign and questioned whether the podcast had actually contributed to the acceptance of LGBTQ+ individuals or to the sense of societal acceptance among people with disabilities. He cited an ad that led to an inclusive vocabulary list from Cavaria, featuring terms like “allosexual,” “amatonormativity,” “androphilia,” and “gray asexual.” Vande Reyde criticized the way the government evaluated campaigns, subsidies, and structures like service vouchers, claiming that standards were always found to label such initiatives as successful without determining what had actually changed. Regarding the cessation, he wrote that Gennez attributed it to hate and polarization caused by disinformation, mainly from the parliament, and that she referenced him in that context. Vande Reyde found that reasoning incorrect and stated that Sammy Mahdi, Ben Weyts, Melissa Depraetere, and others in the Flemish podcast world had also criticized the project the previous summer. He argued that the fiasco would yield no lessons and predicted that another useless subsidy would follow. #politiek #socialeimpact #mediaevalutie (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde criticized the reporting on the cessation of the podcast Het Wassalon. He wrote that the media, in his view, uncritically took over the communication from Minister Gennez and that she later provided various reasons for the cessation. According to Vande Reyde, Gennez had said that the podcast had reached one in five Flemish people. He argued that the podcast itself had no reach and that the figures only came from 65,000 euros in online advertisements and short-lived attention following criticism in the summer. Vande Reyde also doubted that hate and threats were the reason for stopping the podcast. He pointed out that Sammy Mahdi, Ben Weyts, and Melissa Depraetere had said in summer interviews that the project was a waste of money. According to him, the media only reported Gennez's version afterward, which he believed further undermined trust in traditional media. #media #politiek #podcast (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde called the expected decision by Minister Caroline Gennez to prematurely terminate the podcast *Het wassalon* remarkable. He wrote that over 300,000 euros had been spent on it and that Gennez attributed the termination to the hatred and campaign surrounding the podcast, even though it had been a great success according to her. Vande Reyde disputed that the podcast had had a large reach: according to him, this was primarily due to 64,000 euros in online advertisements and his own criticism. He stated that Sammy Mahdi, Ben Weyts, and Melissa Depraetere had agreed with him. According to Vande Reyde, Gennez now claimed that the podcast had a large reach and was only stopped because of the reactions surrounding it. He concluded that, in his opinion, no lessons had been learned and that this would therefore continue to happen. #podcast #media #politiek (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that Minister Caroline Gennez had announced that the podcast Het Wassalon would stop prematurely, after more than 300,000 euros were involved according to him. As a reason, Gennez had cited the hate and uproar surrounding the podcast, even though it was a great success. #podcast #CarolineGennez #media (translated)

Uri Rosenthal wrote that Femke Halsema was right about the ten-year delay of a law against the glorification of terrorist violence. He stated that this law would have made it easier to intervene on October 7 and 11, particularly concerning a group of Hamas supporters on motorcycles in Dam Square. Rosenthal believed that Halsema missed other opportunities, such as Article 137 of the Dutch Penal Code regarding incitement to hatred. He accused the governing triangle, including the Public Prosecution Service, of continuously citing reasons why action could not be taken since October 8, 2023. He also asked why Halsema did not follow the example of the then Rotterdam mayor Ivo Opstelten, who in 1999-2000 introduced preventive searches in the Millinx neighborhood and, according to Rosenthal, deliberately pushed the boundaries of the law. #wetgeving #terrorisme #haatzaaien (translated)

Stef Vrijman wrote that he agreed with people who said they felt sorry for Jetten's child and his partner. He said that his compassion did not go out to the two fathers, but to the child, who he believed had already been condemned by the hatred towards everything that is different. He called on those people to be ashamed. https://t.co/C8tRYtBxdc #verdraagzaamheid #acceptatie #liefde (translated)

Keren Hirsch wrote that she saw a lot of homophobia and hatred on the platform in response to two men having a child. According to her, the reactions largely came from Dutch people without a migration background. She said that she had thought that only Muslims were homophobic. #homofobie #haat #acceptatie (translated)

Petra Nyqvist wondered whether the previously expressed division by the Finns Party that led to the party's split into the "nasty" and "blue" factions had also spread to the National Coalition Party. According to her, there seemed to be an attempt to oust cultured bourgeois values from the party. Nyqvist questioned what the point would be in having two right-wing parties that are both "nasty," which would share core ideas of opposing immigration and attitudes towards racism. She doubted whether there would be enough anti-foreigner voters for two large parties, which she described as being empty in content. #politiikka #maahanmuutto #rasismi (translated)