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Julius Böhm wrote that he considers the woman he was referring to to be in the right. In his opinion, people who criticize strong women are misogynistic; those who present supposed arguments for this are anti-female. According to his representation, attacks on Katherina Reiche or Alice Weidel are excluded from this and would be considered justified if they are justified by climate or democracy reasons. #Feminismus #Frauenrechte #Gendergerechtigkeit (translated)

Michael Jansen wrote to Lau Rademakers that in his opinion, his group no longer had arguments and labeled others as silly and racist, while exempting themselves from that. He compared the discussion to a debate in the third grade with a classmate with a migration background. #argumenten #racisme #discussie (translated)

Pepijn van Houwelingen wrote that the government explicitly distanced itself from the qualification of the war in Ukraine as a proxy war. At the same time, according to him, it was neither able nor even willing to refute the arguments of various experts for that qualification. https://t.co/H4Pg6Za10r #Oekraïne #oorlog #politiek (translated)

Michael Kyrath wrote that real democrats persuade with arguments and do not hide behind walls. He derogatorily referred to people without arguments. Additionally, he thanked Thomas Dick and NIUS for the courage to speak openly and quoted a sentence from Berthold Auerbach (1812–1882) about the pain of losing a child. #Demokratie #Argumentation #OffeneWorte (translated)

Sywert van Lienden stated that surrogacy was prohibited in countries like France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and Finland. He questioned what arguments there were to find surrogacy, which he described as the separation of mother and child, acceptable. According to him, personal insults did not affect him. #Draagmoederschap #Ethiek #MoederEnKind (translated)

The Austrian media discourse on shorter working hours is predominantly negative, characterized by economic arguments, while social aspects and gender-specific differences are often neglected in the comments. #Arbeitszeitverkürzung #SozialeGleichstellung #ÖkonomischeDebatte (translated)

U.M. OSINT referred to the debate, which had been intensively conducted again for the past two days, as leftist agitation and a seemingly legal discussion in which terms were being diluted. According to his representation, international law prohibits attacks on or the destruction of sovereign states, thereby protecting their right to exist. This is ensured internationally solely through the UN. Since Israel is a UN member, it has a right to exist; defined borders are not necessary for this. Israel's borders are largely defined by bilateral treaties, but not with the Palestinian territories, as these are not a state. Whether states emphasized or rejected Israel's right to exist is a political position, U.M. OSINT wrote. However, internationally, Israel's UN membership holds. He compared the debate to disputes over the terms "genocide," "intifada," and "anti-Semitism," accusing those who distorted terms of being unable to openly present their arguments. They may not want to explicitly say that they want to destroy Israel, he wrote in a harsh personal attack on the left. In conclusion, he described the actions as propaganda. #Völkerrecht #Israel #Politik (translated)

The president of the Brussels Court of Appeal has asked the ASBL We Are Nature and the Brussels region to present better legally substantiated arguments for the next hearing on November 2 regarding the moratorium on the urbanization and impermeabilization of undeveloped land. #Bruxelles #Urbanisme #EspacesVerts (translated)

The article criticizes that the Orbán camp responds to the reform of the controversial child protection law with outdated and hollow arguments, failing to learn from the lessons of past elections, while the discrimination against sexual minorities remains a central issue. #LGBT #Ungarn #Kinderschutzgesetz (translated)

Shermin Amiri wrote that people should continue to listen to political opponents, ask challenging questions, and contest their arguments. According to her, the democratic debate culture weakened when people walked away at the first sign of discomfort. #democratie #debatcultuur #politiek (translated)

Geert Noels wrote that he understood why parties stood up for the majority of the population who, according to him, contributed little. He called it immoral that they defended social abuses in his opinion with an appeal to solidarity and social arguments. #solidariteit #maatschappij #ethiek (translated)

Jurgen Vluijmans wrote that his first opinion piece in De Morgen was about companies, and more specifically about management companies, which he believes do not exist as often thought. He mentioned that he explained with four arguments why, according to him, VDB and Vooruit were wrong. The piece was readable without a paywall; Vluijmans thanked Bart Eeckhout for that. https://t.co/kHOul97dJD #opinie #vennootschappen #journalistiek (translated)

Bart Nijman wrote that Dutch media in 2015 portrayed participants in the Ukrainian referendum, including GeenPeil, as antidemocratic and pro-Putin. Nevertheless, he called the referendum a great success. In 2017, according to him, newspapers and parts of the NPO tried to boycott GeenStijl but were unsuccessful. He also accused the media of labeling critics of Greta Thunberg as climate deniers in 2019 and of presenting support for Black Lives Matter as a civic duty in 2020, while according to him, Zwarte Piet was pressured with unfounded accusations of racism. During the coronavirus pandemic, according to Nijman, the media shielded criticism of the measures and labeled those who deviated as irrational. He argued that this permanently damaged the credibility of the press and trust in its fairness and objectivity. From 2021, he stated that media opposed the farmers' movement with reporting on nitrogen that journalists did not understand sufficiently, and starting in 2022, labeled critics of Ukrainian accession to the EU or NATO's contribution to the escalation as pro-Putin. Nijman wrote that after October 7, 2023, many media condemned Israel and Jews in general and based reporting on genocide and starvation on lies. According to him, the media concealed the reasons for Hamas' attack and subordinated facts to information from NGOs, including Oxfam. He also claimed that journalists who disagreed were not offering enough public dissent, partly because they had to save for a mandatory heat pump in 2028. Furthermore, Nijman accused the media of shifting their own problems onto disinformation and Elon Musk and of leaving X for their own, small online environment. According to him, DPG, RTL, and the NPO imposed standards that many Dutch people did not conform to. He wrote that readers should hate the mainstream media even more and asserted that the free press had again chosen the wrong side on October 7. #Media #Nederland #VrijePers (translated)

Jurgen Vluijmans wrote that he had read comments on articles about entrepreneurship and corporations. The familiar arguments stood out to him less than what he described as the strongly negative sentiment towards entrepreneurs in Belgium among people who do not run their own businesses. He stated that this was an observation, not a value judgment, and that the attitude shocked him because it was, in his opinion, much worse than he had expected. #ondernemen #Belgium #sentiment (translated)

Chris Klomp wrote that he had sent Robert Moszkowicz an email with a deadline of October 5 at 1:00 PM. According to Klomp, the reason was that Moszkowicz had made his summons public by informing Fleurspolitiek, which called Klomp a conspiracy thinker and suspect. Klomp stated that he outlined in a document of more than 4,000 words, with evidence and arguments, why he believed his characterizations of Moszkowicz were defensible and fell under his right to free speech. He added that he would publish the piece on his website shortly after 1:00 PM on October 5, regardless of whether Moszkowicz responded. Klomp said he would not be intimidated or silenced and invoked the public interest and the defense of his human rights. https://t.co/oxIqMJUCsv #VrijeMeningsuiting #Persvrijheid #Reputatie (translated)