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Elina Hiltunen wrote that for many, owning a car was a necessity because public transportation was either absent or did not meet the needs of residents in several municipalities. She estimated that even in large cities, a commute by public transport could take two hours one way, while traveling by car took 30 minutes. According to Hiltunen, such time management was particularly challenging for those with families. She reminded that life also existed outside of Ring III. #liikenne #julkinenliikenne #autoilu (translated)

The author reported that Pekka Korhonen, who served as a peacekeeper, portrayed mutilated people and the lives of women who could not even go to the store without an escort. He mentioned that Korhonen had appeared on the Ukkola program and shared a link to the broadcast. https://t.co/F4hRwrs9dk #rauhanturvaaja #ihmisoikeudet #naistenelämä #FI (translated)

Jussi Mäkinen wrote that Finnish immigration discussion, in his experience, had focused on the need for workers in low-paying jobs and funding for the pension system. He criticized that councilor Meri was condemned for speaking about what she thought. Mäkinen also pondered whether conclusions could be drawn from the names of those accepted into the Swedish-speaking medical faculty. Mäkinen criticized Marin's government's decision to raise the compulsory schooling age to 18. According to him, the reform had provided state-funded textbooks and school transportation for upper middle-class high school students, but at the same time enrolled youths in education who might not attend classes. He mentioned hearing from acquaintances in vocational schools in the capital region that, for example, selected students in electrical studies had not showed up for school even after the second academic year had started. Mäkinen also claimed that educational institutions received funding based on the names on student lists, even if the student did not show up. Mäkinen wrote that the proportion of those completing secondary education had risen from about 77.9 percent to 79.4 percent among those young people who turned 20 by the spring of that year. He challenged Meri to publish a positive update when the students on the list would have graduated. Mäkinen estimated that nearly 90 percent of those accepted to high school had Finnish backgrounds and nearly 90 percent of those accepted to vocational schools had immigrant backgrounds. He also shared that his friend, a Master's degree holder in business sciences who had come to Finland as a refugee from Kosovo, had said that they had learned better Finnish on a football team than in a classroom with immigrant-background students. Finally, Mäkinen reminded of a previous discussion where it was deemed important to transfer Finnish children from their local school to a school where the majority of students belonged to the S2 language group. He wrote that the backgrounds of the names on vocational school student lists could not yet be discussed. #maahanmuutto #koulutus #suomi (translated)

Jussi Mäkinen wrote that the controversy surrounding the Helsinki Pride community would fit better into context if it were stated that it is the local association of Seta in the capital region and the former HeSeta ry. According to him, the association was established to do social and youth work, not to organize marches or engage in commercial activities. Mäkinen mentioned that the founding meeting was held at the restaurant Gambrinus in Helsinki on November 29, 1990. Mäkinen estimated that after the Tahdon2013 campaign, successful people from the upper middle class became involved in the association's activities, and its public image changed. He described the development such that marketing-oriented activities were built on top of an organization based on community and volunteer work. According to him, as organizations grow, politicians and other actors often seek positions in their administration, who are not familiar with the organization's rules or seek to change them. Mäkinen wrote that, in his opinion, neither STEA nor its predecessor RAY funded Pride events, but rather social and youth work. He described the Pride event as a demonstration and a fundraising channel for the organization's core mission. Mäkinen criticized the actors he characterized as event producers for deciding to stop social and youth work if funding were cut, according to him. He concluded by asking whether similar actors would next turn to veteran organizations or the Lotta Svärd organization. #HelsinkiPride #Seta #sosiaalityö (translated)

The writer stated that the Finns Party has included a home care allowance based on the Norwegian model in the government program. According to him, the condition for receiving the allowance would be a minimum of three years of residence in Finland, and the change would come into effect at the beginning of next year. He justified the reform by saying that it would prevent people from moving to Finland at the expense of taxpayers. #kotihoidontuki #Perussuomalaiset #Suomi #FI #NO (translated)

Roni Arvonen said that the story of the Kuuntelija podcast began unknowingly in the spring of 2021 when he was depressed. He mentioned becoming accustomed to the mockery he received online, forgiving his critics, and thanking them for the attention. According to Arvonen, the actions of his own party colleagues from the National Coalition felt particularly hurtful at that time, and he felt they continued their criticism long after he had already hit rock bottom. He described gradually rising from that difficult situation through weightlifting and judo training. Arvonen expressed his gratitude to the National Coalition for the spring of 2021 and stated that he is now living the best time of his life. He cited as reasons his healthy young child, his wife, and the opportunity to work full-time on his own talk show. #kuuntelijapodcast #elämäntarinoita #masennus (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

The author described the harassment, surveillance, and coercive control discussed in the Helsingin Sanomat article as serious violence, which he deemed unequivocally condemnable. He emphasized that home should be a safe haven and that everyone had the right to privacy and to live without violence or the threat of it. The post ended mid-sentence, beginning with the words "The National Coalition Party advocates." #yksityisyys #väkivalta #turvasatama #FI (translated)

Otto Meri criticized the cuts to the prosecution service and compared them to the tax-free dividends of trade unions, the tens of millions granted in corporate support to publicly traded companies, and the hundreds of millions in development aid. According to Meri, the handling of a typical criminal case could already take up to five years, and the cuts would further prolong legal proceedings. He assessed that this would particularly increase the uncertainty of crime victims. Meri considered the realization of criminal responsibility to be one of the pillars of the rule of law and stated that the judiciary should be strengthened rather than weakened. He viewed the cuts as a wrong direction. #oikeusvaltio #rikosoikeus #yritystuet (translated)

Joakim Vigelius said he participated in the True Finns' tent at the Tampere Hämeenkatu Appro, where the party was, according to him, involved for the fourth time. He mentioned that sausages and overalls badges were distributed at the tent and that politics was discussed. According to Vigelius, students specifically talked about the upcoming parliamentary elections and the rise in the True Finns' poll support. He reported that students encouraged the party to continue on the same path and opposed the return of the left to power. During the three hours at the tent, Vigelius noted that there were a few boos directed at the party, but in his estimation, there was at least one hundred times more encouragement, supportive messages, and joint photos taken. He thanked the students for their support and said it helped him continue his work for the good of Finland. #Opiskelijat #Politiikka #Tampere (translated)

Mika Merano criticized the reported proposals to raise the retirement age to over 70 years and described the idea as extremely senseless. According to him, the proposals were based on the view that people would have an invisible debt to the state and that their role would be to produce tax revenue by working nearly until the end of their lives. Merano called for a reform of the pension system in the opposite direction. He argued that the state should provide only a small minimum safety net and shift more responsibility to the individuals themselves. He suggested a large-scale reduction in mandatory pension contributions so that people would have more money left from their salaries and could save for their retirement if they wanted. Merano justified his stance by emphasizing individual freedom and personal responsibility. He stated that the state should not dictate how long people should work or how they should use their money. #eläke #yksilönvapaudet #valtiopolitiikka (translated)

Elina Hiltunen wrote that she found the situation regarding abortion sad. According to her, abortion concerned a new human body in its early stages of development, needing the protection of the mother's womb instead of the woman's body. Hiltunen asked why the most vulnerable should not have the right to live, and described people as cold and selfish. She demanded an end to the normalization of abortion. #abortti #ihmisoikeudet #elämänpuolustaminen (translated)

Stenvikinpia said that she had turned 60 years old and celebrated her birthday in Tampere. She traveled by bus in a quarter of an hour to Hotel Tammer, where she had booked the cheapest single room. Despite the cloudy weather, she wrote that she would try to be the sun herself. In the evening, she intended to go out to eat with Nuppu. https://t.co/tW21GRyKFK #Tampere #syntymäpäivä #matkailu (translated)

Samu Mökillä wrote that Finland should reduce immigration and lower taxes. He said that young people need hope for the future and claimed that otherwise they would practically be forced into slave labor to finance the pensions of 30-year-old immigrants and would only retire themselves when they are very old. He used derogatory language about immigrants. #Suomi #nuoret #verotus (translated)