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Dennis Mitzner criticized Timo Stewart for the fact that Yle interviewed him in a news story about the war in Gaza just a day after Stewart's column was published. Mitzner saw this as an example of Stewart shifting from being a Yle columnist to being an outside researcher interviewed by the media in less than twenty-four hours. According to Mitzner, Stewart spoke in favor of open discussion and opposed the idea that hate speech should silence others. Mitzner found this position contradictory because, in his opinion, Stewart had long avoided debates on X where he and other researchers could have been directly challenged. He also claimed that the responses of researchers to critical citizens had not been convincing. Mitzner criticized Yle and Hesari journalists for allegedly supporting Stewart's message in sympathetic interviews where he was not challenged. He argued that Stewart warned against silencing discussion while avoiding situations where someone could question his views, and presented potential critics as a threat to free discussion. #keskustelu #vihakieli #mediakritiikki (translated)

Henri Vanhanen criticized Rosatom's leadership and wrote that the company's arrogance seemed to have no limits. According to him, as Russia commenced the largest invasion of Europe since World War II, the head of the state-owned company responsible for Russia's nuclear weapons program had stated that he expected Finland's "special behavior" to end and the country to return to the Hanhikivi nuclear power project. Vanhanen believed that Finland would no longer negotiate strategic dependencies on the Kremlin's terms. He described the Hanhikivi project as a cautionary example of Russia's efforts to bind Finland's critical infrastructure to its influence for decades. According to Vanhanen, Finland's energy policy should no longer give the Kremlin leverage over the country's security, and Finland's stance or decision not to return to the project with Russia would not change. https://t.co/v2qPS0PMHs #Suomi #Venäjä #ydinenergia (translated)

The author mentioned that he had been monitoring Russia's target list for a year and said that investigative journalists were one of its key targets. As an example, he mentioned a German journalist who had spent months in a cover operation posing as a supporter of Putin. According to the author, Russian handlers had paid the journalist in bitcoins for espionage. https://t.co/mVuaKvxSN2 #venäjä #journalismi #tutkimus #FI #RU (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

Henri Vanhanen criticized Donald Trump's actions in the Ukraine war, noting that he declared agreements about which there was uncertainty, while pressuring Ukraine in a way that benefited Vladimir Putin. As a recent example, Vanhanen pointed to Trump’s announced energy ceasefire. According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky heard about it practically for the first time from the media, Russia had not confirmed the agreement, and continued, according to Zelensky, attacks on Ukraine's power plants. Vanhanen asked what kind of ceasefire it was if the other party did not know what had been agreed upon. He suggested that Zelensky had to be cautious of Trump’s criticism to avoid being blamed for obstructing peace. Vanhanen referred to the Financial Times reporting that the United States threatened to cut off arms and intelligence supplies to Ukraine unless the country stopped attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. He also wrote that Trump agreed to buy Russian diesel, demanded Ukraine to cease attacks on Russian oil refineries, and encouraged a change of leadership in Ukraine. Vanhanen estimated that the war in Iran and the resulting fuel prices, the upcoming midterm elections, and the need to show results might explain Trump’s urgency to secure an agreement. According to him, Trump aimed for cheaper diesel and a visible peace political achievement, while Putin would benefit from a decrease in attacks on Russia’s energy sector. Vanhanen noted that the alignment of these goals seemed to occur at Ukraine’s expense. Vanhanen stated that he did not oppose a ceasefire if it protected Ukrainians and also bound Russia. However, he observed that for Trump, merely declaring an agreement seemed to suffice, even without information about its terms or Russia's commitment. Vanhanen assessed that Russia would benefit from a situation in which the United States sought a quick agreement and Ukraine was cautious not to offend Trump. In such conditions, he believed Putin could gain concessions from Trump without Russia needing to win against Ukraine at the negotiating table. #Ukraina #Trump #Venäjä (translated)

Samuli Katainen described the parking fee as an example of the institutionalization of politicians. According to him, a €3.50 hourly charge could mean a weekly cost of €280, so he believed it was foreseeable that someone would have to pay that amount. Katainen wrote that this could have been deduced through multiplication. https://t.co/QQAkBOUGQx #politiikka #pysäköinti #kustannukset (translated)

Veikko Sorvaniemi stated that the nicotine pouches had shown what he believed to be an incapacity to handle matters. He said that there had been a debate in Finland for over a year about what kinds of pouches could be sold, and that production at the Pietarsaari factory was now shifting to Sweden. According to Sorvaniemi, the parliament members of the ruling party, which supported less regulation, had simultaneously been horrified by the transfer of jobs and tax revenues to Sweden. He considered this to be a result of senseless regulation and asked whether the government's own decisions had come as a surprise to the parliament members. #sääntely #nikotiinipussit #työpaikat (translated)

Klaus estimated that this stunt by Helsingin Sanomat would also go down in the annals as an example of media's leftist bias. He wrote that the particular X post had received a million views and that few Finnish X posts reached the same. #media #Suomi #vasemmistolaisuus (translated)

Elina Hiltunen stated that her name had been crossed out with a ballpoint pen from the candidate documents of the Turku Mikael Parish elections, and the consent form she had signed was missing. According to her, an election official called her about it two hours before the deadline for candidate registration. Hiltunen had stood as a candidate on the Blue Path candidate association's list. She described the list as multi-party and stated that it also included independent candidates and representatives from the Christian Democrats. After resigning from the National Coalition Party, she claimed she was separately asked if she wanted to continue on the list, and she had responded affirmatively. Her husband was also on the same list, and according to Hiltunen, he had no connection to the National Coalition Party. Hiltunen said she would have accepted it if she had been informed in time that she was not wanted on the list. She viewed the last-minute crossing out as a failed sabotage attempt aimed at preventing her participation in the parish elections. She reported that she managed to get to the election office and signed the documents again at 3:45 PM. According to Hiltunen, the election board addressed the matter on October 1, 2026, and unanimously confirmed that a candidate could not be removed by arbitrary crossing out. She stated that she was a candidate for the joint church council with the number 24 and for the parish council with the number 88. A criminal complaint had been filed regarding the events and the unauthorized handling of the documents, according to her. #politiikka #kokoomus #suomi #seurakunta #vaalit #politiikka #vaalit #demokratia (translated)

Tuomo Saarni wrote that the smoke saunas at Kuusijärvi were, in his opinion, an example of activities that should not belong to the responsibilities of public administration. He stated that the investment had been 3.3 million euros and that sauna use cost 16 euros per person. Saarni believed that this was a business that should be operated without taxpayer funding and risk. He added that such activities, in his view, took away resources from elsewhere and consumed civil servants' time from statutory duties. #julkishallinto #verot #liiketoiminta (translated)

Klaus wrote that as the importance of the party, the system, his own position, and fellow representatives grew, serving the people and challenging the shortcomings of the system could fall to the background. According to him, a challenger could thus become a maintainer of the system when it was comfortable to be within it. Klaus assessed Tere as an example of how a person who sincerely criticized the system could be integrated into it. He believed that better preparation was needed for this, and the case offered lessons to new challengers of the system about the importance of caution and principle. Klaus hoped for a steadfast challenger of the system in Parliament, who could have a significant impact, but he also thanked Tere for sticking to some of his principles. #politiikka #järjestelmä #korruptio (translated)

Päivi Korpivaara wrote that Judaism had not influenced matters in Finland one way or the other, and mentioned Seela Sella as an example. She said that Jews had been able to be on the streets peacefully in previous decades, but claimed that the increase in the number of Muslims and their hatred towards Jews had changed the situation. #juutalaisuus #Suomi #uskonto (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he wanted to correct the interpretations of an article by Helsingin Sanomat that dealt with nuclear weapons and said he remained uncertain about what the article ultimately claimed regarding Finland's security. According to him, Finland did not join the NATO nuclear deterrent with little discussion or unnoticed, but rather joined an alliance whose deterrence and defense had been based on nuclear weapons for decades. He described the strategic nuclear forces of the United States as a key basis for NATO's nuclear deterrent. Vanhanen considered that the bombing of Nagasaki was not an example of the current type of nuclear deterrent because Japan did not have a nuclear weapon nor the ability to respond to a U.S. strike. In his view, Nagasaki demonstrated the destructiveness of nuclear weapons and the human risks of their use, whereas the current deterrent was based on the assumption that an attacker had to consider the possibility of retaliation and uncontrolled escalation. Vanhanen assessed that Trump had increased uncertainty regarding the United States' commitment to the conventional defense of Europe and believed Europe would have to bear more responsibility for it. However, he distinguished this from the claim that the U.S. nuclear deterrent had weakened. According to him, the U.S. ability to use nuclear weapons had not diminished, NATO was not dismantling its nuclear plans or arrangements, systems were being modernized, and F-35 aircraft were being introduced into NATO's nuclear missions. Vanhanen stated that the NATO Nuclear Planning Group had confirmed in June that strategic nuclear forces, particularly U.S. forces, remained the ultimate guarantee of the allies' security and had decided to continue strengthening and modernizing the nuclear deterrent. Vanhanen considered it a central uncertainty whether Moscow would believe that the U.S. president would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend an ally in an extreme situation. He reminded that the question of the U.S. willingness to endanger its own cities for the sake of Europe had been a concern throughout the history of the extended nuclear deterrent and there had been no complete certainty during the Cold War or at the present time. According to him, Finland's option was not a nuclear deterrent or a nuclear-free security environment, as Russia would have its nuclear weapons in any case. Vanhanen wrote that the crucial issue for the deterrent was that the Russian leadership could not be certain that the United States would defend Finland. https://t.co/3C8aAkuMwj #ydinaseet #Nato #Suomi (translated)

It is truly wonderful that the author has received significant help from organizations that operate with government funding. I have also received help myself. However, personal experience does not in any way prove that organizations and foundations funded by taxpayers' money could not have waste, inefficiency, overlaps, and outright misuse of tax funds, as evidenced by the staggering salaries of some organizational leaders. When people talk about organizational waste, they are referring to the things mentioned above. They do not mean grassroots assistance work, peer support services, and the work of experts with experience and other volunteers. https://t.co/ocRnkc83F5 #järjestöt #valtionavustus #veronmaksajat (translated)

Blokkipolitiikka ajoi Ruotsin hallitusneuvottelut konkeloon. Ratkaisu olisi selkeä mutta vaikea toteuttaa. Sinipuna. Niin tai näin, varoittava esimerkki blokkipolitiikan vaaroista. Suomen ei kannata peesata Ruotsia tuolle polulle. #blokkipolitiikka #Ruotsi #Suomi #SE #FI

Ehdottoman vankeuden vaatiminen vihapuheesta voi tuntua työkyvyttömyyseläkkeellä notkuvan suvakin mielestä hienolta ajatukselta, mutta sen toteuttaminen olisi puhdasta järjettömyyttä. Yksittäisten kommentien rangaistavuutta on tähänkin mennessä arvioitu täysin tapauskohtaisesti, ja tutkinnat käynnistyvät usein vuosikausia vanhoista viesteistä, joiden olemassaoloa ei muista edes kirjoittaja itse, eikä näistä viesteistä yleensä löydy edes yksilöityä uhria. Yksittäinen teksti tulkitaan käräjäoikeuden toimesta joko rikolliseksi tai sallituksi, riippuen ihan tähtien asennosta ja kahvipannussa olevien purujen määrästä. Kesäkuinen oikeudenkäyntini on tästä tulkinnanvaraisuudesta hyvä esimerkki. Usean vuoden kakku ikivanhasta viestistä, jonka laittomuus arvioidaan muutenkin vasta oikeussalissa, olisi puhdasta neuvostotason vittuilua yksittäistä kansalaista ja tämän perhettä kohtaan. Se myös saisi aikaiseksi tilanteen, jossa maahanmuuttajarikollisuuden sanallisesta kritisoimisesta seuraisi kovempi rangaistus kuin itse maahanmuttajan tekemästä rikoksesta. #vihapuhe #oikeus #sanavapaus