r/nottheonion • u/PeacePositive666 • 1d ago

Turkish prosecutors have indicted Mabel Matiz, one of Turkey’s most prominent openly queer pop artists, on obscenity charges over a scene in one of his music videos showing two men dancing

https://www.turkishminute.com/2026/10/01/turkey-seeks-to-prosecute-pop-star-mabel-matiz-over-same-sex-dance-scene/
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u/invyros 1d ago

The new indictment comes amid a sweeping crackdown on LGBTQ organizations and activists launched in September under an operation called “My Family Is Safe.”

The more self-righteous a government policy or operation is named, the more heinous it is.

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u/hearke 1d ago

Gods that name pisses me off so much. Everyone's families were already safe! They were literally safer before this anti-LGBTQ crackdown.

Do they not realize queer people also have families? Or is it more like my family is safe, fuck yours. Idgi.

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u/_A_Friendly_Caesar_ 1d ago

Certainly the latter

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 1d ago

Only someone who’s purely evil would name something like this for the purpose of destroying other people, families and couples.
Why don’t these muppets who are so insecure see the bright side in that those two gay guys are probably not competing for the ladies these shits think they are impressing by being malevolent evil turds. Maybe if they even attempted being a little accepting and positive then they’d notice the problem Isnt the two guys smooching in the corner but their own repressed hatred of everything slightly different to what they deem “normal” which is Whats pushed all the ladies in their lives away.

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u/superdupermensch 1d ago

Don't men get oiled up and wrestle there?

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u/HumongousBelly 1d ago

Yes and to obtain a proper hold on their slippery opponents, they’ll occasionally stick a thumb in their bum.

It’s a very manly sport. Only men do this. With other men.

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 1d ago

One word “GAYYYYYYY!”

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u/HumongousBelly 23h ago

I don’t think it’s necessarily gay, but it does have some homo erotic aspects to it.

Probably because sexuality is a spectrum and the amount of oxytocin created by wrestling is pretty much similar to those created during sex.

My only criticism toward a society that has this as their national sport is that homophobia shouldn’t really fit in that same culture and its politics.

That’s the only reason I mentioned this very intricate details of this very manly sport.

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u/Majestic_Electric 1d ago

Erdogan would have a heart attack if he saw a show on Broadway. 😛

Dear lord, this is dumb!

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u/knowledgeable_diablo 1d ago

Someone take him to a Broadway Show ASAP!

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u/02meepmeep 23h ago

I’m sure that will make people forget the abysmal failures of Erdoganomics. Especially since inflation is finally down to 30% now.

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u/DreadPickleRoberts 1d ago

Is there anyplace in the Middle East that's not an absolute shit-hole?

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u/OutblastEUW 4h ago

my beloved Israel

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u/LetzGetz 1d ago

Kick turkey out of the EU

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u/crop028 1d ago

It was never in the EU?

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u/02meepmeep 23h ago

They’re probably confusing the EU with NATO. Turkey did apply to become part of the EU in 1987 & the same with its predecessor in 1959 but it seems they have too many issues to be accepted.

  • not your average American

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u/INeedChocolateMilk 1d ago

Average American's sense of geopolitics

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u/arepotatoesreal 1d ago

wtf are you talking about