Turkish president says he's bothered by U.N. decor that resembles 'LGBT colors'

alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.world – 239 points –
Turkish president says he's bothered by U.N. decor that resembles 'LGBT colors'
nbcnews.com
45

Hey, it’s not why im gay but im always happy to make Erdogan uncomfortable

Best way of angering a world leader for a boy is to kiss a boy and for a girl to kiss a girl appearently.

It's the simple things that bring me joy in multiple ways.

1 more...

Fellas, is it gay to see colors?

Yes

You're all gay bois, especially the girls.

TIL all dogs are straight

That's a misconception. Dogs have two types of cones compared to three types in humans, meaning they're roughly equivalent to red-green colorblindness but not grayscale.

This clearly means they're bi-curious allies.

So this guy is scared of (checks notes) the visible light spectrum?...

If they paint the entire space and all the furniture in VantaBlack it is going to make things like finding where the walls and your chair are, very difficult.

Hmm.

I feel like we should let somebody go in and tag the desk or whatever erdogan is going to be sitting at. Only ask: must be colorful

I say combine the ideas. Everything black except the top of his desk in pride colors.

This… qualifies as colorful. You’re hired. Have fun. Don’t have to stop at erdogan’s…. Feel free to go crazy and experiment

I suggest pretty in pink. If there's anything I've learned, is that homophobia is often rooted in misogyny.

most fragile masculinity on the planet.

we make fun of people going there on vacation.

turkey is so weak, they want to be called turkieye ...because fragile

turkey has a loser dictator whose wife is an imbecile thinking midgets are children.

turkey to me is the laughing stock of europe.

They are not part of europe.

Turkey lies in both in Europe and Asia. They are however not members of the European Union.

Yes, sorry. 3% of Turkey lies in Europe. To 97% they are in Asia.

Yes. 3% of the land, but 10% of the population. However you look at it, they are still part of Europe.

Lol people arguing over the significance of lines men drew on maps, tale as old as time.

Good. The LGBT will destroy him with the gay beam!

Imagine being fragile to a point where a color palette bothers you.

‘Bothered’ ? Like ‘hot and bothered’? Like it makes him horny?

Maybe he needs to be seen to by one of the many muscular waddling Turkish bears that make up so much of his country, before going into a UN meeting, to relax him.

$100 say this guys snorts coke off a dick on weekends.

Then I'm guessing rubs the residue on his gums. Repeatedly.

Can't let it go to waste!

He's just pandering towards his conservative Islamic base. How is this even newsworthy?

Because its melodramatic, and thats what the news is these days.

Someone should tell this fella that colors don't make you gay. It's all the dicks he sucks

Fuck you Erdogan, that's exactly what it is. We gayed it up. The whole UN is gay now. You don't get to have colors any more, they belong to us.

You should stick with sodomizing goats in private Turdogan.

Ah. Would our darling Erdoğan like to show us what he knows of interior design?

The symbol in the middle was a blindspot? The only thing remotely resembling a flag was on the sides, and even then it surely didn't look like the 6-color Rainbow Flag.

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Erdogan said he would have liked to discuss it with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Turkish media reported on Thursday.

Turkey’s government — led by Erdogan and his Islamist-rooted AK Party — has toughened its stance on LGBTQ freedoms.

“One of the issues that bothers me the most ... is that when entering the United Nations General Assembly, you see the LGBT colors on steps and other places,” Erdogan was quoted as saying by broadcaster Haberturk and others.

However, some U.N. diplomats suggested Erdogan might have confused the 17 different colors associated with the Sustainable Development Goals — and decorating parts of U.N. headquarters, including steps, for a summit that was held earlier this week — with the rainbow Pride colors associated with LGBTQ rights.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals, adopted by world leaders in 2015 with a deadline of 2030, are a global “to do” list that includes wiping out hunger, extreme poverty, battling climate change and inequality, and promoting gender equality.

Homosexuality is not a crime in Turkey, but hostility to it is widespread, and police crackdowns on Pride parades have become tougher over the years.


The original article contains 326 words, the summary contains 187 words. Saved 43%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

Here's the best summary I could come up with - UN makes Erdogan uncomfortable by correctly guessing he loves the cock

Now wait a minute. I thought the LGBT flag was a rainbow? So any color UN uses is going to look like "LGBT colors".