Turkey’s President Erdoğan slapped a child for not kissing his hand, then handed out some money to him.
  • gorgori@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Sometimes you need to call out media sensationalism. That barely was a slap. It definitely wasn’t injurious, powerplay maybe, locally it may even be judged playful.

    Western sensitivity doesn’t always translate well globally.

    • Maeve@kbin.earth
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      3 months ago

      When insecurity is so deep, a forced, fake display is preferable to the real wonder of a real human, child no less.