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Re:Coup attempt underway in Turkey by noobermin on Saturday July 16, 2016 @12:33AM (#12105251)
Indeed. There is a difference between democracy and liberal democracy.
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Re:Coup attempt underway in Turkey by DasIch on Saturday July 16, 2016 @01:32AM (#12105359)
This is not about being a liberal democracy at all.

If voters don't have the opportunity to get a truthful look at the society they live in and the people who would like to be elected, their votes are meaningless.

You need freedom of speech and a free press to get that perspective. A democracy without freedom of speech and a free press is no democracy at all but a facade hiding an authoritarian state.

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