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Roni Arvonen said that the story of the Kuuntelija podcast began unknowingly in the spring of 2021 when he was depressed. He mentioned becoming accustomed to the mockery he received online, forgiving his critics, and thanking them for the attention. According to Arvonen, the actions of his own party colleagues from the National Coalition felt particularly hurtful at that time, and he felt they continued their criticism long after he had already hit rock bottom. He described gradually rising from that difficult situation through weightlifting and judo training. Arvonen expressed his gratitude to the National Coalition for the spring of 2021 and stated that he is now living the best time of his life. He cited as reasons his healthy young child, his wife, and the opportunity to work full-time on his own talk show. #kuuntelijapodcast #elämäntarinoita #masennus (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized an article in Helsingin Sanomat and said he had made corrections to it. According to him, the nonfiction writer Ari Haasio and Mattila had suggested that Finnish identity was ambiguous, compared the mistrust faced by evacuees from Karelia to current fears directed at Muslims, and stated that everyone was a descendant of immigrants. Mäkäräinen wrote that migration was an old phenomenon, but migrations from different times could not be equated. He noted that the first people arrived in what is now Finland about 11,000 years ago and believed that this did not provide a basis for equating the current migration from Afghanistan or Somalia with the arrivals of earlier traders, craftsmen, or industrial founders. He described Finlayson as an actor that built factories in capital-poor Finland, brought technology, and created jobs. Mäkäräinen compared him to a Mohammed coming from Somalia, who he described as illiterate and dependent on Kela support. He believed these examples illustrated different types of migration and claimed that there were differences in education, employment, cultural distance, and criminality. He also claimed that those coming from Afghanistan were overrepresented in rape statistics. Regarding the evacuees from Karelia, Mäkäräinen wrote that they had come from within Finland, spoke Finnish, and shared key features of Finnish culture. He said they had faced mistrust and derogatory name-calling, but believed they differed from current arrivals from Afghanistan, for example, in terms of adaptation, work ethic, and use of social security. Mäkäräinen also denied the comparison made by Haasio and Mattila between 19th-century antisemitism and the Somali discussions of the 1990s. According to him, the groups were not similar, and Jews had mostly integrated well. He argued that current migrations should be evaluated based on their impacts on employment, crime, and social security. Finally, he wrote that the continuity of society required, in his opinion, the adaptation of newcomers. #maahanmuutto #suomalaisuus #kulttuuri (translated)

The author described the harassment, surveillance, and coercive control discussed in the Helsingin Sanomat article as serious violence, which he deemed unequivocally condemnable. He emphasized that home should be a safe haven and that everyone had the right to privacy and to live without violence or the threat of it. The post ended mid-sentence, beginning with the words "The National Coalition Party advocates." #yksityisyys #väkivalta #turvasatama #FI (translated)

Otto Meri criticized the cuts to the prosecution service and compared them to the tax-free dividends of trade unions, the tens of millions granted in corporate support to publicly traded companies, and the hundreds of millions in development aid. According to Meri, the handling of a typical criminal case could already take up to five years, and the cuts would further prolong legal proceedings. He assessed that this would particularly increase the uncertainty of crime victims. Meri considered the realization of criminal responsibility to be one of the pillars of the rule of law and stated that the judiciary should be strengthened rather than weakened. He viewed the cuts as a wrong direction. #oikeusvaltio #rikosoikeus #yritystuet (translated)

Joakim Vigelius said he participated in the True Finns' tent at the Tampere Hämeenkatu Appro, where the party was, according to him, involved for the fourth time. He mentioned that sausages and overalls badges were distributed at the tent and that politics was discussed. According to Vigelius, students specifically talked about the upcoming parliamentary elections and the rise in the True Finns' poll support. He reported that students encouraged the party to continue on the same path and opposed the return of the left to power. During the three hours at the tent, Vigelius noted that there were a few boos directed at the party, but in his estimation, there was at least one hundred times more encouragement, supportive messages, and joint photos taken. He thanked the students for their support and said it helped him continue his work for the good of Finland. #Opiskelijat #Politiikka #Tampere (translated)

Mika Merano criticized the reported proposals to raise the retirement age to over 70 years and described the idea as extremely senseless. According to him, the proposals were based on the view that people would have an invisible debt to the state and that their role would be to produce tax revenue by working nearly until the end of their lives. Merano called for a reform of the pension system in the opposite direction. He argued that the state should provide only a small minimum safety net and shift more responsibility to the individuals themselves. He suggested a large-scale reduction in mandatory pension contributions so that people would have more money left from their salaries and could save for their retirement if they wanted. Merano justified his stance by emphasizing individual freedom and personal responsibility. He stated that the state should not dictate how long people should work or how they should use their money. #eläke #yksilönvapaudet #valtiopolitiikka (translated)

Elina Hiltunen wrote that she found the situation regarding abortion sad. According to her, abortion concerned a new human body in its early stages of development, needing the protection of the mother's womb instead of the woman's body. Hiltunen asked why the most vulnerable should not have the right to live, and described people as cold and selfish. She demanded an end to the normalization of abortion. #abortti #ihmisoikeudet #elämänpuolustaminen (translated)

Stenvikinpia said that she had turned 60 years old and celebrated her birthday in Tampere. She traveled by bus in a quarter of an hour to Hotel Tammer, where she had booked the cheapest single room. Despite the cloudy weather, she wrote that she would try to be the sun herself. In the evening, she intended to go out to eat with Nuppu. https://t.co/tW21GRyKFK #Tampere #syntymäpäivä #matkailu (translated)

Samu Mökillä wrote that Finland should reduce immigration and lower taxes. He said that young people need hope for the future and claimed that otherwise they would practically be forced into slave labor to finance the pensions of 30-year-old immigrants and would only retire themselves when they are very old. He used derogatory language about immigrants. #Suomi #nuoret #verotus (translated)

Professor Fate criticized the proposal by pro-assembly members to raise the retirement age to 70 and claimed that based on their resumes, perhaps only one in ten had ever done any kind of work. He used anti-Semitic and offensive language about them. #Suomi #politiikka #eläke (translated)

Lucia-pulla mentioned having visited the Puhos shopping center a couple of years earlier to check out the place, not for shopping or errands. She described the building as rundown, untidy, and even abandoned-looking, although according to her, there were businesses and life there. The visit had felt depressing and unpleasant to her. She also wrote about feeling out of place and how the women dressed in cloaks reminded her of a dystopia. #Suomi #Puhos #matkustus (translated)

Mats Uotila criticized the judgment according to which a man who had assaulted his partner and caused her death through his actions received a sentence of less than three years. Uotila wrote that he did not believe such a mild judgment aligned with his sense of justice. https://t.co/2Wq44GbS6U #oikeus #Suomi #väkivalta (translated)

The author stated that he understood, to some extent, why the Football Association removed the opposition's poster from the stands of the football match. However, he criticized the fact that representatives of the opposition were required to reveal their faces, suggesting that this could destroy their lives. #ValkoVenäjä #jalkapallo #ihmisoikeudet #BY (translated)