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Where statements change and contradict
Contradiction Opinion evolution
"Viktor Orbán says that he is not against homosexuals, but that he is against the manipulation of not only parents, but also children in sex education.""
💡Defense of Orban's framing of the dispute.
#1
"It is meaningless whether sexual minorities or sexual majorities are demonstrating.""
💡Generalization of criticism of public marches/demonstrations on the topic of sexuality.
#2
"I can understand gays, lesbians and so on. But you know who I really hate? Transgender people."
💡In a TV interview, the president said that transgender people are deeply repulsive to him and compared their surgeries to self-harm.
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#3
"I'm completely annoyed by the suffragettes, the Me Too, the Prague Pride,""
💡Criticism of movements and actions linked to women's and LGBT+ rights; the topic is tied to internal affairs of states.
#4
"If you have sex reassignment surgery, you are committing the crime of self-harm,”"
💡Response on the topic of transgender issues in connection with the discussion of the Hungarian law.
#5
"truly intrinsically vile""
💡Evaluative comment about transgender people.
#6
"To show how pointless it is.'"
💡Justification of the idea of a hypothetical demonstration of heterosexuals.
#7
"I see no reason to disagree with him,”"
💡Continuation of the previous answer.
#8
"gross political error""
💡Justification of why he does not support EU criticism of Hungary.
#9
"If someone is a member of a sexual minority, it's their internal matter.""
💡Comment on the privacy of sexual orientation.
#10
"When he demonstrates that he has this orientation, he elevates himself above others.""
💡Criticism of Pride marches and public demonstrating of orientation.
#11
"I am a Russian, Chinese and Israeli agent. I guess I'm fine."
💡Speech at Albertov, 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution
#12
"Journalists are the hyenas and gravediggers of democracy."
💡Speech with a Kalashnikov rifle.
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#13
"Journalists should be eliminated."
💡Zeman at a meeting with Putin in Beijing. His spokesman described it as a bon mot.
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#14
"I am not saying that all Muslims are terrorists, I am saying that all terrorists are Muslims."
💡Zeman on Islam and terrorism.
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#15
"Islam is a religion of hate."
💡Speech after the Charlie Hebdo attacks.
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#16
"I am convinced that the intelligence of Czech journalists is sometimes at the level of a fool."
💡Zeman on Czech journalists.
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#17
"People's newspaper, which I previously considered a wastebasket of Czech journalism, has become a latrine of Czech journalism in my eyes,""
💡Criticism of the media in response to the host's question.
#18
"in one parliamentary speech I called a journalist a moron""
💡Recollection of one's own older parliamentary remark.
#19
"There is no person who is more attacked by the Czech media than I am""
💡Continuation of the argument about the relationship of the media to him.
#20
"Kunda.“"
💡Translation of the name Pussy Riot within a debate about so-called political prisoners in Russia.
#21
"after the extinction of the idiot neapny, the stupidest creature on earth is a Czech journalist.""
💡Continuation of the same passage about the media.
#22
"I apologize quite sincerely for this generalization, I know several decent journalists.""
💡Addendum/apology after the previous generalization.
#23
"Well, I never met with more nonsense in my life.'"
💡Response to Vaclav Klaus's quote about a media darling.
#24
"and I'm not going to defend myself, now I wanted to say whore, but I'm not Schwarzenberg, who uses these terms, that is, somewhat deviant ladies,""
💡Continuation - comment on Pussy Riot and an allusion to Karel Schwarzenberg.
#25
"Despite the fact that one of its members participated in public intercourse in an advanced stage of pregnancy,”"
💡Another part of the criticism of Pussy Riot.
#26
"So, with apologies, in the texts of this group there is a cunt here, a cunt there and a really perfect case of a political prisoner as embroidered."
💡Continuation of the explanation of why he does not consider Pussy Riot to be prisoners of conscience.
#27
"And it's hyperbole that generalizes and is right in 95% of cases, as Mirek Topolánek once said.""
💡Defense of one's own hyperbole (reference to Topolanek).
#28
"It is a pornographic group that is at least guilty of the crime of disorderly conduct in an Orthodox church,""
💡Assessment of the group Pussy Riot and their performance in an Orthodox church.
#29
"The Russians are our traditional ally and friend."
💡Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.
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#30
"Talkative commentators who write about everything and understand nothing.""
💡Another part of the criticism of commentators.
#31
"Better than cursing the darkness is lighting at least one candle.”"
💡Section on stabilising the political scene.
#32
"I also said that I want to be the voice of the bottom ten million unprivileged citizens, because the privileged have had their voice, or rather voices, for a long time.""
💡Defining whom he wants to represent.
#33
"I appear before you as the first president of the Czech Republic, who was elected directly by the citizens.""
💡Opening of the inaugural speech after taking the oath.
#34
"The part that focuses on brainwashing, media massage and manipulation of public opinion.”"
💡Clarification of the criticism of the media.
#35
"They are godfather mafias that parasitize the body of Czech society, suck blood from this body""
💡Passage about islands of negative deviation.
#36
"including the possibility of confiscation of illegally obtained, i.e. stolen, property.""
💡Passage about the law on proving the origin of property.
#37
"they have to keep saying Do Not Disturb.'"
💡Conclusion of the passage about what the president should keep saying permanently.
#38
"The second such island of negative deviance is, in my opinion, the neo-Nazi female fighters who sometimes run amok in the streets of our cities.""
💡Another 'island of negative deviation'.
#39
"I consider a substantial part of the Czech media to be the third island of negative deviation.""
💡Framing the media as the problem.
#40
"A third of the population of this country is weak in spirit. Every seventh citizen is a moron, demented or alcoholic."
💡Zeman's statement about Czech society.
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#41
"Václav Klaus is the only strong opponent I have met in the political life of the Czech Republic. Everyone else was a bunch of buffoons."
💡Zeman on political opponents.
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#42