Session Profile: Martin Helme
15th Riigikogu, 3rd sitting, plenary session.
2024-02-08
Political Position
The speaker strongly opposes the addition of insect flour to foodstuffs, viewing it as a large-scale ideological program aimed at restricting people's traditional choices (meat, eggs) and normalizing abnormality. This political stance is intensely value-driven and fiercely rejects public authority intervention in dietary choices. In the speaker's estimation, this program is also linked to social issues, such as the "gay agenda."
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Topic Expertise
The speaker demonstrates awareness of the existence of insect flour in Estonian stores and attempts to contextualize the traditional consumption of insects in Asia (by linking it to overpopulation and specific types of insects). This knowledge is primarily utilized to criticize the motives and origins of an ideological program and its alleged proponents (the European Commission, Bill Gates).
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Rhetorical Style
The rhetorical style is combative, skeptical, and insistent, employing strong ideological and emotional appeals. The speaker uses loaded language ("bugs," "panic") and repeatedly raises questions about the initiators and motives behind the policy, demanding the ideological program be disclosed. The tone is more accusatory than evidence-based.
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Activity Patterns
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Opposition Stance
The primary adversaries are "public authorities," who are accused of restricting people's traditional choices for ideological reasons. Internationally, the European Commission is sharply criticized for driving this trend, and Bill Gates is mentioned in connection with large insect farms in Canada. The criticism is intensely ideological and suspicious, calling into question the motives of the opposing side.
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Collaboration Style
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Regional Focus
The focus is on international trends (the European Commission, Asian traditions, Bill Gates in Canada) and their impact on the Estonian food market, noting that insect flour is already on the shelves in Estonian stores. There is no specific focus on local or regional Estonian problems.
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Economic Views
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Social Issues
The speaker directly links the opposition to insect foods with broader social and moral issues, criticizing an ideological program that seeks to turn "abnormality into normality." According to the speaker, this program also encompasses "homo-stuff" and other similar phenomena, emphasizing the defense of traditional values.
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Legislative Focus
Although the topic technically being addressed is labeling, the speaker's focus is directed toward a broader political agenda that restricts consumer choices and imposes a new food culture. The speaker is a staunch opponent of this ideological program, which introduces insects into the food chain, and demands that the motives behind it be fully disclosed.
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