they are protesting i happen to agree with in that a public space was being reclaimed for corporate use, their government not behaving in accordance with their principles under which they were elected and a powerful symbol of the turkish people, ataturk, has been in their minds to some degree desecrated. >> and so, the president of turkey, it's such a complicated situation. he was democratically elected, a lot of conservatives support him and now you have these protests. for someone like you deciding to take a stand on an issue, how do you make a decision? are they going about this the right way by having protests or not? >> erin, yes. i think protesting and activism and direct action where appropriate and nonviolent i think is very, very positive. it's not like they're making a decision to take a stand. maybe i'd feel different if they say you've got to come to the square and kicking off, but me sort of tweeting a few things because i happen to generally agree with people being active