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netsharctoday at 6:24 PM3 repliesview on HN

When the war started, Europeans were forcing famous Russians living in Europe to denounce their government's evils. For example an opera house demanded a Russian opera singer to say something against the regime or be "blacklisted".

As if it's so fucking easy to denounce a dictator who has murderous tendencies and who rules your homeland, as if it's so easy to insult him, and then what, not be able to return home and see your friends and family until that dictator is defeated?

I found those demands so unthinkingly heartless, it's responding to tyranny with your own tyranny...


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giancarlostorotoday at 8:21 PM

> not be able to return home and see your friends and family until that dictator is defeated?

Assuming they're still alive.

Svokatoday at 11:06 PM

Oh, russians re-elected same govenment for past 35 years cheering invading neighbors every couple years since inception of russain federation.

Problem is not in dictator. Problem is imperialistic russia and every russian citizen who does nothing about it. They should be denied every service from civilized world until they stop their fascism.

And before you ask, yes, I did protest and depose dictator.

fertoday at 7:03 PM

I mean, it's easy to be apolitical and stay in russia. They can always do that and not break the russian social contract.

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