• GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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    24 days ago

    “Russian” is not a race.

    That’s true but nowadays the word “racism” is used as a full synonym to “discrimination”.

    Maybe, just maybe, the reason why everyone is having issues with Russia is Russia’s own damn fault.

    A person who thinks that the terms “Russia” and “a Russian citizen” are the same is hopeless and must be eliminated at all costs.

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      24 days ago

      No, let’s not degrade language like that.

      And “eliminated at all costs”? Sounds exactly the kind of thinking that leads to getting shut out and cut ties. Good riddance.

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      24 days ago

      It’s ok to discriminate against a nation for waging war. Should be done to any nation. Including Israel, etc.

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        23 days ago

        I get it and do it myself against the USA. But there are always people in these countries who disagree. That’s why blind discrimination is bad and cannot be good by definition.

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          23 days ago

          I don’t think they’re blind by seeing them invade a sovereign nation and wanted to damage them in return to try to prevent them from doing it again (again (again…)). I don’t think you understand what you’re saying if you think the sanctions are done blindly.

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            23 days ago

            I’m not going to reply to the other comments but I can reply to this one. Sanctions aren’t done blindly but sometimes they just aren’t done right.

            Let me make an example. Imagine if owning high pressure water pumps became illegal because they can be harmful and there was no exception for firefighters and car wash companies so all of them in the country got arrested.