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What's up with all those Russian-sounding first names in the list of RMS supporters? Serious imbalance.
by zwieback 6y ago
What's up with all those Russian-sounding first names in the list of RMS supporters? Serious imbalance.
- b0sk 6y agoI discovered the same thing. It seems literally a clash of 2 cultures.
- Melchizedek 6y agoI think the dislike of cancel culture is stronger in Russia and Eastern Europe because it reminds people so much about Communism.
- dragonwriter 6y ago> I think the dislike of cancel culture is stronger in Russia Because “cancel culture” is a propaganda boogeyman invented by (or at least, used on behalf of) the political faction in the US that has been somewhere between useful idiots for and actively collaborating with Russian propagandists for the last half-decade.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoI think that coming from a country with a rich tradition of totalitarian brainwashing and political cleansing, we are more sensitive to hypocritical self-righteousness and virtue signalling.
- nathanaldensr 6y agoMaybe you should talk to them and find out.
- buisi 6y agoAccording to messages on their Github, they theorize that Russian speaking individuals are less likely to fear for their careers, as a consequence of signing that letter, even if they otherwise support it.
- d_tr 6y agoSomeone opened an issue about this, maybe you could take a look: https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.github.io/issues/452 https://github.com/rms-support-letter/rms-support-letter.git...